PF.69 Ireland’s National Perinatal Neurosurgical Clinic: Referral Patterns and Outcomes, 2010–2012: Abstract PF.69 Table

The haematuria clinic--referral patterns in Northern Ireland.

One hundred consecutive patients with haematuria were seen over a three month period at the haematuria clinic, Belfast City Hospital. 14% of patients were found to have transitional cell carcinoma of the urinary bladder; all of these presented with frank haematuria and were over 50 years of age. No malignancy was detected in the microscopic haematuria group. 14% of patients with macroscopic hae...

Hyperuricemia and Perinatal Outcomes in Patients with Severe Preeclampsia

Maternal, fetal and neonatal complications are correlated with hypertensive disorders during pregnancy.  In this context, the maternal blood uric acid level is reported to be one of the prognostic factors in determining the prenatal outcome.  Based on the existing data, the present descriptive study was performed on two groups of women with severe preeclampsia; the first group (n=53) with a uri...

Perinatal outcomes after maternal 2009/H1N1 infection: national cohort study

OBJECTIVES To follow up a UK national cohort of women admitted to hospital with confirmed 2009/H1N1 influenza in pregnancy in order to obtain a complete picture of pregnancy outcomes and estimate the risks of adverse fetal and infant outcomes. DESIGN National cohort study. SETTING 221 hospitals with obstetrician led maternity units in the UK. PARTICIPANTS 256 women admitted to hospital wi...

Chiropractic clinic offered referral kickbacks.

Referral patterns to a pediatric orthopedic clinic: implications for education and practice.

OBJECTIVE Musculoskeletal medicine is becoming an increasingly essential part of primary care medicine. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Surgical Advisory Panel recently published voluntary guidelines to establish diagnoses that should be referred to a pediatric specialist rather than a general specialist (pediatric orthopedic surgery vs general orthopedic surgery). Given the crisis in ...