Publications 1980 – 1989

1980

Scientific papers
O’Malley K, O’Brien E. Management of Hypertension in the Elderly. New Eng J Med 1980;302:1397-1401.

O’Hanrahan M, O’Malley K, O’Brien E. Printed Information for the Lay Public on Cardiovascular Disease. Br Med J 1980;281:597-599.

Lehane A, O’Brien E, O’Malley K. Reporting of Blood Pressure Data in Medical Journals. Br Med J 1980;4:1603-1604.

O’Malley K, O’Hanrahan M, O’Boyle C, Laher M, O’Brien E. Compliance with Antihypertensive Therapy in a Limited Eligibility Health Care System. J Ir Med Assoc 1980;73:484-488.

Book chapters
O’Malley K, O’Boyle C, Kelly J. McNay L, O’Brien E. The Clinical Pharmacology of Vasodilator Antihypertensive Drugs. Archives Internationales de Pharmacodynamie. Suppl. 1980;95-103.

O’Malley K, O’Brien et al. Antihypertensive Therapy in Patients Above Age Sixty. Sixth Interim Report of the European Working Party on High Blood Pressure in the Elderly (EWPHE). Hypertension in the Young and Old. Eds. G. Onesti, K.E. Kim. Grune and Stratton. New York. 1980.

O’Boyle C, O’Brien E, O’Malley K. Drug Interactions Involving Vasodilators and Alpha-adrenoceptor Blocking Drugs. In: Clinically Important Adverse Drug Interactions. Ed. JC Petrie. 1980. Elsevier Biomedical Press. pp.131-140.

O’Malley K, Laher M, O’Brien ET. Hypertension in the Elderly. In: Arterial Hypertension. Ed. M. Velasio. Exercpta Medica. Amsterdam. 1980. pp.320-325.

Editorials
O’Brien E. The placenta – a neglected experimental animal. J Ir Med Assoc 1980;73:5.

O’Brien E. Hypertension in the elderly. J Ir Med Assoc 1980;73:147.

1981

Scientific papers
Laher M, O’Malley K, O’Brien E, O’Hanrahan M, O’Boyle C. Educational Value of Printed Information for Patients with Hypertension. Br Med J 1981;282:1360-1361.

Fitzgerald D, O’Callaghan W, O’Malley K, O’Brien E. Accuracy of the London School of Hygiene and Remler M 2000 Sphygmomanometers. Clinl Sci 1981;61:399S-401S.

O’Malley K, O’Brien et al. Antihypertensive Therapy in Patients Above Age Sixty. Fifth Interim Report of the European Working Party on High Blood Pressure in the Elderly (EWPHE). Current Concepts in Hypertension and Cardiovascular Disorders 1981;2:14-19.

O’Boyle C, Kelly J, O’Brien E, O’Malley K. Once-daily Slow-release Hydralazine in Hypertension. Ir Med J 1981;74:115-116.

Laher M, O’Boyle C, Kelly J, O’Brien E, O’Malley K. Home Measurement of Blood Pressure: Training of Relatives. Ir Med J 1981;74:113-114.

Fitzgerald D, O’Brien E, O’Malley K. Vasodilators in the Management of Hypertension. Proceedings of the 8th Congress of Nephrology 1981.471-477.

O’Boyle CP, Kelly J, O’Brien ET, O’Malley K. Once-daily Slow-rlease Hydralazine in Hypertension. Topics in Cardiovascular Medicine. Royal Society of Medicine International Congress and Symposium Series No. 34.

Books and booklets
O’Brien E, O’Malley K. ABC of Hypertension. British Medical Association Publications. London.1981.

O’Brien E, O’Malley K. Essentials of Blood Pressure Measurement. Churchill Livingstone. Edinburgh. 1981.

1982

Scientific papers
Fitzgerald D, O’Callaghan W, O’Malley K, O’Brien E. Inaccuracy of the London School of Hygiene Sphygmomanometer. Br Med J 1982;284:18-19.

