SVPH Respiratory




Respiratory Medicine
Services The Respiratory Medicine Department provides in-patient, day care and out-patient services including endoscopy procedures, pulmonary function testing and sleep studies. The staffing of the Department includes 6 Respiratory Medicine Consultants and 5 Respiratory Scientists. Contact Details: Respiratory Medicine Department St. Vincent's Private Hospital, Herbert Avenue Merrion Road, Dublin 4 Tel: 01 260 9200 ext 9848 (If there is no reply please leave a message and your call will be returned as soon as possible) Direct Access Pulmonary Function Tests: 01 2609200 Ext 9848 Consultants Dr. Seamas Donnelly, Consultant Respiratory Physician Phone: 01 2214930 Professor Charles Gallagher, Consultant Respiratory Physician Phone: 01 2695033 Ext. 9636 Prof. Michael Keane, Consultant Respiratory Physician Phone: 01 2614069 Dr. Tim. McDonnell Consultant Respiratory Physician Phone: 01 2614024 Ext. 9624 Dr. Edward McKone, Consultant Respiratory Physician Phone: 01 2695005 Prof. Walter McNicholas, Consultant Respiratory Physician Phone: 01 2601188 Special Interests All consultants specialise in Respiratory Medicine Prof. Walter McNicholas special interest is in Sleep Apnoea Prof. Charles Gallagher special interest is in Cystic Fibrosis Respiratory Unit The Respiratory Unit which is located in the Day Care Department comprises the following: 1) Pulmonary Function Testing Service Required referral information: Patient contact details Diagnosis/Reason for test Any chest infection Tests required Whether bronchodilator is contraindicated More information 2) Sleep Disorders Unit. Diagnosis and treatment of sleep apnoea. Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) is a condition where the patient stops breathing repeatedly during sleep due to collapse of the upper airway. Patients are excessively tired and may have a history of witnessed apnoeas and/or heavy snoring. Another more rare form of sleep apnoea, central apnoea may be present in the absence of snoring. Other sleep disorders investigated include Restless legs syndrome, (RLS). (Periodic Leg Movement Syndrome (PLMS) and Narcolepsy. More information Website Links Irish Sleep Apnoea Trust Irish Sleep Society - Guidelines for the Assessment and Management of Patients with Sleep Disorders Research McNicholas WT, Bonsignore MR; Management Committee of EU COST ACTION B26. Sleep apnoea as an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease: current evidence, basic mechanisms and research priorities. Eur Respir J. 2007 Jan;29(1):156-78. Review. PMID: 17197482 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] Doherty LS, Kiely JL, Deegan PC, Nolan G, McCabe S, Green AJ, Ennis S, McNicholas WT. Late-onset central hypoventilation syndrome: a family genetic study. Eur Respir J. 2007 Feb;29(2):312-6. PMID: 17264323 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] McSharry DG, McElwaine P, Segadal L, McNicholas WT. All that wheezes is not asthma. Lancet. 2007 Sep 1;370(9589):800. PMID: 17765530 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] 4. Ryan S, McNicholas WT, Taylor CT. A critical role for p38 map kinase in NF-kappaB signaling during intermittent hypoxia/reoxygenation. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2007 Apr 13;355(3):728-33. Epub 2007 Feb 9. PMID: 17316568 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] Ryan S, Nolan GM, Hannigan E, Cunningham S, Taylor C, McNicholas WT. Cardiovascular risk markers in obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome and correlation with obesity. Thorax. 2007 Jun;62(6):509-14. Epub 2007 Jan 24. PMID: 17251313 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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