# iREACH Health

**Source**: https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/organisations/ireach-health/
**Parent**: https://pure.qub.ac.uk/

- [Queen's University Belfast](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/organisations/queens-university-belfast/)
- [Belfast Region City Deal](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/organisations/belfast-region-city-deal/)

## Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics where iREACH Health is active. These topic labels come from the works of this organisation's members. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

- Bronchiectasis
  Medicine and Dentistry
- Clinical Trial
  Medicine and Dentistry
- Cystic Fibrosis
  Medicine and Dentistry
- Carbocisteine
  Medicine and Dentistry
- Table Salt
  Medicine and Dentistry
- Clinical Research
  Medicine and Dentistry
- Meta-Analysis
  Medicine and Dentistry
- Systematic Review
  Medicine and Dentistry

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## Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years

Recent external collaboration on country/territory level. Dive into details by clicking on the dots or Select a country/territory from the list\

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## Profiles

- ### [Deirdre Brannigan-Hogarth](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/deirdre-brannigan-hogarth/)

  - [d.brannigan@qub.ac.uk](#)
  - [iREACH Health](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/organisations/ireach-health/) - Research Assistant

  Person: Research
- ### [Lucia Dalton](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/lucia-dalton/)

  - [L.Dalton@qub.ac.uk](#)
  - [iREACH Health](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/organisations/ireach-health/) - Research Assistant

  Person: Research

  2021Research output 2021: 12021
- ### [Emma McConnell](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/emma-mcconnell/)

  - [E.McConnell@qub.ac.uk](#)
  - [iREACH Health](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/organisations/ireach-health/) - Research Fellow

  Person: Research

  2016Research output 2016: 3Research output 2017: 2Research output 2019: 2Research output 2020: 2Research output 2021: 3Research output 2023: 1Research output 2024: 1Research output 2025: 12025

[View all 8 profiles](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/organisations/ireach-health/persons/)

## Research output

- 5
  Citations
- 1
  h-index
- [1](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/organisations/ireach-health/publications/?type=%2Fdk%2Fatira%2Fpure%2Fresearchoutput%2Fresearchoutputtypes%2Fcontributiontoconference%2Fposter)
  Poster
- [1](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/organisations/ireach-health/publications/?type=%2Fdk%2Fatira%2Fpure%2Fresearchoutput%2Fresearchoutputtypes%2Fcontributiontojournal%2Farticle)
  Article

- ### [Hypertonic saline or carbocisteine in bronchiectasis](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/publications/hypertonic-saline-or-carbocisteine-in-bronchiectasis/)

  [Bradley, J. M.](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/judy-bradley/), O'Neill, B., [McAuley, D. F.](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/danny-mcauley/), Chalmers, J. D., de Soyza, A., Hill, A. T., Carroll, M., Loebinger, M. R., Duckers, J., [Clarke, M.](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/mike-clarke/), [McLeese, R. H.](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/rebecca-mcleese/), Ferguson, K., Jackson, A., Campbell, C., McDowell, C., Agus, A., [Norrie, J.](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/john-norrie/), Copeland, F., [Downey, D. G.](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/damian-downey/) & Convery, R. [& 20 others](#), Kelly, M., Flight, W., Talbot, N. P., Hurst, J. R., Steer, J., Anwar, M., Shahidi, M., Gatheral, T., Etumi, M., Sullivan, A. L., Ionescu, A. A., Patil, V., Bhattacharya, M., Caskey, S., Cosgrove, D., Hagan, C., Shoemark, A., McManus, T., Davies, G. & Elborn, J. S., 28 Sept 2025, (Early online date) In: [New England Journal of Medicine.](#) 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  - Bronchiectasis
  - Table Salt
  - Carbocisteine
  - Confidence Interval
  - Adverse Event

  [7](https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105019812179#tab=citedBy)
  Citations
  (Scopus)

  1
  Downloads
  (Pure)
- ### [Mucoactive agents in bronchiectasis: a systematic review and meta-analysis](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/publications/mucoactive-agents-in-bronchiectasis-a-systematic-review-and-meta-/)

  [McCullough, B.](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/ben-mccullough/), [Bradley, J.](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/judy-bradley/), Brenda, O., [Connolly, B.](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/bronwen-connolly/), [McLeese, R.](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/rebecca-mcleese/), [Linden, D.](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/dermot-linden-2/), [McAuley, D.](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/danny-mcauley/), Elborn, S., De Soyza, A., Chalmers, J., [Clarke, M.](https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/mike-clarke/) & Busby, J., 30 Sept 2025.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster

  Open Access

  File

  - Meta-Analysis
  - Systematic Review
  - Bronchiectasis
  - Meta Analysis
  - Forced Expiratory Volume