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List of works by Akke Vellinga

A 2-year comparative study of mold and bacterial counts in air samples from neutral and positive pressure rooms in 2 tertiary care hospitals

scientific article published on 4 January 2018

A comparative analysis of prophylactic antimicrobial use in long-term care facilities in Ireland, 2013 and 2016

scientific article published on 01 March 2019

A longitudinal and multicentre study of burnout and error in Irish junior doctors

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A multilevel analysis of trimethoprim and ciprofloxacin prescribing and resistance of uropathogenic Escherichia coli in general practice

scientific article published on 10 May 2010

Adverse Effects of Amoxicillin for Acute Lower Respiratory Tract Infection in Primary Care: Secondary and Subgroup Analysis of a Randomised Clinical Trial.

scientific article published on 13 December 2017

Adverse events of fluoroquinolones vs. other antimicrobials prescribed in primary care: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

scientific article published on 25 April 2018

Analysis of factors influencing vaccine uptake: perspectives from Belgium

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Antimicrobial management and appropriateness of treatment of urinary tract infection in general practice in Ireland

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Antimicrobial prescribing and infections in long-term care facilities (LTCF): a multilevel analysis of the HALT 2016 study, Ireland, 2017

scientific article published on 01 November 2018

Antimicrobial resistance patterns of urine culture specimens from 27 nursing homes: Impact of a two-year antimicrobial stewardship intervention

scientific article published on 06 May 2019

Apples to apples: can differences in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest incidence and outcomes between Sweden and Ireland be explained by core Utstein variables?

scientific article published on 3 May 2018

Association between anxiety and depression symptoms with resistant hypertension and central hemodynamics: A pilot study

scientific article published on 27 July 2016

Associations of Body Mass Index (Maternal BMI) and Gestational Diabetes Mellitus with Neonatal and Maternal Pregnancy Outcomes in a Multicentre European Database (Diabetes and Pregnancy Vitamin D and Lifestyle Intervention for Gestational Diabetes M

scientific article published on 12 June 2012

COSUTI: a protocol for the development of a core outcome set (COS) for interventions for the treatment of uncomplicated urinary tract infection (UTI) in adults

scientific article published on 07 February 2019

Chlamydia trachomatis infection and sexual behaviour among female students attending higher education in the Republic of Ireland

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Colonisation with ESBL-producing and carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae, vancomycin-resistant enterococci, and meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a long-term care facility over one year

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Corona citizens’ science project-repeated surveys of the Irish response to COVID-19 and subsequent lockdown and restrictive measures

scientific article published in 2021

Developing an online, searchable database to systematically map and organise current literature on retention research (ORRCA2)

scientific article published in February 2022

Development of an online resource for recruitment research in clinical trials to organise and map current literature

scientific article published on 31 August 2018

Do general practitioners prescribe more antimicrobials when the weekend comes?

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Enumeration and characterization of antimicrobial-resistant Escherichia coli bacteria in effluent from municipal, hospital, and secondary treatment facility sources

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Epidemiology of gestational diabetes mellitus according to IADPSG/WHO 2013 criteria among obese pregnant women in Europe.

scientific article published on 12 July 2017

Existing classes of antibiotics are probably the best we will ever have

scientific article published in the British Medical Journal

Exploratory Spatial Mapping of the Occurrence of Antimicrobial Resistance in E. coli in the Community

scientific article published on July 2013

Exploring Experiences of Delayed Prescribing and Symptomatic Treatment for Urinary Tract Infections among General Practitioners and Patients in Ambulatory Care: A Qualitative Study.

scientific article published on 15 August 2016

Frequency and risk factors associated with emergency medical readmissions in Galway University Hospitals.

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General practitioner contribution to out-of-hospital cardiac arrest outcome: A national registry study

scientific article published on 11 November 2014

Geographic distribution and incidence of Lyme borreliosis in the west of Ireland

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Gestational diabetes mellitus in Europe: prevalence, current screening practice and barriers to screening. A review

scientific article published on July 2012

Hepatitis B and C in institutions for individuals with intellectual disability.

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Hepatitis B vaccination in mentally retarded: Effectiveness after 11 years1To whom it may concern I declare that the parents (guardian) of all subjects have given informed consent and that the study was approved by the ethical committee of the Univer

scientific article published on 01 February 1999

How teaching on the care of the victim of sexual violence alters undergraduate medical students' awareness of the key issues involved in patient care and their attitudes to such patients

scientific article published on 10 July 2013

Improving Antimicrobial Prescribing: A Multinomial Model Identifying Factors Associated With First- and Second-Line Prescribing

scientific article published on 13 December 2018

Improving antimicrobial prescribing in Irish primary care through electronic data collection and surveillance: a feasibility study

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Increasing prevalence of ESBL production among Irish clinical Enterobacteriaceae from 2004 to 2008: an observational study.

