Len Browne

Research Fellow @UL_GEMS @UL,Biostat, BME, Epidemiology, Kidney Disease, Health. Views are my own.

[Austin Stack 🇮🇪 @austingstack]

Our new study @ASNKidney360 highlights low AV fistula use in Irish dialysis patients compared with catheters (23% vs 77%). Huge variation across centres (9% to 37%) & low conversion rates in 1st year https://t.co/v8AG1G18LR @ULHospitals @IrishKidneyAs @colettecowan1 @HRI_UL

[Austin Stack 🇮🇪 @austingstack]

Our new paper. Strong U-shaped association between #Uric acid and #Death in #Irish patients. Reduced survival in both men & women but threshold levels differ. @ULHospitals @UL @HSELive @arthritisie @DamianFog @eleseviernews @colettecowan1
https://t.co/ZZhLzirLmf

[Professor Philip Nolan @PhilipNolan_MU]

One can argue that social distancing alone would have been enough to suppress the spread of COVID-19 in Ireland; but in w/b 20 March, the number of people in ICU was doubling every 3.5 days, and 4214 new cases were detected. It was no time for half measures, or experiments.

[Austin Stack 🇮🇪 @austingstack]

#COVID19 IRELAND 🇮🇪 May 1st. Huge improvements across the health system.⬇️hospital admissions⬇️Fewer deaths and all due to⬇️viral replication. Numbers still too high to remove restrictions! @colettecowan1 @MedEdHead @DamianFog @ULHospitals @PriscillaLynch
@drgerryburk @RCPI_news

[Austin Stack 🇮🇪 @austingstack]

#COVID19 IRELAND 🇮🇪 April 28. Look at how flat the curve has become. We would like to bend it more and crush the virus completely. Great progress from #SocialDistancing @colettecowan1 @MedEdHead @Limerick_Leader @DamianFog @ULHospitals @PriscillaLynch @gpbuddy @CMOIreland

[Austin Stack 🇮🇪 @austingstack]

#COVID19 🇮🇪 Ireland April 21 show falling trend in daily hospitalisations. Nice correlation with falling R0 (now < 1.0) meaning less people are getting infected. Public health measures working👍@susmitchellSBP @DamianFog @colettecowan1 @ULHospitals @PriscillaLynch @CHeDS_ie @rte

[Austin Stack 🇮🇪 @austingstack]

#COVID19mortality April 19th
The R0 may be <1.0 in Ireland but average daily death count and rate pmp⬆️⬆️. #COVID19 exerts a latent impact. Need to see stable declining death rate! @DamianFog @jburnmurdoch @rtenews @PriscillaLynch @UL @ULHospitals @drgerryburke @colettecowan1

[Austin Stack 🇮🇪 @austingstack]

#COVID19mortality April 19th @austingstack/@len_browne @Ulhospitals. Hospitalisations and ICU admissions continue to stabilise, but deaths still ⬆️. Haven't reached top of the hill yet! #SocialDistancing @DamianFog @PriscillaLynch @SimonHarrisTD @drgerryburke @RTE_PrimeTime

[Austin Stack 🇮🇪 @austingstack]

Sunday afternoon with our super #dialysis team @ULHospitals caring for vulnerable patients during #COVID19. What a fantastic bunch of colleagues! #Limerick #Tipperary #Clare #AllTogether #teamireland #Leaders @drgerryburke @colettecowan1 @HSELive @IrishKidneyAs

[Austin Stack 🇮🇪 @austingstack]

#COVID19Mortality from @austingstack/@len_browne April 17 @Ulhospitals. 43 new deaths with 486 total in IRELAND. Overall staggering death toll with USA, Italy & Spain leading the group. @tconnellyRTE @rtenews @SimonHarrisTD @DamianFog @PriscillaLynch @drgerryburke @colettecowan1

[Austin Stack 🇮🇪 @austingstack]

#COVID19 April 17th @Ulhospitals
The number of hospitalisations and ICU admissions continue to fall, but daily deaths are⬆️⬆️ Need to continue our public action plan #SocialDistancing #WashYourHands @CMOIreland @irishmammies @DamianFog @donalnhs @LiamGGlynn @PriscillaLynch

[Anthony Staines @astaines]

This is the one where I'm coming to a different conclusion from @roinnslainte
I don't think R0 is under 1 yet. I use 2 different ways of calculating R0, using data from their website, and ignoring the German lab results.
Both suggest it's about 1.1 - similar to seasonal flu.
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[Austin Stack 🇮🇪 @austingstack]

#COVID19Mortality from @austingstack & @len_browne on April 13 show stabilisation and relative plateauing of metrics for most but not all European Countries. Mortality Rates pmp
- Spain & Italy ⬇️⬇️
- France ↔️
- Ireland 🇮🇪 ↔️
- Belgium & UK ⬆️⬆️
@tconnellyRTE @FergalBowers