Burke MJ, Towers HM, O’Malley K, Fitzgerald D, O’Brien E. Sphygmomanometers in Hospitals and Family Practice: Problems and Recommendations. Br Med J 1982;285:469-471.

Fitzgerald D, O’Callaghan WG, McQuaid R, O’Malley K, O’Brien E. Accuracy and Reliability of Two Ambulatory Blood Pressure Recorders: Remler M 2000 and Cardiodyne Sphygmolog. Br Heart J 1982;48:572-579.

O’Boyle C, Laher M, O’Brien E, O’Malley K, Kelly J. The Clinical Pharmacology of Tolmesoxide. EurJ Clin Pharmacol 1982;23:93-97.

O’Hanrahan M, Laher M, O’Boyle C, O’Malley K, O’Brien E. Management of High Blood Pressure in General Practice. Ir Med J 1982;75:102-105.

Fitzgerald D, O’Callaghan WG, O’Malley K, Horgan J, O’Brien E. Clinical and Haemodynamic Responses to Captopril and Hydralazine in Chronic Congestive Heart Failure: The Importance of Preload Reduction. Br J Clin Pharmacol 1982;14:217S-222S.

Laher M, O’Brien E. In search of Korotkoff. Br Med J 1982;285:1796-1798.

O’Malley K, O’Brien et al.(EWPHE) Antihypertensive Therapy in Patients Above Age Sixty. Eighth Interim Report of the European Working Party on High Blood Pressure in the Elderly. Current Medical Research and Opinion 1982;8:5-18.

O’Malley K, O’Brien et al. Influence of Anti-hypertensive Therapy on Serum Cholesterol in Elderly Hypertensive Patients. (EWPHE) Acta Cardiologica 1982;37:235-244.

O’Malley K, O’Brien. Biochemistry and Pharmacology of Hypertension. Biochemical Society Transactions 1982;164-165.

O’Callaghan WG, Joyce N, Counihan HE, Ward M, Lavelle P, O’Brien E. Unusual Strychnine Poisoning and its Treatment: Report of Eight Cases. Br Med J 1982;285:478.

Kelly JG, McGarry K, O’Malley K, O’Brien E. Bioavailability of Labetolol increases with Age. Br J Clin Pharmacol 1982;14:304-305.

O’Malley K, O’Brien E, et al. Antihypertensive Therapy in Patients Above Sixty with Systolic Hypertension. (EWPHE) Clin Exper Hypertens Theory and Practice. 1982;A4(7):1151-1176. O’Malley K, O’Callaghan W, O’Brien E. Hypertension in the Elderly: An Overview. Current Medical Research and Opinion 1982;7 (Suppl):53-60.

Editorials
O’Brien E. Environmental Dangers for the Patient with a Pacemaker. Br Med J 1981;285:1677-1678.

Letters
Fitzgerald DJ, O’Malley K, O’Brien ET. Inaccuracy of the London School of Hygiene Sphygmomanometer. Br Med J 1982;284:662-663.

Book chapters
Fitzgerald D, O’Malley K, O’Brien E. Clinical Examination of the Hypertensive Patient including Blood Pressure Measurement. In: Hypertensive Cardiovascular Disease: Pathophysiology and Treatment. Ed. A. Amery. Martin Ninhoff. The Hague. 1982.

Fitzgerald D, O’Callaghan W, O’Malley K, O’Brien E. Remler M 2000 Semi-Automatic Blood Pressure Recorder. Proceedings of 4th International Symposium on Ambulatory Monitoring. The Academic Press. 1982. pp. 484-488.

Books and booklets
O’Brien E, O’Malley K. High Blood Pressure: What it means for you and how to control it. Martin Dunitz. London. 1982.

1983

Scientific papers
McGarry K, Laher MS, Fitzgerald DG, Horgan J, O’Brien E, O’Malley K. Baroreflex Function in Elderly Hypertensives. Hypertension 1983;5:763-766.

