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Ranger A, Perotti C, Dunlop A, Donovan E, McNair H, Harris E, Kirby A. EP-1283: Lung sparing techniques for internal mammary chain radiotherapy in right breast cancer patients. Radiother Oncol 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8140(18)31593-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Brunt A, Haviland J, Sydenham M, Al-hasso A, Bloomfield D, Chan C, Churn M, Cleator S, Coles C, Emson M, Goodman A, Griffin C, Harnett A, Hopwood P, Kirby A, Kirwan C, Morris C, Sawyer E, Somaiah N, Syndikus I, Wilcox M, Zotova R, Wheatley D, Bliss J, Yarnold J. OC-0595: FAST-Forward phase 3 RCT of 1-week hypofractionated breast radiotherapy:3-year normal tissue effects. Radiother Oncol 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8140(18)30905-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Tal Saban M, Kirby A. Adulthood in Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD): a Review of Current Literature Based on ICF Perspective. CURRENT DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS REPORTS 2018. [DOI: 10.1007/s40474-018-0126-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Millow H, Hooks D, Mau J, Kirby A. Wellington Regional Hospital Experience of His-Bundle Pacing. Heart Lung Circ 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2018.06.362] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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O’Connor M, Harding S, Kirby A, Wilkins B, Larsen P. Current Anticoagulant and Antiplatelet Prescribing Practice in Acute Coronary Syndromes With Concurrent Atrial Fibrillation Across Australia And New Zealand. Heart Lung Circ 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2018.06.914] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Kirby A, Holley A, Aitken A, Larsen P, Harding S. Family History of Premature Coronary Artery Disease: Accuracy and Predictor of Risk. Heart Lung Circ 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2018.06.611] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Khoo V, Hawkins M, McDonald F, Ahmed M, Kirby A, Van As N, Franks K, Syndikus I, Jain S, Tree A, Eaton D, Patel R, Goubar A, Kilburn L, Toms C, Hall E. CORE: A randomised trial of COventional care versus Radioablation (stereotactic body radiotherapy) for Extracranial oligometastases. Lung Cancer 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/s0169-5002(18)30219-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Kirby A, Lewbart GA, Hancock-Ronemus A, Papich MG. Pharmacokinetics of enrofloxacin and ciprofloxacin in Atlantic horseshoe crabs (Limulus polyphemus) after single injection. J Vet Pharmacol Ther 2017; 41:349-353. [PMID: 29067728 DOI: 10.1111/jvp.12462] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2017] [Accepted: 09/11/2017] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The pharmacokinetics of enrofloxacin and the metabolite ciprofloxacin were studied in horseshoe crabs after a single injection of 5 mg/kg. Twelve Atlantic horseshoe crabs (Limulus polyphemus) of undetermined age were injected with enrofloxacin into the dorsal cardiac sinus. Hemolymph samples were collected by syringe and needle at regular intervals for 120 hr. Samples were analyzed by high-pressure liquid chromatography and compartmental analysis performed on the results. Following injection, the elimination half-life (T½), peak concentration, area under the curve (AUC), and volume of distribution (VD) for enrofloxacin were 27.9 (29.13) hr, 8.98 (18.09) μg/ml, 367.38 (35.41) hr μg/ml, and 0.575 (20.48) L/kg, respectively (mean value, CV%). For ciprofloxacin, the elimination T½, peak concentration, and AUC were 61.36 (34.55) hr, 2.34 (24.11) μg/ml, and 304.46 (24.69) μg hr/ml. In these animals, the ciprofloxacin concentrations comprised an average of 45.8% of the total fluoroquinolone concentrations, which is substantial compared to other marine invertebrates. The total AUC produced (sum of enrofloxacin and ciprofloxacin) was 682.69 ± 180.61 μg hr/ml. Concentrations that were achieved after a single dose of 5 mg/kg horseshoe crabs were sufficient to treat bacteria susceptible to enrofloxacin and ciprofloxacin.
