IGS Oral prizewinners 2009

1^st Prize

End of Life Care Documentation in Care Homes: A Meta-Analysis.

Una Molloy¹, Eileen Rossiter¹, Mary Carney¹, Mary Flanagan¹, Ciaran Donegan¹, Dermot Power¹, Regina Mc Quillan¹, Margaret Cashman¹, Patricia Walsh¹, Kevin Connaire^1 
1St Francis Hospice, Dublin, Ireland, ²Cuan Ross, Dublin, Ireland, ³Lusk Community Unit, Dubliin, Ireland, ⁴Claremont Services, Dubliin, Ireland, ⁵Beaumont Hospital, Dubliin, Ireland, ⁶Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, ⁷St. Francis Hospice, Dublin, Ireland, ⁸St. Francis Hospice, Dublin, Ireland, ⁹St. Francis Hospice, Dublin, Ireland, ¹⁰St. Francis Hospice, Dublin, Ireland

2^nd Prize 

Effect of STOPP/START criteria on the quality of prescribing for older patients: a randomized controlled trial. P Gallagher, M O’Connor, D O’Mahony Department of Geriatric Medicine, Cork University Hospital, Wilton, Cork, Ireland.

Paul Gallagher, Marie O'Connor, Denis O'Mahony 
Department of Geriatric Medicine, Cork University Hospital, Cork, Ireland

3^rd Prize

N-Terminal Pro-B-Type Natriuretic Peptide as a Marker of all-cause Mortality in an Elderly Population

Olivia  Mc Devitt, Jacqui Clare, Henry Mc Kinney, Ken Mulpeter, Jose Miranda 
Letterkenny General Hospital, Co. Donegal, Ireland 

Poster Prizewinners 2009 

1^st  Prize

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Investigating Bone Quality in Patients with Hip Fracture Using Newer Bioengineering Techniques 

Joseph G Browne¹, Tariq Mesallati², Claire Picard², Katie Reeve-Arnold³, Peter O Reilly², Jackie Daly³, Miriam C Casey¹, JB Walsh¹, David Taylor^2 
1Falls and Osteoporosis Service, MIRA, St James Hospital, Dublin 8, Ireland, ²The Trinity Centre for Bioengineering, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland, ³Division of Biology, Department of Anatomy, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin 2, Ireland 

2^nd Prize

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A case for weight based prescribing?

Susan Byrne, Choon Chan, Siobhan Kennelly, Conal Cunningham, Davis Coakley 
St. James Hospital, Dublin 8, Ireland

Highly Commended

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Decision making tools for housing design for the aged population

Nicholas C. Humes, Karim Hadjri 
Queen's University, N Ireland, United Kingdom