IGS Scientific Meeting

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

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