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General Broderick 1 A REVIEW OF CLINICAL OUTCOMES IN 58-59
Haematology MYELOFIBROSIS PATIENTS AND A SIMPLIFIED
GUIDE TO THE PATHOLOGICAL DIAGNOSIS: A
SINGLE CENTRE RETROSPECTIVE STUDY
General Cunningham 2 NEUTROPHILIC LEUKEMOID REACTION IN A YOUNG 60
Haematology ZIMBABWEAN MAN WITH SPINDLE CELL
SARCOMA: A CASE REPORT.
General Deeb 3 THE VIRTUAL HAEMATOLOGY CLINIC (VHC): 61
Haematology ESTABLISHING A DATABASE AND ANALYZING
REFERRALS- A SINGLE CENTRE EXPERIENCE AT
CORK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL (CUH)
General Dhanapal 4 A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY OF HEPATITIS B VIRAL 62
Haematology SCREENING IN PATIENTS RECEIVING RITUXIMAB
General Flood 5 THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN BIOLOGIC EXPOSURE 63
Haematology AND DIAGNOSIS OF LYMPHOMA, A CASE SERIES
AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE.
General Friel 6 A SINGLE CENTRE STUDY OF SYMPTOM BURDEN IN 64-65
Haematology MYELOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDERS.
General Griffin 7 PROCEDURE CHARACTERIZATION, METRIC 66
Haematology DEVELOPMENT, AND DELPHI PANEL CONSENSUS
ON PHLEBOTOMY PERFORMANCE METRICS AS
PART OF PROFICIENCY –BASED TRAINING
PROGRAM TO MITIGATE WRONG BLOOD IN TUBE
General Lee 8 UNUSUAL RADIOLOGICAL PRESENTATIONS OF 67
Haematology LYMPHOMA; PICTORIAL REVIEW.
General McNeice 9 ACUTE ONCOLOGY/HAEMTOLOGY UNIT BELFAST 68-69
Haematology CITY HOSPITAL
General McShane 10 MONOCLONAL GAMMOPATHY OF 70
Haematology UNDETERMINED SIGNIFICANCE (MGUS) AS
VIEWED BY HAEMATOLOGY HEALTHCARE
PROFESSIONALS: A CROSS-SECTIONAL SURVEY OF
THE HAEMATOLOGY ASSOCIATION OF IRELAND
MEETING ATTENDEES 2016
General McShane 11 KNOWLEDGE AND AWARENESS OF MONOCLONAL 71
Haematology GAMMOPATHY OF UNDETERMINED SIGNIFICANCE
(MGUS) AMONG GENERAL PRACTITIONERS.
General Murphy 12 LIVING WITH MGUS. HOW DOES IT COMPARE TO 72
Haematology THE OTHER PREMALIGNANT CONDITIONS?
General O' Herlihy 13 VALIDATION OF PHLEBOTOMY PERFORMANCE 73
Haematology METRICS DEVELOPED AS PART OF A PROFICIENCY
BASED PROGRESSION INITIATIVE TO MITIGATE
WRONG BLOOD IN TUBE
General Peters 14 HOW GOOD ARE HAEMATOLOGY PATIENTS AT 74
Haematology RETAINING CHEMOTHERAPY CONSENT? A
PROSPECTIVE STUDY.
General Smyth 15 AN AUDIT TO ESTABLISH VACCINATION UPTAKE, 75
Haematology EDUCATION AND ANTIBIOTIC ADHERANCE IN
POST-SPLENECTOMY PATIENTS WITHIN A
NATIONAL COAGULATION DEPARTMENT

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General Smyth 16 LYMPHOMATOID PAPULOSIS FOLLOWING 76
Haematology BRENTUXIMAB TREATMENT OF REFRACTORY
HODGKIN LYMPHOMA
General Waterworth 17 QUALITY IMPROVEMENT: PREVALENCE OF 77
Haematology DIABETES AND HYPERGLYCAEMIA IN PATIENTS
ATTENDING BRIDGEWATER HAEMATOLOGY SUITE
TAKING GLUCOCORTICOID MEDICATION
General Worrall 18 AN EVIDENCE BASED ASSESSMENT OF THE EFFECT 78
Haematology OF EXERCISE ON CANCER-RELATED FATIGUE IN
PATIENTS WITH HAEMATOLOGICAL
MALIGNANCIES
Haemostasis and Barrett 19 FROM A DIRECT ORAL ANTICOAGULANT TO 79
Thrombosis WARFARIN: REASONS WHY PATIENTS SWITCH
Haemostasis and Bowden 20 INFERIOR VENA CAVA FILTER USE AT A TERTIARY 80
Thrombosis LEVEL HOSPITAL, AN AUDIT OF PRACTICE.