O’Callaghan WG, Fitzgerald D, O’Malley K, O’Brien E. Accuracy of indirect blood pressure measurement in the elderly. Br Med J 1983;286:1545-1546.

O’Malley K, O’Callaghan WG, Laher MS, McGarry K, O’Brien E. B-Adrenoceptor Blocking Drugs and Renal Blood Flow with Special Reference to the Elderly. Drugs 1983;Suppl 2:103-107.

Fitzgerald D, Doyle V, O’Brien E, Kelly JG, O’Malley K. B-Adrenoceptor Density and Responsiveness in Borderline Hypertenssion. J Hypertens 1983;1(Suppl 2):260-263.

O’Malley K, O’Brien E. Renal effects of Antihypertensive Drugs in Elderly Hypertensives. Acta Medica Scandinavica 1983;Suppl 676:110-118.

O’Brien ET, O’Boyle CP, Fitzgerald D, Kelly JG, O’Malley K. Efficaté de l’indapamide dans l’hypertension artérielle mal contrôlée par les béta-bloquers. Le Journal International de Médicine 1983;8:23-27.

Book chapters
Fitzgerald D, O’Malley K, O’Brien E. Ambulatory Blood Pressure in Normotensives and Hypertensive Subjects. In: Blood Pressure Variability. Eds. D. Magometschnigg ans G. Hitzenberger. Uhlen Austria. 1983. Pp.75-84.

Abstracts
O’Callaghan WG, Laher MS, McGarry K, O’Brien E, O’Malley K. Antihypertensive and Renal Haemodynamic Effects of Atenolol and Nadolol in Elderly Hypertensive Patients. Br J Clin Pharmacol 1983;16:417.

1984

Scientific papers
O’Boyle C, Fitzgerald D, Kelly JG, O’Malley K, O’Brien E. The Efficacy of Indapamide in Hypertensive Patients Failing to Respond to a B-blocker Alone. Drugs of Today 1984;20:27-31.

European Working Party on High Blood Pressure in the Elderly.(EWPHE) Antihypertensive Therapy in Elderly Patients. Ninth Interim Report of the European Working Party on High Blood Pressure in the Elderly. Neth J Med 1984;27:165-170.

Book chapters
O’Callaghan WG, O’Brien E, O’Malley K. Hypertension in the Elderly: Epidemiology, Pathophysiology and Management. In: Clinical Pharmacology and Drug treatment. Ed. K. O’Malley. Churchill Livingstone. Edinburgh. 1984.pp.12-138.

O’Malley K, McGarry K, O’Callaghan WG, Kelly JG, O’Brien E. Clinical Pharmacology of Labetolol in Elderly Hypertensives. In: Balanced Alpha/Beta Blockade of Adrenoceptors. A Rational Therapeutic Concept in the Treatment of Hypertension and Coronary Heart Disease. Eds. N. Rietbrock and B. G. Woodcock. Friedr Vieiveg and Sohn. Braunschweig/Wisbaden 1984. pp.131-141.

Fitzgerald DJ, O’Malley K, O’Brien E. Reproducibility of Ambulatory Blood Pressure Recordings. In: Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring. Eds. M.A. Weber and J.I.M. Drayer. Springer-Verlag. New York. 1984. pp.71-74.

O’Malley K, O’Callaghan WG, O’Brien E. Preventing the Age Risk in Blood Pressure: Relevance, Feasibility and Methods. In: Frontiers in Cardioogy for the 80s. Academic Press. 1984. London. pp.29-34.

O’Malley K, O’Brien E. Drug Treatment of Hypertension in the Elderly. In: Hypertension and Coronary Heart Disease. Eds. A.J.M. Donkers and M.D. van Damne. Netherlands. 1984. pp.161-170.

Books and booklets
O’Brien E, O’Malley K. Blutdruck-richtig messen. Verlag Jungjohann, Neckarsulm. Germany. 1984.

