Volume 88 Number 1, January 2019

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Table of Contents

Guest Editorials 1 The Physician’s Duty to Warn Their Patients About the Risks Associated with Medical Intervention: A Review and Discussion
Leonard CG, Toner JG
4 Our Digital Future—Encompass: Delivering Care Together
Cuddy G, Quinn M
Book Case 6 Personal Selections
Professor Barry Kelly
Game Changers 8 A Duo
Advances in laparoscopic pancreatic surgery.  Martel G, Kirk G, Jones C
Will SGLT2 inhibitors prove to be a 'multiple' gamechanger?  Sharkey N, Maxwell P
Grand Rounds 10 Oesophageal Stents for Potentially Curable Oesophageal Cancer – A Bridge to Surgery?
Tham JE, Tharian B, Allen PB, Spence G, Tham TC
Case Report 15 Fifty Years of Ventricular Tachycardia in a Single Patient
Adams S, Gray A, Herity N
Clinical Papers 17 The Preventative Effect of Hydrocolloid Dressings on Nasal Bridge Pressure Ulceration in Acute Non-Invasive Ventilation
Bishopp A, Oakes A, Antoine-Pitterson P, Chakraborty B, Comer D, Mukherjee R
21 Renal and Ureteric Stone Composition: A five year retrospective study for Northern Ireland
Tyson M, Grimes N, McAuley L, Hennessy D, Pahuja A, Young M
25 A Comparison of Inpatient and Outpatient-Based Chemotherapy Regimens for the Treatment of Acute Myeloid Leukaemia In The Elderly
Daly AB, Cuthbert R, Finnegan D, Arnold C, Craddock C, McMullin MF
30 All-Cause Mortality Amongst Patients Undergoing Above and Below Knee Amputation in a Regional Vascular Centre within 2014-2015
Kennedy GEM, McGarry K, Bradley G, Harkin DW
36 Transformation of Heart Attack Care: A Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Service for Northern Ireland
Herity N, Corrigan D, McNeill A
Curiositas 41 General surgery
James Logan Prize Essay 43 The Challenge of Cancer Pain Assessment
Cluxton C
Medical History 47 International Contributions toward the Conquest of Polio
Hedley-Whyte J, Milamed DR
Letters 55 To The Editor.
A 10-year review of unstable thoracolumbar spinal fractures from Northern Ireland: the associated injuries.  Thomson S, Julian H, McLorinan G, Verzin E, Hamilton A, Eames N
An unusual gastrointestinal complication following heart transplantation.  Smyth AI, Osmanska J, Lip S, Chong PS, Dalzell JR
Birth rate may increase nine months after national football success.  McKenna CS, Znaczko A, Morrison PJ
Assessment of hyponatraemia in acute medical patients.  Rana R, Saravanan A, Nizar H
So you want to be a 60 Clinical Research Fellow
Addy C, Bradley J, McGarvey L, Elborn JS, Downey D
Abstracts 62 21st Meeting of the Irish Society of Human Genetics
Friday 21st September 2018 Croke Park, Dublin