Professor George Mellotte

Professor George Mellotte

Clinical Professor, Clinical Medicine

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Biography

Consultant Nephrologist to St James's Hospital and to The Adelaide and Meath Hospital, Dublin. Clinical Lead Nephrologist - Dublin Mid-leinster HSE area

Publications and Further Research Outputs

  • McCann M, Fitzpatrick F, Mellotte G, Clarke M. , Is 2% chlorhexidine gluconate in 70% isopropyl alcohol more effective at preventing central venous catheter-related infections than routinely used chlorhexidine gluconate solutions: A pilot multicenter randomized trial (ISRCTN2657745)? , American Journal of Infection Control, 44, (8), 2016, p948 - 949Journal Article, 2016, TARA - Full Text
  • O'Reilly VP, Wong L, Kennedy C, Elliot LA, O'Meachair S, Coughlan AM, O'Brien EC, Ryan MM, Sandoval D, Connolly E, Dekkema GJ, Lau J, Abdulahad WH, Sanders JS, Heeringa P, Buckley C, O'Brien C, Finn S, Cohen CD, Lindemeyer MT, Hickey FB, O'Hara PV, Feighery C, Moran SM, Mellotte G, Clarkson MR, Dorman AJ, Murray PT, Little MA., Urinary Soluble CD163 in Active Renal Vasculitis., Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 27, (9), 2016, p2906 - 2916Journal Article, 2016, DOI , URL
  • Gunning H, Taylor G, Smyth A, Mellotte G, Fennell J, Murphy P, Lavin P, Wall C, An Approach to Optimise Therapeutic Vancomycin Dosage in a Haemodialysis Population., Irish Medical Journal, 109, (9), 2016, p465-Journal Article, 2016
  • Corrigan C, Peterson L, McVeigh C, Lavin PJ, Mellotte GJ, Wall C, Baker Kerrigan A, Barnes L, O'Neill D, Moss H, The Perception of Art among Patients and Staff on a Renal Dialysis Unit, Ir Med J, 110, (9), 2017, pP633Journal Article, 2017, URL
  • Flynn A, de Bhailis A, Tobin AM, Mellotte G, Connolly M, Pancreatitis associated with calciphylaxis successfully treated with sodium thiosulfate., JAAD case reports, 2018Journal Article, 2018
  • Flynn, Aoibheann and de Bhailis, Aine and Tobin, Ann-Marie and Mellotte, George and Connolly, Maureen, Caliphylaxis causes recurrent pancreatitus, JAAD Case Reports, 5, (2), 2019, p134Journal Article, 2019, DOI , URL
  • Berzan, E and Mellotte, G and Silke, B, Prediction of hospital mortality by changes in the estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), Irish medical journal, 108, (3), 2015, p87"89Journal Article, 2015, URL
  • Bourke JF, Mellotte GJ, Young M, Keogh JAB, A comparative analysis of skin neoplasia in renal transplant patients on Cyclosporin or Azathioprine., Irish Journal of Medical Science , 161(4) 116-7, 1992Journal Article, 1992
  • Mellotte GJ, Morgan SH, Smith SA, Bending MR, Eisinger AJ., Partial correction of dialysis associated anaemia does not reduce erythropoietin dose or incidence of side effects.,, Nephron, 64, (3), 1993, p465 - 467Journal Article, 1993
  • Hossein-Nia M, Mellotte GJ, Foxall P, Bending MR, Holt DW, Urinary protein excretion and the diagnosis of graft rejection and renal dysfunction in renal transplant patients. , Human Toxicology, , 12, 1993, p407 - 409Journal Article, 1993
  • Hogan MC, Pate G, McConkey SJ, O'Flanagan D, Mongan C, Mellotte GJ. , Leptospirosis in the Republic of Ireland: 1985 to 1996. , Communicable Disease Report Public Health . , 14, (7), 1997, p185 - 189Journal Article, 1997
  • Pate G, FitzSimon N, Mellotte GJ, Leptospirosis in the South-Eastern Health Board region of the Republic of Ireland: 1990 to 1996. , Communicable Disease Report Public Health . , 2, (3), 1999, p217 - 218Journal Article, 1999
  • Harris KP, Wheeler DC, Chong CC et al, A placebo-controlled trial examining atorvastatin in dyslipidemic patients undergoing CAPD, Kidney International, 61, (4), 2002, p1469 - 1474Journal Article, 2002