Abstracts
Fitzgerald DJ, O’Malley K, O’Brien E. Disparity between Clinic (CBP) and Ambulatory Blood Pressure (ABP) in response to Antihypertensive Therapy. Clin Pharmacol Ther 1984;35:240.

1985

Scientific papers
Ftzgerald D, O’Donnell D, Brennan M, O’Malley K, O’Brien E. Accuracy and reliability of the Del Mar Avionics Pressurometer III. J Hypertens 1985;3(Suppl 3):359-361.

O’Brien E, O’Malley K, Fitzgerald D. The Role of Home and Ambulatory Blood Pressure Resording in the Management of Hypertension. J Hypertens 1985;3(Suppl 1):35-39.

O’Brien E, Fitzgerald D, O’Malley K. Blood Pressure Measurement: current practice and future trends. Br Med J 1985;290:729-734.

Meagher F, O’Brien E, O’Malley K. Compliance in Elderly Hypertensives. J Hypertens 1985;3(Suppl 1):41-43.

Fitzgerald D, O’Callaghan WG, O’Brien E, Johnson H, Mulcahy R, Hickey N. Home Recording of Blood Pressure in the Management of Hypertension. Ir Med J 1985;78:216-218.

Amery A, Birkenhager W, O’Brien E, O’Malley K, et al.(EWPHE) Influence of Hypotensive Drug Treatment in Elderly Hypertensives: Study Terminating Events in the Trial Of the European Working Party on High Blood Pressure in the Elderly. J Hypertens 1985;3(Suppl 3):501-508.

Amery A, Brixko P, Clement D, de Schaepdryver A, Fagard F, et al. Mortality and morbidity from the European Working Party on Hight Blood Pressure in the Elderly Trial. Lancet 1985:i:1349-1354.

O’Malley K, O’Brien E. European Working Party on High Blood Pressure in the Elderly (EWPHE). Iriitial: Objectives, protocol and organisation. Current Diagnosis and Management of Hypertensive Disease 1985;

O’Malley K, O’Brien E, et al. (EWPHE) Antihypertensive Therapy in Elderly Patients. Tenth Interim Report of the Working Party on High Blood Pressure in the Elderly. Current Diagnosis and Management of Hypertensive Disease 1985;

Letters
Cox J, O’Malley K. Sleep apnoea and hypertension. Lancet 1985:i:222.

Book chapters
O’Brien E. The Management of Hypertension in the Elderly. In; Therapeutics in the Elderly. Scientific Foundations and Clinical Practice. Proceedings of the Symposium on `Pharmacology and Therapeutics in the Elderly’. Eds: K. O’Malley and J.L. Waddington. Excerpta Medica. Amsterdam. 1985. pp.213-221.

O’Malley K, O’Brien E, Fitzgerald D, Kelly JG. Adrenoceptors and Hypertension. In: Pharmacology of Adrenoceptors. Eds: E. Szabadi, C.M. Bradshaw, S.R. Nahorski. Macmillan. London. 1985. pp.197-204.

Abstracts
Cox JC, O’Boyle C, Coakley D, O’Brien E, O`’Malley K. Mental Function and the Treatment of Hypertension in the Elderly. J Hypertens 1985;3:670-671.

McAllister C, O,Brien E, O’Malley K, Fielding J. Dysautonomia and the irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) – a preliminary report. J Ir Coll Physicians & Surg 1985;14:109.

O’Malley K, Fitzgerald DJ, O’Brien E. Disparity between clinic blood pressure and ambulatory blood pressure in response to antihypertensive therapy. J Ir Coll Physicians & Surg 1985;14:110

Burke M, O’Malley K, O’Brien E. A system for the ambulatory measurement of blood pressure. J Ir Coll Physicians & Surg 1985;14:115.

McCormack P, O’Brien E, O’Malley K. Drug treatment of hypertension in elderly patients. J Ir Coll Physicians & Surg 1985;14:112.