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Mehta S, Kirby A. Audit of local practice regarding interval between surgery and adjuvant radiotherapy in patients with early breast cancer. Clin Oncol (R Coll Radiol) 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.clon.2017.04.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Ranger A, Dunlop A, Maclennan M, Donovan E, Harris E, Brigden B, Knowles C, Carr K, Henegan E, Francis J, Bartlett F, Somiah N, Locke I, Coles C, Kirby A. OC-0452: Evaluation of a novel field placement algorithm for tangential internal mammary chain radiotherapy. Radiother Oncol 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8140(17)30894-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Kirby A, Berry C, West R. Antibiotic consumption and Enterobacteriaceae skin colonization in hospitalized adults. J Hosp Infect 2017; 95:65-68. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2016.09.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2016] [Accepted: 09/13/2016] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Khoo V, Ahmed M, McDonald F, Kirby A, Van As N, Hawkins M, Syndikis I, Franks K, Jain S, Tree A, Eaton D, Patel R, Braidley MY, Kilburn L, Toms C, Hall E. 122: CORE: A randomised trial of COnventional care versus Radioablation (stereotactic body radiotherapy) for Extracranial oligometastases. Lung Cancer 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/s0169-5002(17)30172-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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O'Leary B, Alarcon L, Mallon E, Kirby A. Radiotherapy-associated Pemphigus - a Rare Cause of Grade 4 Skin Toxicity. Clin Oncol (R Coll Radiol) 2016; 29:e50. [PMID: 27618424 DOI: 10.1016/j.clon.2016.08.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2016] [Accepted: 08/25/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Ranger A, Kirby A, Dunlop A, Maclennan M, Coles C. Coverage of axillary lymph node levels using standard radiotherapy fields for breast cancer patients – what are we actually treating? Clin Oncol (R Coll Radiol) 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.clon.2016.04.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Read C, Carapetis J, Ralph A, Johnston V, de Dassel J, Bycroft K, Mitchell A, Bailie R, Maguire G, Edwards K, Currie B, Kirby A. PS293 Improving Delivery of Secondary Prophylaxis for Rheumatic Heart Disease in Remote Indigenous Communities: A Stepped-Wedge, Community Randomised Trial. Glob Heart 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.gheart.2016.03.227] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022] Open
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Kirby A. SP-0017: Technical approaches to regional lymph node irradiation for breast cancer. Radiother Oncol 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8140(16)31266-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Kirby A, Bretsztajn L, Santoni N, Patel H, Burke D, Horner C. Microbiological prediction of surgical site infection risk after colorectal surgery: a feasibility study. J Hosp Infect 2015; 90:271-2. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2015.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2015] [Accepted: 03/04/2015] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Lloyd R, Lees G, Bartlett F, Kirby A, McNair H, Landeg S. EP-1310: An audit to assess the efficiency of a voluntary breath hold technique for breast cancer patients. Radiother Oncol 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8140(15)41302-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Camden C, Wilson B, Kirby A, Sugden D, Missiuna C. Best practice principles for management of children with developmental coordination disorder (DCD): results of a scoping review. Child Care Health Dev 2015; 41:147-59. [PMID: 24387638 DOI: 10.1111/cch.12128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/24/2013] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND Developmental coordination disorder (DCD) is a prevalent health condition that is frequently unrecognized despite the substantial evidence that has accumulated regarding how it affects children's health, education and skills. Most literature focuses on measurement of impairment and description of intervention approaches for individual children; little is known about the principles that should guide best practice and service delivery for children with DCD as a population. The purpose of this study was to identify these principles. METHODS A scoping review was used to 'map' the information available to inform intervention and service delivery. Scholarly and grey literature written in English was identified in six databases, using a combination of keywords (e.g. guidelines, management, models and DCD); a 'snow-balling' technique was also used in Canada and the UK to access clinical protocols used in publicly funded health care systems. Over 500 documents were screened: 31 met inclusion criteria as they outlined practice principles for children with DCD as a population. Data regarding best practices were independently extracted by two reviewers and then compared with achieve consistency and consensus. RESULTS Two over-arching themes emerged, with five principles: (1) Organizing services to efficiently meet the comprehensive needs of children (e.g. Increasing awareness of DCD and coordination; Implementing clearly defined pathways; Using a graduated/staged approach); (2) Working collaboratively to offer evidence-based services (e.g. Integration of child and family views; Evidence-based interventions fostering function, participation and prevention). CONCLUSION Numerous documents support each of the principles, reflecting agreement across studies about recommended organization of services. While these principles may apply to many populations of children with disabilities, this review highlights how essential these principles are in DCD. Researchers, managers, clinicians, community partners and families are encouraged to work together in designing, implementing and evaluating interventions that reflect these principles.
