Clinical specials

The Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) characterises asthma as a chronic inflammatory respiratory condition with intermittent symptoms such as wheezing, shortness of breath, chest tightness and cough.

Exacerbations are important events in COPD because they dramatically impair a patient’s quality of life, hasten the rate of deterioration of lung function, and contribute to significant mortality (especially in patients requiring admission to hospital) and to high cost of care.

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Download PDF Most cases of cervical cancer are preventable by routine screening with a Pap test (which may be combined with a test for human papillomavirus [HPV]) and by treatment of pre-cancerous lesions.

Download PDF Click on image to enlarge The above table was prepared from data available in March 2016 and lists products that are currently included in MIMS Ireland.

Download PDF Stroke in Ireland – Facts and Figures Each year, approximately 10,000 people are admitted to hospitals in Ireland with acute stroke and around 2,000 die – more deaths than breast cancer, prostate cancer and bowel cancer combined.

Download PDF Dabigatran1 Efficacy and safety was investigated in the RE-LY trial, a randomised, non-inferiority trial, designed to compare two fixed doses of dabigatran (150mg and 110mg), each administered in a blinded manner, with open-label use of warfarin [target INR, 2.

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Download PDF One way to classify asthma involves identifying the phenotypes of asthma – that is the clusters of properties observed in different types of asthma.