Haemostasis and McCauley 21 ANTICOAGULANT CHOICE IN THE TREATMENT OF 81
Thrombosis VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM (VTE): A REVIEW OF
1 YEAR IN THE BELFAST TRUST VTE CLINIC
Haemostasis and Murphy 22 VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM RISK ASSESSMENT 82
Thrombosis OF HOSPITALISED CANCER PATIENTS IN A TERTIARY
REFERAL CENTRE
Haemostasis and O'Leary 23 IMPROVING VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM 83
Thrombosis (VTE) RISK ASSESSMENT IN HOSPITALISED
PATIENTS IN A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL IN
IRELAND
Haemostasis and Ryan 24 THROMBOPHILIA TESTING IN A TERTIARY 84
Thrombosis REFERRAL CENTRE IN IRELAND: ARE WE
FOLLOWING THE GUIDELINES?
Haemostasis and Singleton 25 INTRODUCTION OF EXTENDED HALF LIFE 85
Thrombosis RECOMBINANT FACTOR IX REPLACEMENT
THERAPY TO IRISH ADULTS WITH HAEMOPHILIA B
Laboratory Browne 26 THE POTENTIAL FOR THE HOLOTRANSCOBALAMIN 86
Haematology 2 ASSAY IN ASSESSING B12 DEFICIENCY AND AS A
POSSIBLE REPLACEMENT FOR CURRENT
METHODOLOGIES
Laboratory Kelly 27 THE IMPLEMENTATION AND EVALUATION OF THE 87
Haematology FRANCOPHONE GROUP OF CELL HAEMATOLOGY
SAMPLE VALIDATION RULE SET.
Laboratory O'Herlihy/Liston 28 6 MONTHS OF DATA ON ERROR IN TRANSFUSION 88-89
Haematology RELATED BLOOD SAMPLING FROM THE BLOOD
BANK IN CORK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
Laboratory Orfali 29 90
AN IRISHMAN'S THALASSAEMIA
Haematology
Laboratory Smyth 30 NEUTROPAENIA: ASSESSMENT OF 91
Haematology WORKLOAD GENERATED BY SEVERE
NEUTROPAENIA IN CORK UNIVERSITY HOSIPTAL
Malignant Amet 31 NOVEL ANTI-CANCER THERAPEUTICS FOR 92
Haematology and MULTIPLE MYELOMA WHICH TARGET THE STAT3
Transplantation SIGNALING PATHWAY
Malignant Armstrong 32 CLINICAL AND HAEMATOLOGICAL OUTCOMES OF 93-94
Haematology and “ALL COMERS” TREATED WITH AZACITIDINE: A
Transplantation REAL WORLD, RETROSPECTIVE, TWO CENTRE
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Malignant Barrett 33 DISCONCORDANT MLL-AF4 POSTIVE ACUTE 95
Haematology and LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKAEMIA IN ADULT IDENTICAL
Transplantation TWINS WITH CONFIRMED HISTORY OF SHARED
PLACENTAL CIRCULATION. CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS
AND POTENTIAL NEW INSIGHT INTO MLL-AF4
LEUKAEMOGENESIS
Malignant Bhandari 34 HORMONAL AND REPRODUCTIVE FACTORS AND 96
Haematology and SUBSEQUENT RISK OF HAEMATOLOGICAL
Transplantation MALIGNANCIES: FINDINGS FROM THE UK BIOBANK
Malignant Boyle 35 NOVEL THERAPEUTIC APPROACH AND NEXT 97
Haematology and GENERATION SEQUENCING (NGS) ANALYSIS OF A
Transplantation PATIENT WITH CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM (CNS)
MYELOMA: A CASE REPORT
Malignant Broderick 36 ACUTE ANTHRACYLINE CARDIOTOXICITY IN 98
Haematology and PATIENTS WITH AML TREATED WITH DA3+10: 3
Transplantation CASE REPORTS
Malignant Camanda 37 INCIDENCE AND PREVALENCE OF SICKLE CELL 99
Haematology and DISEASE: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-
Transplantation ANALYSIS.