  • Parfrey PS, Foley RN, Wittreich BH, Sullivan DJ, Zagari MJ, Frei D for the Canadian European Study Group,, Double-Blind Comparison of Full and Partial Anaemia Correction in Incident Haemodialysis Patients without Symptomatic Heart Disease , Journal American Society of Nephrology , 16, 2005, p2180 - 2189Journal Article, 2005
  • Brown EA, Davies SJ, Rutherford P, et al for the EAPOS Group. , Survival of functionally anuric patients on automated peritoneal dialysis: the European APD Outcome Study, Journal American Society of Nephrology , 14, (11), 2003, p2948 - 2957Journal Article, 2003
  • Bolodeoku J, Mellotte GJ, Acute serum lipid changes in a renal transplant recipient on intravenous cyclosporin upon administration of an intravenous lipid solution, Postgraduate Medicine , 70, (829), 1994, p849 - 850Journal Article, 1994
  • Foley RB, Curtis BM, Parfrey PS on behalf of Canadian European Study Group., Erythropoietin Therapy, Hemoglobin Targets, and Quality of Life in Healthy Hemodialysis Patients: A Randomized Trial,, Clinical Journal American Society of Nephrology , (4), 2009, p726 - 733Journal Article, 2009
  • Foley, Robert N and Curtis, Bryan M and Randell, Edward W and Parfrey, Patrick S, Left ventricular hypertrophy in new hemodialysis patients without symptomatic cardiac disease, Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN, 5, (5), 2010, p805"813Journal Article, 2010, DOI , URL
  • Foley, Robert N and Curtis, Bryan M and Parfrey, Patrick S, Hemoglobin targets and blood transfusions in hemodialysis patients without symptomatic cardiac disease receiving erythropoietin therapy, Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN, 3, (6), 2008, p1669"1675Journal Article, 2008, DOI , URL
  • Messa, Piergiorgio and Macrio, Fernando and Yaqoob, Magdi and Bouman, Koen and Braun, Johann and von Albertini, Beat and Brink, Hans and Maduell, Francisco and Graf, Helmut and Frazo, Joo M and Bos, Willem Jan and Torregrosa, Vicente and Saha, Heikki and Reichel, Helmut and Wilkie, Martin and Zani, Valter J and Molemans, Bart and Carter, Dave and Locatelli, Francesco, The OPTIMA study: assessing a new cinacalcet (Sensipar/Mimpara) treatment algorithm for secondary hyperparathyroidism, Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN, 3, (1), 2008, p36"45Journal Article, 2008, DOI , URL
  • Mellotte, GJ and Eastwood, JB, Pathognomonic sign of triangular lunulae in the nail-patella syndrome, Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association, 10, (2), 1995, p300"301Journal Article, 1995, URL
  • BERZAN, E., KECLER-PIETRZYK, A., KAVANAGH, J., LEONARD, N., WALL, C., MELLOTTE, G.., Right Atrial Pseudomyxoma in a Haemodialysis Patient With a Permanent Dialysis Catheter. , Journal of Medical Cases, 4, 2012, http://dx.doi.org/10.4021/jmcJournal Article, 2012
  • Bernadette Brady, Lynn Redahan, Claire L. Donohoe, George J. Mellotte, Catherine Wall & Stephen Higgins , Renal patients at end of life: A 5-year retrospective review, , Progress in Palliative Care,, 25, (5), 2017, p224 - 229Journal Article, 2017
  • Davies SJ, Brown EA, Frandsen NE et al, Longitudinal membrane function in functionally anuric patients treated with APD: data from EAPOS on the effects of glucose and icodextrin prescription, Kidney Int., 67, (4), 2005, p1609 - 1615Journal Article, 2005
  • BROWN, EA, DAVIES, SJ, HEIMBURGER, O, MEEUS, F, MELLOTTE, G, ROSMAN, J, RUTHERFORD, P, VAN BREE, M, EAPOS INVESTIGATORS, ADEQUACY TARGETS CAN BE MET IN ANURIC PATIENTS BY AUTOMATED PERITONEAL DIALYSIS: BASELINE DATA FROM EAPOS, PERITONEAL DIALYSIS INTERNATIONAL, 21, 2002, pS133 - S137Journal Article, 2002
  • Brady, HR, Harrington, JT, Garrett, P, Donohoe, J, O'Meara, Y, Keogh, BA, Fitzpatrick, JM, Sheahan K, Dorman, A, Gaffney, E, Murnaghan, D, Cottell , DC, Mellotte GJ ,Muldowney F, FIBRILLARY GLOMERULOPATHY, 1998, p1421 - 1429Journal Article, 1998
  • Riardon T, Kavanagh P, Mellotte GJ, et al, HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME WITH SHIGELLA, Irish Medical Journal , 1990, p72 - 73Journal Article, 1990
