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List of Publications

2022

A national survey of publicly funded chronic pain management services in Ireland.

Purcell A, Channappa K, Moore D, Harmon D. 

Ir J Med Sci. 2022 Jun;191(3):1315-1323.

https://doi.org/10.1007/s11845-021-02673-5

Advanced clinical prioritisation in an Irish, tertiary, chronic pain management service: an audit of outcomes

Purcell A, O'Shea D, Power C.

Ir J Med Sci. 2022 May 5:1–5. 

https://doi.org/10.1007/s11845-022-03022-w

2021

Deep Hypothermic Circulatory Arrest in the Pediatric Population Undergoing Cardiac Surgery With Electroencephalography Monitoring: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Alkhatip AAAMM, Kamel MG, Farag EM, Purcell A, et al.

J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2021 Oct;35(10):2875-2888.

https://doi.org/10.1053/j.jvca.2021.01.039

"Response to Letter to the Editor Regarding: Managing Intrathecal Drug Delivery Devices in a Global Pandemic": A Correction

Purcell A, Moore DM.

Neuromodulation. 2021 Jun;24(4):799.

https://doi.org/10.1111/ner.13419

The diagnostic and prognostic role of neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio in COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Alkhatip AAAMM, Kamel MG, Hamza MK, Farag EM, Purcell A, et al.

Expert Rev Mol Diagn. 2021 May;21(5):505-514.

https://doi.org/10.1080/14737159.2021.1915773

Finding the Needle in the Haystack—An Unusual Case of Astasia-Abasia Following Sacro-Iliac Joint Injection for Chronic Low Back Pain

Punshi G, Purcell A, Power C.

Pain Studies and Treatment. 2021 Jan;9(1):1-6.

https://doi.org/10.4236/pst.2021.91001

2020

The authors reply

Purcell A, Abdelaal Ahmed Mahmoud M Alkhatip A.

Crit Care Med. 2020 Oct;48(10):e983-e984. 

https://doi.org/10.1097/CCM.0000000000004541

Managing a National Intrathecal Pump Service During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Neuromodulation

Patel AK, Dowling M, Purcell A, O'Brien J, Moore DM.

Neuromodulation. 2020 Oct;23(7):922-925.

https://doi.org/10.1111/ner.13225

The authors reply

Abdelaal Ahmed Mahmoud M Alkhatip A, Conroy P, Hamza MK, Murphy I, Purcell A, McGuire D.

Crit Care Med. 2020 Aug;48(8):e731-e732.

https://doi.org/10.1097/CCM.0000000000004454

Positive and negative factors affecting the health and wellbeing of anaesthesia trainees in Ireland: a national qualitative and quantitative survey

Farrell S, Purcell A, Edgeworth D, Feeley T, Shiels J, Condon E, Power C.

(2020), Abstracts of the Trainee Conference 2020, Anaesthesia., 75:10-106.

https://doi.org/10.1111/anae.15157

YEARS Algorithm Versus Wells' Score: Predictive Accuracies in Pulmonary Embolism Based on the Gold Standard CT Pulmonary Angiography

Abdelaal Ahmed Mahmoud M Alkhatip A, Donnelly M, Snyman L, Conroy P, Hamza MK, Murphy I, Purcell A, McGuire D.

Crit Care Med. 2020 May;48(5):704-708.

https://doi.org/10.1097/CCM.0000000000004271

2018

Peri-operative anaesthetic management of Ireland's first robotic assisted adrenalectomy for pheochromocytoma

Purcell A, Sweeney R, Giri S, Noctor E, Nix C

Mesentery and Peritoneum. 2018 AB107. 149.

https://doi.org/10.21037/map.2018.AB107

2016

The Republic of Ireland's busiest orthopaedic trauma centre: an innovative approach to pain management in lower limb trauma

Feeley T, Purcell A.

(2016), Free Paper Abstracts, Anaesthesia, 71:7-66.

https://doi.org/10.1111/anae.13519

2015

Secondary Amyloidosis: an unusual cause of renal failure in the lung transplant setting

Purcell A, Hudson AA, Al-Alawi MM, O'Meara YM, Egan, JJ

Ir J Med Sci. 184 (Suppl 7), 249–344 (2015).

https://doi.org/10.1007/s11845-015-1321-6