IGS Scientific Meeting
57th Annual Conference
Venue: Spires Building, Belfast (opposite Europa Hotel)
Date: September 25th-26th
Brochure:Download here
Programme:Download here
IGS Oral prizewinners
1st 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 Connaire1
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
2nd 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
3rd 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
1st Prize
0057
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 Taylor2
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
2nd Prize
0098
A case for weight based prescribing?
Susan Byrne, Choon Chan, Siobhan Kennelly, Conal Cunningham, Davis Coakley
St. James Hospital, Dublin 8, Ireland
Highly Commended
0010
Decision making tools for housing design for the aged population
Nicholas C. Humes, Karim Hadjri
Queen’s University, N Ireland, United Kingdom