Fitzgerald D, O’Malley K, O’Brien E. Home-recording of blood pressure in the management of hypertension: comparison with ambulatory blood pressure measurement. J Ir Coll Physicians & Surg 1985;14:115.

O’Callaghan WG, Fitzgerald D, O’Malley K, O’Brien E. Accuracy of indirect blood pressure measurement in the elderly. J Ir Coll Physicians & Surg 1985;14:116.

Harrington K, Maguire S, Wansa, O’Malley K, O’Brien E. The Roll-over test; a non-specific procedure. J Ir Coll Physicians & Surg 1985;14:150.

Fitzgerald D, O’Donnell D, O’Malley K, O’Brien E. Assessment of a non-invasive automatic ambulatory blood pressure recorder: the Del Mar Avionics Pressurometer III. J Ir Coll Physicians & Surg 1985;14:150-151.

Harrington K, O’Donnell D, Butler E, O’Malley K, O’Brien E. B-adrenoceptors in myocardial infarction. J Ir Coll Physicians & Surg 1985;14:151.

Carmody E, Wansa S, Brennan M, O’Malley K, O’Brien E. Accuracy of blood pressure measurement by palpation . J Ir Coll Physicians & Surg 1985;14:151.

Fitzgerald D, Marron J, O’Malley K, O’Brien E. The difference in blood pressure between arms. J Ir Coll Physicians & Surg 1985;14:160.

General and educational
O’Brien E. Should borderline hypertension be treated? Medicographia 1985;7:24-26.

1986

Scientific papers
Petrie JC, O’Brien E, Littler WA, deSwiet M. Recommendations on Blood Pressure Measurement. Br Med J 1986;293:611-615.

Brennan M, O’Brien E, O’Malley K. The effect of age on Blood Pressure and Heart Rate Variability in Hypertension. J Hypertens 1986;4(Suppl 6):S269-S272.

Amery A, Birkenhager W, O’Brien E, O’Malley K, et al. Influence of Antihypertensive Drug Treatment on Morbidity and Mortality in Patients Over the Age of 60 Years. EWPHE Results: Sub-Group Analysis Based on Entry Stratification. J Hypertens 1986;4(Suppl 6):S642-S647.

Book chapters
Brennan M, Keenan M, Atkins N, Mee F, O’Brien E. A computer programme to store and analyse ambulatory blood pressure data for the Remler M 2000 recorder. In: ISAM 1985, Proceedings of the Fifth International Symposium of Ambulatory Monitoring. Eds; C. Dal Palu and A.C. Pessina. Cleup Editore. Italy. 1986. pp.105-112.

O’Malley K, O’Brien E, Brennan M. The contribution of non-invasive ambulatory blood pressure measurement to antihypertensive drug evaluation. In: ISAM 1985, Proceedings of the Fifth International Symposium of Ambulatory Monitoring Eds; C. Dal Palu and A.C. Pessina. Cleup Editore. Italy. 1986. pp.255-263.

Abstracts
Cox J, Coakley D, O,Brien E, O’Malley K. Pinacidil in the treatment of hypertension in the elderly..Ir J Med Sci 1986;155:28.

Cox JC, O’Boyle C, O’Connor P, Malone K, Coakley D, O’Brien E, O`’Malley K. Central effects of antihypertensive drugs in the elderly. J Ir Coll Physicians & Surg 1986;15:82-83.

Atkins N, Davison EH, Mee F,, McQuaid R, O’Brien E. Computer modifications of the Remler system for ambulatory blood pressure measurement. J Ir Coll Physicians & Surg 1986;15:90.

Fitzgerald P, Brennan M, Regan R, O’Brien E. Impairment of exercise ability after alcohol intake in normal subjects. J Ir Coll Physicians & Surg 1986;15:90.

McCormack PME, Marron J, O’Brien E, O’Malley K. An evaluation of Ketansanserin, a 5-HT Anatagonist, in Elderly Hypertensives. J Ir Coll Physicians & Surg 1986;15:91.

