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ID	Category	Document Title	Author(s)	Institution
7.11	Integrated Care	Winning Goals For The Royal County	Rosaleen Reilly	Meath Integrated Respiratory Service	View Abstract
7.12	Integrated Care	A retrospective analysis of COPD diagnosis and staging in the Respiratory Integrated Care Hub, Chronic Disease Management Programme, Cork City	Deborah Casey	Cork South Side Interated Care	View Abstract
7.13	Integrated Care	Mid-West Community Pulmonary Rehabilitation: Right Care, Right Place, Right Time	Lauren Kennedy	HSE CDM Respiratory Integrated Care	View Abstract
7.14	Integrated Care	Earlier diagnosis of COPD in Dublin North Central Respiratory Integrated Care	Alison McAlister	HSE CHO9 Dublin North Central/ Mater Misericordiae University Hospital	View Abstract
7.15	Integrated Care	Assessment of the effectiveness of CNS Integrated Care Programme for Chronic Disease (ICDCP) in Dublin North City and County (DNCC).	Lavinia McLeod	H.S.E	View Abstract
7.16	Integrated Care	The Exacerbator Phenotype – A Case for Integration	Martha O'Connor	Tipperary University Hospital	View Abstract
7.17	Integrated Care	A nine month evaluation of the pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) service in the Ballinasloe Chronic Disease Hub (CDH) CHO2	Aoife O'Hara	Ballinasloe Chronic Disease Hub	View Abstract
7.18	Integrated Care	Review of patient experience survey on the referrals and outcome measures of the Respiratory Integrated Care Hub, Chronic Disease Management Programme, Cork City	Punitha Vairamani	Cork University Hospital	View Abstract
7.19	Integrated Care	A retrospective study on COPD patients attending emergency Department after outreach input	Tintu Augustine	NAAS GENERAL HOSPITAL	View Abstract
7.21	Integrated Care	Establishment of a Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Outreach Programme Integrated with Community Pulmonary Rehabilitation in the North West	Helen Johnston	Sligo University Hospital	View Abstract
7.22	Integrated Care	Transforming referral pathways for Respiratory Patients in the Community	Daphne Masterson	ICPCD, South Tipperary	View Abstract
7.23	Integrated Care	A COPD Self-Management Education Day	Majella O Reilly	RIC DNC	View Abstract
8.01	General Respiratory 2	Evolution of Respiratory Inhaler Prescribing Practices in Ireland; Longitudinal data over a 10 year period	Ruth Cusack	Galway University Hospital	View Abstract
8.02	General Respiratory 2	An Audit of pleural fluid analyses in a tertiary hospital	Laura Gleeson	St James's Hospital	View Abstract
8.03	General Respiratory 2	Evaluating the potential impact of an Ambulatory Pleural Effusion Pathway on inpatient admissions in a tertiary referral hospital	Laura Gleeson	St James's Hospital	View Abstract
8.04	General Respiratory 2	An Audit of Unilateral Pleural Effusion Sampling Practice in a Teaching Hospital	Jack McCarthy	St Vincent's University Hospital	View Abstract
8.05	General Respiratory 2	Do we need Oxygen Assessment and Review Clinics?	Eimear Griffin	HSE CHW	View Abstract
8.06	General Respiratory 2	An Audit of Non-Invasive Ventilation (NIV) Practice in a Level 3 Hospital	Ibrahim Haydar	University Hopsital Waterford	View Abstract
8.07	General Respiratory 2	The Ripple Effect; how the evolving role of CT coronary angiogram may impact on service demands in respiratory medicine	Niamh Logan	University Hospital Limerick	View Abstract
8.08	General Respiratory 2	Audit on the implementation of guidelines for the use of High Flow Nasal Oxygen (HFNO) in Beaumont Hospital	James O'Hanlon	Beaumont Hospital	View Abstract
8.09	General Respiratory 2	An Audit of Non-Invasive Ventilation Practices in a Model 3 Hospital	Eleanor Cronin	Midlands Regional Hospital, Tullamore	View Abstract
8.11	General Respiratory 2	Oxygen Therapy Clinic: A 10 year review	Sarah Nolan	Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital	View Abstract
8.12	General Respiratory 2	Quality improvement initiative to improve knowledge on home oxygen therapy amongst physiotherapists and nurses in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital	Sarah Nolan	Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital	View Abstract
8.13	General Respiratory 2	NIV Service in Cork University Hospital: An overview of service provision and the development of an NIV education programme	Maeve O'Grady	Cork University Hospital	View Abstract
8.14	General Respiratory 2	Usage of Non-Invasive Ventilation (NIV) in Patients with Acute Hypercapnic Respiratory Failure, in comparison to the British Thoracic Society (BTS) guideline in Rural Ireland, West Cork	Sarah Rafar	Bantry General Hospital	View Abstract
8.15	General Respiratory 2	An Oxygen Therapy Clinic (OTC) Serving Meath Patients	Rosaleen Reilly	Meath Integrated Respiratory Service	View Abstract
8.16	General Respiratory 2	Improved oxygen prescription compliance	Dimitris Smith Diakidis	Our Lady of Lourdes, Drogheda	View Abstract
8.18	General Respiratory 2	Long Term Non-Invasive Ventilation (NIV) Service	Arsah Asis	Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda	View Abstract
8.19	General Respiratory 2	Is the O2 Ok?	Emma Burke	CHW- CHO2	View Abstract
