N C Collins

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Country: UK

Publications

  1. ncbi The NEXUS criteria: do they stand the test of time?
    Niamh C Collins
    Department of Emergency Medicine, St James s Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
    Eur J Emerg Med 20:58-60. 2013
  2. ncbi End-of-life care in the intensive care unit: the Irish Ethicus data
    Niamh Collins
    University College Hospital Galway, Ireland
    Crit Care Resusc 8:315-20. 2006
  3. ncbi Is ice right? Does cryotherapy improve outcome for acute soft tissue injury?
    N C Collins
    Department of Emergency Medicine, University Hospital Galway, Newcastle Road, Galway, Ireland
    Emerg Med J 25:65-8. 2008
  4. ncbi The impact of a contaminated city water supply on an emergency department
    N C Collins
    Department of Emergency Medicine, Galway University Hospital, Newcastle Road, Galway
    Ir Med J 101:78-9. 2008

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Publications4

  1. ncbi The NEXUS criteria: do they stand the test of time?
    Niamh C Collins
    Department of Emergency Medicine, St James s Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
    Eur J Emerg Med 20:58-60. 2013
    ..Despite previous validation studies of the NEXUS criteria in the elderly population, we would urge caution in using the NEXUS criteria alone in determining radiography of the C-spine in the elderly...
  2. ncbi End-of-life care in the intensive care unit: the Irish Ethicus data
    Niamh Collins
    University College Hospital Galway, Ireland
    Crit Care Resusc 8:315-20. 2006
    ..To study the frequency, rationale and process for withholding (WH) and withdrawing (WD) life-sustaining therapies in intensive care patients in Ireland...
  3. ncbi Is ice right? Does cryotherapy improve outcome for acute soft tissue injury?
    N C Collins
    Department of Emergency Medicine, University Hospital Galway, Newcastle Road, Galway, Ireland
    Emerg Med J 25:65-8. 2008
    ..This review was conducted to examine the medical literature to investigate if there is evidence to support an improvement in clinical outcome following the use of ice or cryotherapy...
  4. ncbi The impact of a contaminated city water supply on an emergency department
    N C Collins
    Department of Emergency Medicine, Galway University Hospital, Newcastle Road, Galway
    Ir Med J 101:78-9. 2008
    ..7% +/- 7%) had a residential address in the affected area. Difficulty exists in the early identification of new outbreaks and many of the affected patients are not detected using routine surveillance or current capture methods...