Malignant Catherwood 38 THE APPLICATION OF A NOVEL NEXT-GENERATION 100
Haematology and SEQUENCING ASSAY REVEALS THE APPEARANCE OF
Transplantation GENE MUTATIONS, COPY NUMBER VARIANTS AND
CHROMOSOMAL ABNORMALITIES IN CHRONIC
LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA. CHROMOSOMAL
ABNORMALITIES IN CHRONIC LYMPHOCYTIC
LEUKEMIA.
Malignant Coll 39 NATIONAL MULTICENTRE STUDY EVALUATING THE 101
Haematology and EFFICACY AND TOLERABILITY OF PIXANTRONE IN
Transplantation PATIENTS WITH REFRACTORY OR RELAPSED
AGGRESSIVE NON-HODGKIN LYMPHOMA
Malignant Comerford 40 102
ELDERLY ALL- A STANDARDISED APPROACH TO
Haematology and
TREATMENT
Transplantation
Malignant Crawford 41 103
PRIMARY ISOLATED FOLLICULAR LYMPHOMA OF
Haematology and
THE DUODENUM – A RARE ENTITY.
Transplantation
Malignant Cunningham 42 A RETROSPECTIVE AND PROSPECTIVE AUDIT OF 104-105
Haematology and RADIOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS FOR SUSPECTED
Transplantation CASES OF PLASMA CELL DYSCRASIAS/MYELOMA IN
ALTNAGELVIN AREA HOSPITAL
Malignant Daly 43 A COMPARISON OF INPATIENT AND OUTPATIENT 106
Haematology and BASED CHEMOTHERAPY REGIMENS FOR THE
Transplantation TREATMENT OF ACUTE MYELOID LEUKAEMIA IN
THE ELDERLY.
Malignant Delaney 44 107
IS IT WORTH IT? - "RAINY DAY" STEM CELL
Haematology and
HARVEST USAGE IN IRELAND 2001-2017
Transplantation
Malignant Delaney 45 SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT OF SOLITARY BONE 108
Haematology and PLASMACYTOMA WITH NOVEL BIOLOGICAL
Transplantation AGENTS LEADING TO NEW BONE FORMATION

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Malignant Donaldson 46 CHRONIC LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKAEMIA - 109
Haematology and IMPLICATION OF IGHV MUTATION STATUS ON
Transplantation PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL
Malignant Dunlea 47 AN AUDIT OF AUTOLOGOUS TRANSPLANTATION 110
Haematology and FOR MYELOMA AT ST. JAMES’S HOSPITAL, 1999-
Transplantation 2016
Malignant Fogarty 48 111
WHY PATIENTS STOP BCRI TREATMENT AND THEIR
Haematology and
SUBSEQUENT CLINICAL OUTCOME
Transplantation
Malignant Gonzalez- 49 112
IS SRC PATHWAY A RELEVANT TARGET IN ACUTE
Haematology and Sanchez
MYELOID LEUKAEMIA?
Transplantation
Malignant Henderson 50 PLERIXAFOR USE IN GALWAY UNIVERSITY 113
Haematology and HOSPITAL, COMPARING NEW CONSENSUS
Transplantation RECOMMENDATIONS.
Malignant Herlihy 51 ALLOGENEIC BONE MARROW TRANSPLANT 114
Haematology and FOLLOWING INTENSIVE INDUCTION REGIMES IN
Transplantation DOUBLE HIT LYMPHOMA: A SINGLE CENTRE
RETROSPECTIVE STUDY
Malignant Maraj 52 THE EVOLVING ROLE OF STEM CELL 115
Haematology and TRANSPLANTATION IN ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC
Transplantation LEUKAEMIA
Malignant McCarthy 53 REVIEW OF THE INVESTIGATION, DIAGNOSIS AND 116
Haematology and MANAGEMENT OF SYSTEMIC AL AMYLOIDOSIS IN
Transplantation A SINGLE REGIONAL CENTRE.