Brady V, Byrne A, O’Malley K, O’Brien E. Accuracy of ward blood pressure measurement by nurses. J Ir Coll Physicians & Surg 1986;15:95.

Ryan J, O’Brien E, O`’Malley K. A study of Nicardipine in the Treatment of Hypertension. J Ir Coll Physicians & Surg 1986;15:96.

General and educational
O’Brien E. A brief history of blood pressure measurement. Treating 1986; No. 13.

O’Brien E. Techniques and recent advances in blood pressure measurement. Treating 1986; No. 14.

1987

Scientific papers
Harrington K, Fitzgerald P, O’Donnell D, Hill KW, O’Brien E, O’Malley K. Short and Long Term Treatment of Essential Hypertension with Felodipine as monotherapy. Drugs 1987;34(Suppl 3)178-185.

Kenny RA, Brennan M, O’Malley K, O’Brien E. Blood Pressure Measurements in Borderline Hypertension. J Hypertens 1987;5(Suppl 5):S483-S485.

Cox JP, O’Brien E, O’Malley K. Treatment of Elderly Hypertensives: Results and Conclusions of Recent Trials. J Cardiovasc Pharmacol 1987;10(Suppl 2):S65-S70.

Editorials
O’Brien E, Petrie JC, Littler WA, deSwiet M. Standards for Blood Pressure Measuring Devices. Br Med J 1987;244:1245-1246.

Books and booklets
Petrie JC, O’Brien E, Littler WA, deSwiet M. Blood Pressure Measurement. British Medical Association. London. 1987.

O’Brien E, O’Malley K. High Blood Pressure: What it means for you, and how to control it. 2nd Edition. Optima. Macdonald & Co. London. 1987.

Abstracts
Cox J P, O’Boyle C, Malone P, O’Connor D, Coakley D, Walsh JB, O’Brien E, O’Malley K. CNS effects of antihypertensive drugs in the elderly. Ir J Med Sci 1987;156:276.

McCormack PME, Marron J, O’Brien E, O’Malley K. Ketanserin, a 5-HT antagonist, in the treatment of of elderly hypertensives. Ir J Med Sci 1986;156:276.

Cox J P, O’Boyle C,Coakley D, O’Brien E, O’Malley K. Mental function and the treatment of hypertension in the elderly. Ir J Med Sci 1987;156:5.

1988

Scientific papers
O’Brien E, Fitzgerald D, O’Malley K. Comparison of clinic, home and ambulatory blood pressure measurement. J Ambul Monitoring 1988;1:285-291.

Cox J P, O’Boyle C A, Mee F, Kelly J, Atkins N, Coakley D, O’Brien E, O’Malley K. The antihypertensive efficacy of verapamil in the elderly evaluated by ambulatory blood pressure measurement. J Human Hypertens 1988:2:41-47.

O’Malley K, McCormack P, O’Brien E. Isolated Systolic hypertension: Data from the European Working Party on High Blood Pressure in the Elderly Study. J Hypertens 1988;6 (suppl 1):S105-S108.

Amery A, Birkenhager W, Bulpitt C, Clement D, de Leeuw P, Deruyttere M L, de Schaepdryver A, Dollery C, Farard R, Fletcher A, Forrette F, Henry J-F, Koistinen A, Leonetti G, Nissinen A, O’Brien E,O’Malley K, Pelemans W, Petrie J C, Terzoli L, Tuomilehto J, Williams B O. Diuretics – a risk in the long-term treatment of hypertensive patients? J Hypertens 1988;6:925-30.

Editorials
O’Brien E, O’Malley K. Overdiagnosing hypertension. Br Med J 1988;297:1211-1212.

Letters
O’Brien E, Sheridan J, O’Malley K. Dippers and Non-dippers. Lancet 1988;ii:397.

