Cian O'Caheny
@CahenyO
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Hospital Pharmacist with an interest in medicine for the older person, deprescribing and frailty. Part time PhD examining Fraily, ADRs and PIP.All views my own.
Joined January 2022
Happy 5th Birthday to MaterFIT. Great to celebrate our achievements with our Emergency Dept, Medical, Nursing and HSCP colleagues! @MaterTrauma @MaterHSCPs @MaterPhysio @MaterOccTherapy @MaterSLT @MaterNursing
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New Research: Delirium in Hip Fracture Patients Associated with Doubled Mortality Risk I'm pleased to share our new study on delirium and hip fracture, led by @rosespenfold. 91% of all hip fracture patients attending Scottish hospitals had a 4AT delirium assessment tool
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Delighted to celebrate Hospital Pharmacy Day 2025 in MMUH. Pop by our stand on Whitty Street to hear all about Pharmacy, our new Guidelines App, win prizes and collect your cupcake prescription!! #hospitalpharmacyday @mmuhpharmacy @MaterHSCPs @MaterTrauma
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ICYMI - TI Therapeutics Letter 151 Minimizing harms of tight glycemic control in older ppl with type 2 #diabetes 👉🏽 https://t.co/FUrfgpQgpF "For most older adults (65 years or older) with type 2 diabetes who have an A1c below 7%, sulfonylureas or insulin do more harm than good"
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A fantastic job opportunity for anyone looking to work in the ED with an amazing MDT. https://t.co/kZiJ9x0v58
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Mater Hospital is looking to fill the role of Senior Occupational Therapist Frailty Intervention Team in Dublin. Apply today!
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This study is aiming to understand what deprescribing recommendations should look like, to inform future guideline development. If you're a healthcare professional, please consider taking part in this short survey!
🩺Calling all medical doctors, pharmacists, and nurses! 💊What should deprescribing recommendations look like? 👩⚕️Share your thoughts and help shape the future of healthcare: https://t.co/CiFsFxnI6j
@deprescribing @DeprescribeNet @DeprescribeUS @NDeprescribing @EDeprescribeN
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New publication! Key point - Utilising information like hearing ability may increase sensitivity of risk stratification provided by the world guidelines for falls prevention and management https://t.co/GvGUMz4XbL
@RouKat @siobhanmagner @CahenyO @colmpbyrne
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BMC Geriatrics - The 2022 world guidelines for falls prevention and management suggest measuring sensory function including dizziness, vision, and hearing. These variables are not included in the...
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Great to present the findings of our SR looking at frailty and ADRs in older adults @ICOD2 #deprescribing @MaterFIT @mmuhpharmacy @RCSIPharmBioMol @RCSI_postgrad @shanecull @colmpbyrne
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In line with Patient Safety Day theme this year, Skip the Dip is especially relevant to improve diagnosis of UTI in older people and reduce unnecessary antibiotic use. See https://t.co/klv1YTLnUm for more info @NationalQPS #QIreland #patientsafety @eimeartb
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🧵#Deprescribing tramadol in a long-term care setting: A case study 1/ Tramadol for pain management: ⚖️does NOT have a better #safetyor #efficacy profile than other pain relievers ⚠️ has more problematic interactions 💰costs more https://t.co/lz7759pEgS
#tramadol #ptsafety
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Excellent turnout today at our delirium champion launch in the @MaterTrauma thank you all for attending, exciting times ahead @SuzanneDempsey5 @colmpbyrne @MaterFIT @lorrainemkyne @CahenyO @AnpMater @MaterHSCPs #delirium
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Incident dementia risk was more than three times higher in those who experienced just one episode of delirium, with each additional episode linked to a further 20% increase in dementia risk. The association was strongest in men.
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Objectives To determine the strength and nature of the association between delirium and incident dementia in a population of older adult patients without dementia at baseline. Design Retrospective...
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Happy World Delirium Awareness Day from the MMUH Delirium Committee #WDAD2024 #delirium a special day celebrating and launching our New Hospital Delirium Guidelines @MaterTrauma @lorrainemkyne @colmpbyrne @CahenyO @SuzanneDempsey5 @dbreslin @MaterFIT @MaterNursing
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Looking forward to @IIOPharmacy session on Problematic Polypharmacy @RCSI_Irl Charter Day 2024 @MaterFIT @NationalQPS @PFPS_Ireland
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On 8th Feb the IIOP & HSE National Medication Safety Programme & National Quality and Patient Safety Directorate will host a parallel session ‘Achieving Collective Impact in Addressing Problematic Polypharmacy’ as part of RCSI Charter Week 2024 Register➡️ https://t.co/RYuaQYSXVs
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Zoledronate after hip fracture - defining and defeating the treatment gap, from Prof Antony Johansen author of: Call to action: a five nations consensus on the use of intravenous zoledronate after hip fracture https://t.co/gCzajg6siG
#BGSconf
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