  • HODGSON, A, RYAN, T, MORIARTY, J, MELLOTTE, G, MURPHY, C, SMITH, OP, PLASMA EXCHANGE AS A SOURCE OF PROTEIN C FOR ACUTE ONSET PROTEIN C PATHWAY FAILURE, BRITISH JOURNAL OF HAEMATOLOGY, 116, 2002, p905 - 908Journal Article, 2002
  • MELLOTTE, GJ, Gaffney EF, Keogh JA., Thrombotic microangiopathy and renal failure as the initial manifestation of Hodgkin's disease., 1993, p1993;8(1):94-5Journal Article, 1993
  • WALL, CAM, HYPERCALCAEMIA AND ACUTE INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS ASSOCIATED WITH OMEPRAZOLE THERAPY, NEPHROLOGY DIALYSIS TRANSPLANTATION, 15, 2000, p1450 - 1452Journal Article, 2000
  • EUSTACE, J, LAPAROSCOPIC-AIDED DIAGNOSIS OF RECURRENT PERITONITIS IN A PATIENT ON CAPD, NEPHROLOGY DIALYSIS TRANSPLANTATION, 11, 1996, p2338 - 2339Journal Article, 1996
  • Eustace JA, Mellotte GJ, Keogn JA., Treatment of post-transplant erythrocytosis by angiotensin II type I receptor antagonists., 1996, p1993;8(1):94-5Journal Article, 1996
  • WALL, CH, MELLOTTE, GJM, KEOGH, JAB, LOW-GRADE LYMPHOMA IN A CADAVERIC RENAL TRANSPLANT DONOR FOLLOWING ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION: RECIPIENT MANAGEMENT AND OUTCOME, NEPHROLOGY DIALYSIS TRANSPLANTATION, 15, 2000, p1069 - 1071Journal Article, 2000
  • WALL, CA, POLYMORPHISMS OF THE TUMOUR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA GENE IN IGA NEPHROPATHY., unknown, 2002, 13, ISI Web of Science, 2002, pp132A - 132AMeeting Abstract, 2002
  • Frazo JM, Messa P, Mellotte GJ, Geiger H, Hagen EC, Quarles LD, Kerr PG, Baos A, Dehmel B, Urena P, Cinacalcet reduces plasma intact parathyroid hormone, serum phosphate and calcium levels in patients with secondary hyperparathyroidism irrespective of its severity., Clinical nephrology, 76, (3), 2011, p233-43Journal Article, 2011
  • Smyth A, McCann E, Redahan L, Lambert B, Mellotte GJ, Wall CA, Peritoneal dialysis in an ageing population: a 10-year experience., International urology and nephrology, 44, (1), 2012, p283 - 293Journal Article, 2012
  • Chin JL, O'Dowd S, Wan Md Adnan WA, Bennett K, O'Riordan D, Mellotte GJ, Silke B, Using the MDRD value as an outcome predictor in emergency medical admissions., Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association, 26, (10), 2011, p3155-9Journal Article, 2011
  • Fanning DM, Sabah M, Conlon PJ, Mellotte GJ, Donovan MG, Little DM, An unusual case of cancer of the urachal remnant following repair of bladder exstrophy., Irish journal of medical science, 180, (4), 2011, p913-5Journal Article, 2011
  • Martin A, Mellotte G, O'Neill D, Chronic kidney disease in the elderly; a silent epidemic., Irish medical journal, 98, (2), 2005, p46-7Journal Article, 2005
  • Pate GE, Hogan MC, FitzSimon N, Mellotte GJ, A review of the epidemiology of leptospirosis in the Republic of Ireland., Irish medical journal, 93, (4), 2000, p114-7Journal Article, 2000
  • Foxall PJ, Mellotte GJ, Bending MR, Lindon JC, Nicholson JK, NMR spectroscopy as a novel approach to the monitoring of renal transplant function., Kidney international, 43, (1), 1993, p234-45Journal Article, 1993
  • Mellotte GJ, Ho CA, Morgan SH, Bending MR, Eisinger AJ, Peritoneal dialysis catheters: a comparison between percutaneous and conventional surgical placement techniques., Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association, 8, (7), 1993, p626-30Journal Article, 1993
  • Davies SJ, Brown EA, Reigel W, Clutterbuck E, Heimbrger O, Diaz NV, Mellote GJ, Perez-Contreras J, Scanziani R, D'Auzac C, Kuypers D, Divino Filho JC, What is the link between poor ultrafiltration and increased mortality in anuric patients on automated peritoneal dialysis? Analysis of data from EAPOS., Peritoneal dialysis international : journal of the International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis, 26, (4), 2006, p458-65Journal Article, 2006