Abstracts
Duggan J, Kilfeather S, O’Brien E, O’Malley K. The interrelationship between age, blood pressure and platelet intracellular free calcium concentration. J Hypertens 1988;6:942.

O’Brien E, Brennan M, Kenny R A, O’Malley K. Blood pressure measurements in borderline hypertension. J Ir Coll Physicians & Surg 1988;17:20-21.

Cox J P, O’Boyle C, Malone K, O’Connor P, Coakley D, Walsh J B, O’Brien E, O’Malley K. Mental function and the treatment of hypertension inthe elderly: a comparison of the effects of methyldopa and thiazide. J Ir Coll Physicians & Surg 1988;17:30

Cox J P, O’Boyle C, Atkins N, Mee F, Coakley D, O’Brien E, O’Malley K. Pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics of verapamil in the elderly . J Ir Coll Physicians & Surg 1988;17:30-31.

Sheridan J, Burke M, Mee F, Kenny R A, O’Brien E, O’Malley K Accuracy of the SpaceLabs automatic indirect ambulatory blood pressure recorder: a comparison with the Remler M2000. J Ir Coll Physicians & Surg 1988;17:31

O’Brien E, Ryan J, O’Malley K. Nicardipine as monotherapy in the treatment of hypertension. J Ir Coll Physicians & Surg 1988;17:31

Kenny R A, Mee F, Atkins N, O’Brien E, O’Malley K. Diurnal variation in blood pressure recordings during non-invasive 24 hour ambulatory monitoring. J Ir Coll Physicians & Surg 1988;17:32

Cox J P, Atkins N, Mee F, Coakley D, O’Brien E, O’Malley K. An evaluation of the antihypertensive efficacy and renal haemodynamic effects of pinacidil in systolic hypertension in the elderly. J Ir Coll Physicians & Surg 1988;17:32

McCormack P, Mee F, Atkins N, O’Brien E, O’Malley K. Efficacy of sustained release verapamil (VSR) in essential hypertension (HT). J Ir Coll Physicians & Surg 1988;17:33

Cox J P, Duggan J, Walsh J B, Coakley D, O’Brien E, O’Malley K. Captopril in the management of hypertension in the elderly. J Ir Coll Physicians & Surg 1988;17:133-134.

Sheridan J, Perry I, O’Brien E, O’Malley K. “Dippers” and “Non-Dippers”: Does absence of diurnal variation in blood pressure predict stroke? J Ir Coll Physicians & Surg 1988;17:134.

O’Malley K, O’Brien E (for the EWPHE group). Isolated systolic hypertension: data from the European Working Party on High Blood Pressure in the Elderly (EWPHE) study. J Ir Coll Physicians & Surg 1988;17:136.

Cox J P, O’Brien E, O’Malley K. The role of ambulatory blood pressure measurement in the assessment of blood pressure lowering drugs. J Ir Coll Physicians & Surg 1988;17:139.

Perry I, Sheridan J,Atkins N, O’Malley K, O’Brien E. Cusum plots and ambulatory blood pressure records. J Ir Coll Physicians & Surg 1988;17:140-141.

Kenny R A, Atkins N, Mee F, O’Malley K, O’Brien E. Age related differences in blood pressure measured by the family practitioner, hospital clinic and ambulatory recording. Ir J Med Sci 1988;157:163-164.

Cox J P, Duggan J, Walsh J B, Coakley D, O’Brien E, O’Malley K. Captopril in the management of hypertension in the elderly. Ir J Med Sci 1988;157:164

General and educational
O’Brien E. Ambualatory blood pressure measurement. Irish Doctor 1988:pp.1227-1230.

Cox J, O’Brien E, O’Malley K. Drug treatment of hypertension in the elderly. Topics in Circulation 1988:3:2-3.

1989

Scientific papers
de Swiet M, Dillon MJ, Littler W, O’Brien E, Padfield PL, Petrie JC. Measurement of blood pressure measurement in children. Br Med J 1989;299:497.

