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K Ramcharan

Telemedicine: An Underutilized Tool

Issue: 
Vol 69, Issue 4: 2021
DOI: 
10.7727/wimj.2018.066
Pages: 
263-4

 

The Editor,

Sir,

Telemedicine is a rapidly growing field in healthcare. Its utilization was recorded as early as 1906 with transmission of electrocardiogram (1).

Received: 
16 Apr, 2018
Accepted: 
08 May, 2018
Published: 
15 Oct, 2021
PDF Attachment: 
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Journal Sections: 
Letters to the Editor
Keywords: 
Telemedicine
teleneurology
Journal Authors: 
AJ Reyes
K Ramcharan
AS Hosein
e-Published: 08 Mar, 2019

Cannabinoid Hyperemesis Syndrome in an East Indian: The Case for Genetic Susceptibility

Issue: 
Vol 66, Issue 5: 2017 (Special Issue on Cannabis)
DOI: 
10.7727/wimj.2017.229
Pages: 
581-2

The Editor,

Sir,

Following the first description of Cannabinoid Hyperemesis Syndrome (CHS) in 2004, there have been hundreds of cases reported, up to recently. One of the largest series was at the Mayo Clinic (a non-profit organization in the United States of America) where five African-American patients, three Hispanics and 12 patients of ‘Other’ ethnicities were noted in a series of 98 cases of predominantly Caucasian patients (1, 2).

Received: 
25 Oct, 2017
Revised: 
27 Oct, 2017
Accepted: 
27 Oct, 2017
Published: 
29 Dec, 2017
PDF Attachment: 
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Journal Sections: 
Letters to the Editor
Keywords: 
Cannabinoid Hyperemesis Syndrome
Cannabis
genetic susceptibility
Journal Authors: 
AS Hosein
K Ramcharan
SL Giddings
e-Published: 19 Dec, 2017

Thyrotoxic Hypokalemic Periodic Paralysis: A Case Series from Trinidad, West Indies

Issue: 
Dementia and Alzheimer Disease: The Importance of Considering the Human, Social and Political Contexts in Research and Practice
DOI: 
Pages: 
Synopsis: 
Thyrotoxic hypokalemic periodic paralysis has rarely been described among West Indians. We draw attention to seven cases encountered on the island of Trinidad over a 25-year period in diverse ethnicities. All the cases were successfully treated. The global literature on thyrotoxic hypokalemic periodic paralysis is reviewed from a West Indian perspective with an emphasis on the multiethnic presence of this illness in modern-day cosmopolitan populations.
Journal Sections: 
Original Articles
Journal Authors: 
M Ramdath
J Teelucksingh
A Ramnath
K Ramcharan
L Conyette
A Ramesar
RP King
S Teelucksingh
e-Published: 19 Apr, 2017

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Thyrotoxic Hypokalaemic Periodic Paralysis: A Case Series from Trinidad, West Indies

Issue: 
Vol 66, Issue 2: 2017
DOI: 
10.7727/wimj.2015.193
Pages: 
299–304
Synopsis: 
Thyrotoxic hypokalaemic periodic paralysis has rarely been described among West Indians. We draw attention to seven cases encountered on the Island of Trinidad over a 25-year period in diverse ethnicities. All the cases were successfully treated. The global literature on thyrotoxic is reviewed from a West Indian perspective with an hypokalaemic periodic paralysis emphasis on the multiethnic presence of this illness in modern-day cosmopolitan populations.

ABSTRACT

Received: 
20 Apr, 2015
Accepted: 
27 Apr, 2015
Published: 
22 Sep, 2017
PDF Attachment: 
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Journal Sections: 
Original Articles
Keywords: 
Trinidad and Tobago
Hypokalaemia
hypokalaemic periodic paralysis
periodic paralysis
thyrotoxic periodic paralysis (TPP)
West Indies.
Journal Authors: 
M Ramdath
J Teelucksingh
A Ramnath
K Ramcharan
L Conyette
A Ramesar
RP King
S Teelucksingh
e-Published: 09 Nov, 2015

Dural Venous Sinus Thrombosis in Sickle Cell Disease in a West Indian

Issue: 
Vol 63, Issue 7: Dec (2014)
DOI: 
10.7727/wimj.2014.002
Pages: 
811–2

The Editor,

Sir,

Intracranial neurovascular manifestations in sickle cell disease include cerebral infarction, parenchymal and epidural haemorrhage, subarachnoid haemorrhage with single or multiple aneurysms, Moyamoya syndrome and posterior reversible ischemic encephalopathy.  

Received: 
05 Feb, 2014
Accepted: 
12 Feb, 2014
PDF Attachment: 
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Journal Sections: 
Letters to the Editor
Keywords: 
Sickle Cell Disease
Haemoglobin
Dural venous sinus thrombus
Journal Authors: 
V Kodadhala
L Conyette
K Ramcharan
H Daisley
e-Published: 03 Sep, 2014

MuSK Antibody Positive Myasthenia Gravis in a 38-year old West Indian Female

Issue: 
Vol 60, Issue 6 (2011)
Pages: 
694–5
PDF Attachment: 
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Journal Sections: 
Letters to the Editor
Keywords: 
Muscle-specific kinase
Antibody Positive Myasthenia Gravis
Journal Authors: 
K Ramcharan
M Bahall
C Bodoe
S Khan
P Ewe
S Sharma
e-Published: 03 Feb, 2014

Myasthenia Gravis in South Trinidad

Issue: 
Vol 62, Issue 6: July (2013)
DOI: 
10.7727/wimj.2012.105
Pages: 
510–4
Synopsis: 
This cross-sectional study assessed the prevalence and characteristics of myasthenia gravis (MG) in South Trinidad. Estimated MG point prevalence in South Trinidad on March 31, 2010 was 78 per million. A statistically significant higher prevalence was detected in Africans than East-Indians.

ABSTRACT 

Objective: There is no previous research on Myasthenia Gravis (MG) in Trinidad and Tobago. This study sought to determine the prevalence and to characterize MG in South Trinidad.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was performed over 30 months in South Trinidad to identify, interview and statistically analyse data on MG cases.

Received: 
03 Apr, 2012
Revised: 
20 Aug, 2012
Accepted: 
28 Sep, 2012
PDF Attachment: 
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Journal Sections: 
Original Articles
Keywords: 
prevalence
myasthenia gravis
Trinidad
Journal Authors: 
J Maharaj
S Bahadursingh
K Ramcharan
e-Published: 14 Nov, 2013
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