  • Maxwell, AP, Harrington, JT, Conlon, P, Harty, J, Mellotte, G, Brown, H, Kalra, P, Abraham, K, Muldowney, F, Plant, L, Cronin, C, Brady, H, Donohoe, J, Reeden, D, O'Meara, Y, Fogarty, D, Keogh, B, Garrett, P, Novel erythropoiesis-stimulating protein in the management of the anemia of chronic renal failure, KIDNEY INTERNATIONAL, 62, 2002Journal Article, 2002
  • Bending, M, Mellotte, G, Hashmi, C, Coles, GA, Morgan, JD, Ashman, R, Schurgers, ML, Gordis, BZ, DHoore, MM, Faller, B, Genestier, S, Grawey, I, Slingeneyer, A, Laroche, B, Ville, JL, Winney, RJ, Plant, WD, Miles, RS, Scouse, P, Williams, P, Moncrieff, N, Brown, C, Norman, P, Nichols, N, Rennes, JG, Holmes, CJ, Hudson, I, Horton, D, Nasal mupirocin prevents Staphylococcus aureus exit-site infection during peritoneal dialysis, JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY, 7, 1996Journal Article, 1996
  • Douds, AC, Mellotte, GJ, Morgan, SH, Fatal Merkel-cell tumour (cutaneous neuroendocrine carcinoma) complicating renal transplantation, NEPHROLOGY DIALYSIS TRANSPLANTATION, 10, 1995Journal Article, 1995
  • mutwali A, Muhammad K, Mellotte GJ. Reddan D , Do Calcimimetics Have a Role in Management?, Arab Journal of Nephrology and Transplantation, 3, (1), 2010, p45 - 48Journal Article, 2010
  • Medani S, Shantier M, Hussein W, Wall C, Mellotte G, A comparative analysis of percutaneous and open surgical techniques for peritoneal catheter placement., Peritoneal dialysis international : journal of the International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis, 32, (6), 2012, p628-35Journal Article, 2012
  • Smyth A, Redahan L, Rahman T, Wall C, Mellotte GJ, An atypical pleural effusion., BMJ case reports, 2010, 2010Journal Article, 2010
  • Smyth A, Redahan L, Wall C, Mellotte GJ, Porphyria or not porphyria - that is the question..., BMJ case reports, 2010, 2010Journal Article, 2010
  • McCann, M., Clarke, M., Mellotte, G., Plant, L. & Fitzpatrick, F. , Vascular access and infection prevention and control: a national survey of routine practices in Irish haemodialysis units, Clinical Kidney Journal , 6, (2), 2013, p176 - 182Journal Article, 2013, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Medani S, Hussein W, Shantier M, Flynn R, Wall C, Mellotte G, COMPARISON OF PERCUTANEOUS AND OPEN SURGICAL TECHNIQUES FOR FIRST-TIME PERITONEAL DIALYSIS CATHETER PLACEMENT IN THE UNBREACHED PERITONEUM., Peritoneal Dialysis International, (pdi.2013.00003), 2014Journal Article, 2014, URL
  • Allcutt D, Bedford D, Bennett D, Byrne J, Carroll P, Cummins G, Cusack D, Delargy I, Dolan M, Farrell B, Faughnan C, Fearon P, Finnerty D, Fitzpatrick P, Flannery W, Gormley M, Guret P, Joyce Cooney J, Keane L, Keelan E, Lane G, Logan P, McCabe P, McMahon S, McNicholas W, Mellotte G, Mullan R, Norman D, O'Brien M, O'Callaghan S, Patterson I, Roberts G, Robinson D, Sludds K, Stapleton T, Treacy G, Wallace E, Walsh K, Whelan D, Williams D, O'Neill D. , 'Medical Fitness to Drive Guidelines Report, ', www.rsa.ie, Road safety Authority, 2015, 1 - 98Protocol or guideline
  • Mellotte, Epoetin - An Important Advance, Drugs And Therapeutics Bulletin, 30, (8), 1992, p29 - 32Journal Article
  • Mellotte GJ, Nephrology in the ICU. , Registrars review in Nephrology, (4), 1993, p13 - 15Journal Article
  • Casey, MC, Walsh JB, Mellotte GJ, et al, Joint Specialist Care for Elderly Renal Transplants, British Medical Journal, (9), 2004Journal Article
  • Glynn LG, Reddan D, Hayes L, Stack A, Casserly L, Mellotte GJ., New guidelines for the management of chronic kidney disease in primary care, Irish Pharmacist , 8, (11), 2008, p34 - 37Journal Article
  • 48. Connell J, Casserly L, Conlon P, Crowley B, Donlon S, Mellotte GJ, Thornton T. , 'Blood-Borne Viruses in the Haemodialysis, CAPD and Renal Transplantation Setting 2013', www.ndsc.ie/hpsc/A-Z/Hepatitis, HSE, 2013, -Protocol or guideline, URL