O’Brien E, Cox JP, Fitzgerald DJ, O’Malley K. Discrepancy between clinic and ambulatory blood pressure measurement in the evaluation of two antihypertensive agents. J Human Hypertens 1989;3:259-262.

O’Brien E, Perry I, Atkins N, O’Malley K. Application of cusums to ambulatory blood pressure data: a simple statistical technique for detecting trends over time. J Hypertens 1989;7:707-709.

McCormack PME, Latham AN, Mee F, Atkins N, O’Brien E, O’Malley K. The Efficacy and Duration of Action of Sustained-Release Verapamil in Essential Hypertension. J Cardiovasc Pharmacol 1989;(Suppl.4)13:S34-S37.

O’Brien E, O’Malley K, Sheridan J. The need for a standardized protocol for validating non-invasive blood pressure measuring devices. J Hypertens 1989;7(suppl 3):S19-S20.

Cox JP, Ryan J, O’Brien E, O’Malley K. The effect of slow-release nicardipine on ambulatory and clinic blood pressure in mild hypertension. Br J Clin Pharmacol 1989;28:79-82.

Clement DL, [Coates A, Conway J, Mancia G, O’Brien E.] Home versus office monitoring of blood pressure: a European multicentre study of high blood pressure. J Hypertens 1989;7(suppl 3):S49-S51.

Cox JP, England R, Cox T, Walsh JB, Coakley D, Feely J, O’Malley K, O’Brien E. Do patients with stiff arteries have high blood pressure? J Hypertens 1989;7 (suppl6):S82-S83.

Staessen J, Bulpitt C, Clement D, de Leeuw P, Fagard R, Fletcher A, Forette F, Leonetti G, Nissinen A, O’Malley K, Tuomilehto J, Webster J, Williams BO. Relation between mortality and treated blood pressure in elderly patients with hypertension: report of the European Working Party on High Blood Pressure in the Elderly. Br Med J 1989;298:1552-6.

Cox JP, Duggan J, O’Boyle CA, Mee F, Walsh JB, Coakley D, O’Brien E, O’Malley K. A double-blind evaluation of captopril in elderly hypertensives. J Hypertens 1989;7:299-303.

Editorials
O’Brien E, Cox J. O’Malley K. Editorial Review: Ambulatory blood pressure measurement in the evaluation of blood pressure lowering drugs. J Hypertens 1989;7:243-247.

Letters
de Swiet M, Dillon MJ, Littler W, O’Brien E, Padfield PL, Petrie JC. Measurement of blood pressure measurement in children. Br Med J 1989;299:793-794.

O’Brien E, O’Malley K. Body weight and arterial hypertension. BMJ 1989;299:1281.
Stanton AV, Casey M, O’Brien E. Echocardiography in diagnosis of aortic dissection. Lancet 1989; ii: 1201.

Books and booklets
Cox JP, O’Brien E, O’Malley K. Management of hypertension in the elderly. In; New Frontiers in Cardiovascular Therapy: Focus on Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibition. Eds. E.H.Sonneblick, J.H.Laragh, M.Lesch. Excerpta Medica. Holland. 1988. pp.157-164.

Abstracts
European Working Party on High Blood Pressure in the Elderly. (O’Malley K, O’Brien E, Cox J.) SYST-EUR: the European trial on systolic hypertension in the elderly. J Hypertens 1989;7 (suppl6):S362.

O’Brien E, Sheridan J, Browne T, Conroy R, O’Malley K. Validation of the SpaceLabs 90202 ambulatory blood pressure recorder. J Hypertens 1989;7 (suppl6):S388.

Cox J, Cox T, England R, Walsh J, Coakley D, O’Brien E, O’Malley K. Do patients with stiff arteries have high blood pressure? Ir J Med Sci 1989;158 242.

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Duggan J, Kilfeather S, O’Brien E, O’Malley K. The relationships between platelet free calcium concentration, age and blood pressure. Ir J Med Sci 1989;158:199.

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