Stephen O'Neill
@stephenconeill
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Transplant Surgeon & Clinical Director @BelfastTrust | Honorary Prof @QUB_SMDBS | Guideline Chair @BTStransplant | Editor Transplantation Reviews | @VavascS
Belfast
Joined January 2014
1/ Vascular access is needed for haemodialysis. Ultrasound mapping is routinely used to establish vascular access options but often a long complex list of measurements are reported. This๐งตdescribes how weโve tried to simplify this info
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๐จ Nice paper and graphical abstract. Great for benchmarking results. Just published in Transplantation Reviews. Open access link below. Early surgical complications following kidney transplantation in adult... https://t.co/7x3wa8Z35N
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ยฃ506 raised for @NIKRFcharity by our recent Legends match, kindly sponsored by @ONeillSolicitor ๐๐ป๐ช๐ค๐ค
Our Legends got back to winning ways today with a 5-1 (Lav 3, Aaron & Noel) victory against Gedling Southbank FC. Debuts from Declan & Peter. All proceeds to @NIKRFcharity โฝ๏ธ๐ช๐๐ป
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Our Legends got back to winning ways today with a 5-1 (Lav 3, Aaron & Noel) victory against Gedling Southbank FC. Debuts from Declan & Peter. All proceeds to @NIKRFcharity โฝ๏ธ๐ช๐๐ป
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From Belfast we again report on our efforts to expand access to peritoneal dialysis We report our outcomes of PD catheter insertion and 1 year outcomes in individuals living with obesity #dialysis #kidneyresearch
@stephenconeill @DamianFog
https://t.co/qS1xip9Dlc
bmcnephrol.biomedcentral.com
Background The global prevalence of obesity in patients with end-stage kidney disease requiring kidney replacement therapy is rising. While peritoneal dialysis (PD) offers advantages for many...
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Our team at Belfast City Hospital Theatres carried out the first robotic operation for general surgery yesterday. Congratulations to the colorectal team on a successful day in theatres for the robotic assisted procedure.
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Well done to our Titans who represented the club very well at the Lava Cup Tournament in Falkirk, advancing to the semi finals only to come up short on penalties #TheJourneyContinues
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๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ง๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ Ahead of this weekend's Lava Cup Tournament in Falkirk, the Titans would like to thank End Goal Coaching for their kind sponsorship of the travelwear ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ป
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๐จ@QUBelfast is the 1st University to be a certified provider of the @RCSnews START course! This year all Year 5 students had the opportunity to complete the course via @QUBMedEd ๐ Massive thanks to all the amazing faculty and students participants that made this possible!
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This first article in a seven part series presents an overview of the essential elements of the GRADE approach that has proved useful in systematic reviews, health technology assessment reports, and clinical practice guidelines https://t.co/rzV7gJl35l
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Our Legends recent game against @BallyclareFC over 35โs raised a fantastic ยฃ925 for @Prettynpinkni. Well done to both teams and to @QueensSport for hosting๐๐๐ปโค๏ธ
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11/ Thanks to @BelfastTrust PA program for supporting my time on this project and all the @VavascS collaborators, particularly PhD candidate Kate Lawrie, Peter Waldauf and @PeterBalaz1975
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10/ The next steps are to see whether AVAS can be further simplified and study the relationship between AVAS with long term outcomes
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9/ In our latest paper from @VavascS in @SciReports the predictive capability of AVAS was further validated in comparison to the use of multiple ultrasound mapping measurements by predictive modelling using machine learning
nature.com
Scientific Reports - Machine learning validation of the AVAS classification compared to ultrasound mapping in a multicentre study
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8/ 11 centres in 8 countries got involved in @VavascS and we found that AVAS was an accurate predictor of vascular access creation. Furthermore, vascular access predicted by AVAS had less chance of early failure https://t.co/aBZ7XMxHK0
academic.oup.com
ABSTRACTBackground. The arteriovenous access stage (AVAS) classification provides evaluation of upper extremity vessels for vascular access (VA) suitabilit
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7/ Next we wanted to validate AVAS in a multi-centre study and see if it could predict vascular access decisions. We designed the Validation of Arterio Venous Access Stage Classification (VAVASC) Study @VavascS and published a protocol
journals.sagepub.com
Background: VAVASC study (Validation of Arterio Venous Access Stage Classification) is a multicentre, international, prospective study. The study aims to valida...
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6/ We also found classification systems for vascular access induced limb ischaemia https://t.co/efWjEzwyEM But no other classification systems like AVAS were found, confirming it was unique
journals.sagepub.com
Vascular access-induced limb ischaemia is a potentially severe complication. A classification system for clinical assessment and treatment would be a useful cli...
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5/ We found classification systems for vascular access stenosis and published a review of these in @BMJ_Open
bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives Vascular access (VA) stenoses play a significant role in the morbidity of the haemodialysed population. Classifications for diagnosis, assessment and proposal of treatment strategies can...
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4/ We were almost sure that AVAS was the only classification system used to summarise mapping info but wanted to be sure. So, we published our plans to find other vascular access classifications in @BMJ_Open
bmjopen.bmj.com
Introduction Classifications are important clinical tools that enable data arrangement, patient categorisation and comparative research. The care of patients with end-stage renal disease who have...
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3/ AVAS is a useful tool for describing dialysis access options in individual patients, as we show in this article about fistula aneurysms in transplant patients https://t.co/KTIF53xBMK But it is probably just as useful for describing a population of vascular access patients
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