8.21	General Respiratory 2	Staff experience survey on the impact of inhaler education on acute medical wards in Cork University Hospital- a quality improvement initiative	Punitha Vairamani	Cork University Hospital	View Abstract
8.22	General Respiratory 2	A Review and Audit of Nebulised therapy within the UHL Hospital Group	Carmel McInerney	University Hospital Limerick, Ennis and Nenagh Hospital	View Abstract
8.23	General Respiratory 2	The prevalence of physiological abnormalities and adverse events during rehabilitation physiotherapy in Tallaght University Hospital (TUH) intensive care unit (ICU)	Maria Baily-Scanlan	Tallaght University Hospital	View Abstract
9.01	Lung Cancer, Pleural and Surgery	Lung Cancer Demographics of an inner city hospital	Ali Al-Mukhaizeem	Mercy University Hospital	View Abstract
9.02	Lung Cancer, Pleural and Surgery	Was Covid the Culprit? An Audit into Red Flag Cancer Pathway Timelines during the Pandemic	Laura Carr	Craigavon Area Hospital	View Abstract
9.03	Lung Cancer, Pleural and Surgery	Dedicated lung nodule multidisciplinary meeting using volumetric analysis	Camilla Conta	OLOL hospital, drogheda	View Abstract
9.04	Lung Cancer, Pleural and Surgery	Recording of Performance status (PS) in lung multi-disciplinary meetings (MDM)	Dhiviya Ganesan	Galway University Hospital	View Abstract
9.05	Lung Cancer, Pleural and Surgery	To do or not to do: Repeat imaging of pulmonary nodules – are we compliant with the guideline (BTS, 2015)?	Dzufar Halim	Galway University Hospital	View Abstract
9.06	Lung Cancer, Pleural and Surgery	The Central Role Neck Ultrasound and Lymph Node Sampling Can Play in Modern Lung Cancer Diagnostics	Lucy Power	University Hospital Galway	View Abstract
9.07	Lung Cancer, Pleural and Surgery	The Impact of Formalin-Fixed Pleural Fluid in Lung Cancer on Sample Adequacy for PD-L1 Analysis	Lucy Power	University Hospital Galway	View Abstract
9.08	Lung Cancer, Pleural and Surgery	Low Yield of Urgent Haemoptysis Referrals for Lung Cancer Clinics	David Quigley	Saint James Hospital	View Abstract
9.09	Lung Cancer, Pleural and Surgery	Lung Biopsies in 2023- The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly	Lara Toerien	Mater Misericordiae University Hospital	View Abstract
9.11	Lung Cancer, Pleural and Surgery	An Audit evaluating the Management of Malignant Pleural Effusions admitted under the Oncology Service in St James’s Hospital	Laura Gleeson	St James's Hospital	View Abstract
9.12	Lung Cancer, Pleural and Surgery	Malignant pleural effusion: A drain on resources?	Margaret Gleeson	Beaumont Hospital	View Abstract
9.13	Lung Cancer, Pleural and Surgery	An Evaluation of the Content, Readability, and Reliability of publicly available web-based information on pneumothorax surgery in Ireland	Martin Ho	University College Cork	View Abstract
9.14	Lung Cancer, Pleural and Surgery	Enhancing the Quality of External Referrals to Thoracic Surgery in a Tertiary Referral Centre	Joe Mc Loughlin	Mater Hospital, Dublin	View Abstract
9.15	Lung Cancer, Pleural and Surgery	Superior Suction of Boston Exalt Model B 2.8 Single-use Flexible Bronchoscope	Pooja Pooja	Cork University Hospital, Ireland	View Abstract
9.16	Lung Cancer, Pleural and Surgery	The Effects of a Low Suction Strategy using Digital Chest Drainage Devices after Lung Resection Surgery	Ghaith Qsous	Royal Infirmary hospital of Edinburgh	View Abstract
9.17	Lung Cancer, Pleural and Surgery	Robotic Assisted Thoracic Surgery – Early Results of an Expanding Program	Laura Staunton	St James's Hospital	View Abstract
9.18	Lung Cancer, Pleural and Surgery	Retrospective audit on the use of sedation during bronchoscopy/EBUS in Beaumont Hospital	Sile Toland	Beaumont Hospital	View Abstract
9.19	Lung Cancer, Pleural and Surgery	Multi-disciplinary surgical management of retrosternal goitre: A Case Series	Ahson Ul Haq	Cork University Hospital	View Abstract
9.21	Lung Cancer, Pleural and Surgery	Histologic evidence of acute cellular rejection in post-transplant lung biopsies	Sinead Ryan	Mater Misericordiae University Hospital	View Abstract
10.01	TB, CF & Infections	Supporting alveolar macrophage function to enhance immune responses to Mycobacterium tuberculosis in the lung	Sarah Connolly	Trinity Translational Medicine Institute	View Abstract
10.02	TB, CF & Infections	IL-10 induces homeostatic plasticity in Th1 primed human alveolar macrophages	Donal Cox	Trinity College Dublin	View Abstract
10.03	TB, CF & Infections	Meclizine induces aerobic glycolysis in human macrophages and can enhance the glycolytic response to Mtb infection	Laura Gleeson	St James's Hospital	View Abstract
10.04	TB, CF & Infections	Are we ordering follow-up chest x-rays for community acquired pneumonia? A prospective audit examining the ordering of follow-up chest x-rays for patients admitted over the course of single week – St Lukes’ Hospital Kilkenny	Robert Allan Murphy	St Lukes Hospital, Kilkenny	View Abstract
10.06	TB, CF & Infections	An Unorthodox Phenomena: Dexamethasone reduces glycolysis in Mycobacterium tuberculosis infected human macrophages but improves bacillary killing	Lorraine Thong	Trinity College Dublin	View Abstract
10.07	TB, CF & Infections	BPaLm Treatment in MDR TB	Eve Blake	St James Hospital	View Abstract

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Irish Thoracic Society