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Interpreting asymptomatic bacteriuria

scientific article published in the British Medical Journal

Intervention to improve the quality of antimicrobial prescribing for urinary tract infection: a cluster randomized trial

scientific article published on 16 November 2015

Is breast feeding a risk factor for eczema during the first year of life?

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Length of stay and associated costs of obesity related hospital admissions in Ireland

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Meta-analysis of the accuracy of termination of resuscitation rules for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

scientific article published on 29 May 2019

Opt out as an acceptable method of obtaining consent in a prospective study on antimicrobial resistance and prescribing

scholarly article by Akke Vellinga et al published December 2011 in Journal of Infection

Opt-out as an acceptable method of obtaining consent in medical research: a short report

scientific article

Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest attended by ambulance services in Ireland: first 2 years' results from a nationwide registry.

scientific article published on 2 August 2016

Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in the home: Can area characteristics identify at-risk communities in the Republic of Ireland?

scientific article published on 20 February 2018

Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survival in international airports

scientific article published on 14 March 2018

Predictive value of antimicrobial susceptibility from previous urinary tract infection in the treatment of re-infection

scientific article

Primary care organisational interventions for secondary prevention of ischaemic heart disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis

scientific article published on July 2015

Principles of multilevel analysis and its relevance to studies of antimicrobial resistance

scientific article published on 22 June 2012

Public practice regarding disposal of unused medicines in Ireland

scientific article published on 12 February 2014

Reconsultation and Antimicrobial Treatment of Urinary Tract Infection in Male and Female Patients in General Practice.

scientific article published on 15 September 2016

Repeated-measures models to evaluate a hepatitis B vaccination programme.

scientific article published on March 2001

Response to diphtheria booster vaccination in healthy adults: vaccine trial.

scientific article published on January 2000

Role of patient descriptors in predicting antimicrobial resistance in urinary tract infections using a decision tree approach: A retrospective cohort study

scientific article published on 24 April 2019

Second diphtheria booster in adults raises immunity to 92%

article by Akke Vellinga et al published 1 December 2001 in The BMJ

Six-year follow-up of the SPHERE RCT: secondary prevention of heart disease in general practice

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Spot urinary protein analysis for excluding significant proteinuria in pregnancy.

scientific article published in January 2013

Supporting the improvement and management of prescribing for urinary tract infections (SIMPle): protocol for a cluster randomized trial

scientific article published on 23 December 2013

Targeted de-escalation rounds may effectively and safely reduce meropenem use.

scientific article

Termination of pregnancy: Attitudes and clinical experiences of Irish GPs and GPs-in-training

scientific article published on 01 September 2012

The Effect of Rurality on Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Resuscitation Incidence: An Exploratory Study of a National Registry Utilizing a Categorical Approach.

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The Efficacy of Mindfulness-Based Interventions in Primary Care: A Meta-Analytic Review

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The cost effectiveness of the SIMPle intervention to improve antimicrobial prescribing for urinary tract infection in primary care

scientific article published on 27 September 2016

The dioxin crisis as experiment to determine poultry-related campylobacter enteritis

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The effectiveness of digital multimedia presentation of trial information on recruitment and retention of patients: Protocol for a study within a trial (SWAT)

scientific article published on 30 March 2020

The use of transient elastography and FibroTest for monitoring hepatotoxicity in patients receiving methotrexate for psoriasis

scientific article published in August 2014

The very first requirement of treatment is that it should do no harm, so why are antibiotics still overprescribed?

scientific article published on 01 February 2014

Thirty-minute compared to standardised office blood pressure measurement in general practice

Trimethoprim and ciprofloxacin resistance and prescribing in urinary tract infection associated with Escherichia coli: a multilevel model

scientific article published on 22 June 2012

Urban and rural differences in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in Ireland.

scientific article published on 26 March 2015

Using Mobile Phones to Collect Patient Data: Lessons Learned From the SIMPle Study

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Using qualitative insights to change practice: exploring the culture of antibiotic prescribing and consumption for urinary tract infections

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Vaccination coverage estimates by EPI cluster sampling survey of children (18-24 months) in Flanders, Belgium

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WestREN: a description of an Irish academic general practice research network

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