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Stewart R, Colquhoun D, Marshner S, Simes J, Sathananthan J, Kirby A, Nestel P, Glozier N, O’Neil A, Oldenburg B, Tonkin A, White H. Persistent psychological distress and mortality in patients with stable coronary artery disease in the LIPID trial. Heart Lung Circ 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2015.06.643] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Sundaresan P, Sullivan L, Pendlebury S, Kirby A, Rodger A, Joseph D, Campbell I, Dhillon HM, Stockler MR. Patients' perceptions of health-related quality of life during and after adjuvant radiotherapy for T1N0M0 breast cancer. Clin Oncol (R Coll Radiol) 2014; 27:9-15. [PMID: 25267304 DOI: 10.1016/j.clon.2014.09.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2014] [Revised: 08/09/2014] [Accepted: 09/11/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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AIMS The effects of radiotherapy on health-related quality of life (HRQOL) may influence decisions about adjuvant radiotherapy after breast-conserving surgery. We sought women's ratings of HRQOL during and after radiotherapy. MATERIALS AND METHODS Women completed HRQOL measures before, during and after adjuvant radiotherapy for node-negative, hormone receptor-positive breast cancers that were less than 2 cm in size. Acute and late toxicities were rated by clinicians. RESULTS There were 161 participants with a median age of 58 years (range 34-82). Mean scores for most aspects of HRQOL worsened only slightly during radiotherapy and improved to baseline levels or better within a few months. The symptoms rated as most distressing were: difficulty sleeping (29%), fatigue (23%), breast discolouration (21%), uncertainty about the future (18%), feeling sad or depressed (18%), feeling anxious or worried (19%). Most rated their experience as better (39%) or much better (28%) than expected. Grade 3 toxicities were rare (5% acute, 1% late) with no grade 4 toxicities. CONCLUSIONS Radiotherapy was associated with transient and generally mild impairments in a few aspects of HRQOL. Concerns about adverse effects on HRQOL should not weigh heavily on decisions about adjuvant breast radiotherapy.
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Kirby A. Universal decolonization to prevent intensive care unit meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection. J Hosp Infect 2014; 88:179-80. [PMID: 25228226 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2014.08.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2014] [Accepted: 08/04/2014] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Phillips I, Locke I, Kirby A, Rahman F. Palliative External Beam Radiotherapy for Painful Bone Metastases. Clin Oncol (R Coll Radiol) 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.clon.2014.04.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Walsh C, Murphy A, Kirby A, Vaughan C. Retrospective costing of warfarin. IRISH MEDICAL JOURNAL 2014; 107:133-135. [PMID: 24908854] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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In Ireland, there are four anticoagulants available for prescribing to patients with atrial fibrillation for stroke prevention. A key feature of the three most recent anticoagulants is that monitoring is redundant. Despite this, there is continued prescribing of the incumbent anticoagulant, warfarin, which requires monitoring. Lack of information regarding the cost of monitoring, and the extra burden it places on health budgets and patients, motivated this costing study. Using micro costing, the costs of warfarin treatment (including monitoring) was disaggregated and isolated from both the patients' and health care provider's perspectives in a Cork hospital. Costs to the health care provider per patient per clinic visited were 21.57 Euros. Patient costs incurred per patient per clinic were 48.50 Euros. Thus, the total costs per patient per visit were 70.07 Euros. This result reveals that while the pharmaceutical cost of warfarin is low; it is not an inexpensive therapy when monitoring costs are considered.
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Tsang Y, Ciurlionis L, Kirby A, Venables K, Yarnold J, Coles C. EP-1784: Clinical impact of IMPORT HIGH trial (CRUK/06/003) on breast radiotherapy in the United Kingdom. Radiother Oncol 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8140(15)31902-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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