Malignant McEllistrim 54 A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY OF OUTCOMES 117
Haematology and FOLLOWING AUTOLOGOUS STEM CELL
Transplantation TRANSPLANTATION FOR NEWLY DIAGNOSED
MULTIPLE MYELOMA IN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
GALWAY
Malignant McGlynn 55 HIGH GRADE B-CELL LYMPHOMA OCCURRING IN A 118
Haematology and DONOR KIDNEY 9 YEARS POST KIDNEY-PANCREAS
Transplantation TRANSPLANT
Malignant McGonagle 56 DETECTION OF MYD88L265P AND CXCR4S338X IN AN 119
Haematology and IRISH COHORT OF WALDENSTRÖM
Transplantation MACROGLOBULINEMIA AND IGM-MGUS PATIENTS
Malignant Moore 57 EXPERIENCE OF DARATUMUMAB, POMALIDOMIDE 120
Haematology and AND DEXAMETHASONE REGIMEN IN REFRACTORY
Transplantation MULTIPLE MYELOMA
Malignant Orfali 58 AUTOLOGOUS STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION IN 121
Haematology and REFRACTORY COELIAC DISEASE TYPE II - THE IRISH
Transplantation EXPERIENCE
Malignant Shakkak 59 122
ELDERLY HODGKIN LYMPHOMA - SINGLE CENTRE
Haematology and
EXPERIENCE
Transplantation
Malignant Smyth 60 SOMETHING IN THE WATER? A CASE SERIES OF 123
Haematology and SEVEN PATIENTS PRESENTING WITH SECONDARY
Transplantation HAEMOPHAGOCYTIC LYMPHOHISTIOCYTOSIS OVER
A THREE-YEAR PERIOD IN CORK UNIVERSITY
HOSPITAL

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Malignant Toolan 61 ALLOGENEIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION (SCT) 124
Haematology and FOR CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKAEMIA (CML) IS AN
Transplantation EFFECTIVE SALVAGE THERAPY FOR PATIENTS WHO
FAIL TREATMENT WITH TYROSINE KINASE
INHIBITORS (TKI) OR WHO PRESENT WITH
ADVANCED DISEASE
Malignant Toolan 62 125
BLINATUMOMAB IN RELAPSED REFRACTORY
Haematology and
ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKAEMIA
Transplantation
Malignant waldron 63 126
SPLENIC MARGINAL ZONE LYMPHOMA: A
Haematology and
MULTICENTRE CASE SERIES.
Transplantation
Malignant Watt 64 127
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF TP53 TESTING IN CHRONIC
Haematology and
LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKAEMIA
Transplantation
Paediatric Armstrong 65 REMISSION-INDUCTION RELATED MORTALITY IN 128
Haematology CHILDREN WITH ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC
LEUKEMIA: A 10 YEAR RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS
Paediatric Clarke 66 THE INCIDENCE AND CLINICAL PRESENTATION OF 129
Haematology OSTEOMYELITIS WITHIN A PAEDIATRIC SICKLE CELL
DISEASE POPULATION
Paediatric Mitchell 67 A BELFAST PERSPECTIVE ON EARLY T-CELL 130
Haematology PRECURSOR ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKAEMIA
(ETP-ALL).
Transfusion and Broderick 68 AN AUDIT OF THE APPROPRIATE USE OF PLATELET 131-132
Red Cell Disorders TRANSFUSIONS IN UHL
Transfusion and Broderick 69 REVIEW OF USE OF EMERGENCY O NEGATIVE 133
Red Cell Disorders BLOOD IN UCHG FROM JAN 2013-JULY/2017
Transfusion and Holton 70 RHCE*ceVS.02/ce OR RHCE*ceVS.01/ce48C 134
Red Cell Disorders GENOTYPE AND THE PRESENCE OF AUTO OR ALLO
ANTI-e?
Transfusion and Imtiaz 71 CORRELATION BETWEEN SERUM FERRITIN LEVEL 135
Red Cell Disorders AND LEFT VENTRICULAR DSFUNCTION IN BETA
THALASSEMIA MAJOR PATIENTS WITH INCREASED
TRANSFUSION DEPENDENCE
Transfusion and Lane 72 ROUTINE ANTENATAL ANTI-D PROPHYLAXIS 136-137
Red Cell Disorders (RAADP) IN THE UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK
HOSPITALS GROUP (ULHG)
Transfusion and Orfali 73 HYDROXYCARBAMIDE USAGE IN IRELAND'S ADULT 138
Red Cell Disorders SICKLE CELL POPULATION
Transfusion and Ross 74 CLINICAL AUDIT ON THE TRANSFUSION OF RED 139
Red Cell Disorders BLOOD CELLS
Transfusion and Toolan 75 AN AUDIT OF PLATELET TRANFUSION PRACTICES IN 140
Red Cell Disorders A BUSY REGIONAL HOSPITAL.
Transfusion and Williams 76 REVIEW OF ANTI-U PRODUCTION IN U-/U+VAR 141
Red Cell Disorders PATIENTS WITH SICKLE CELL DISEASE
Transfusion and Williams 77 MANAGEMENT OF SCD PATIENT WITH S-S-U+VAR 142
red cell disorders PHENOTYPE REQUIRING SURGERY