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The Provision of Surgical Care for Children with Cardiac Disease: The Jamaican Experience – An 18-year Review

Issue:

Vol 61, issue 4 (2012) - Special Issue on Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago 50 years Independence

Pages:

365–8

Synopsis:

During the period 1994–2011, 863 children received cardiac surgery in Jamaica: 441 with the assistance from visiting overseas teams and 422 by local surgical teams. The overall survival rate was 94%.

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Jamaica

Children with heart conditions

surgical intervention

visiting overseas teams

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The Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease Control Programme – Jamaica

Issue:

Vol 61, issue 4 (2012) - Special Issue on Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago 50 years Independence

Pages:

361–4

Synopsis:

The rheumatic fever/rheumatic heart disease (RF/RHD) control programme – Jamaica began in July 1985 and promotes primary prevention of RF by appropriate treatment of streptococcal throat infections. Secondary prevention is the main focus of the programme by administration of benzathine penicillin injections every four weeks to patients with RF/RHD.

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Background: Rheumatic fever (RF) and rheumatic heart disease (RHD) are significant causes of cardiovascular disease in young adults and children especially in developing countries. In 1984, the World Health Organization (WHO) and International Society and Federation of Cardiology (ISFC) initiated an International Programme for Prevention of RF/RHD in 16 developing countries, including Jamaica. The Jamaican RF/RHD National Control Programme began in July 1985.

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Jamaica

Rheumatic Fever

rheumatic heart disease

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D Millard-Bullock

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Review of Mortality of Very Low Birthweight Infants at the University Hospital of the West Indies over the Past Four Decades

Issue:

Vol 61, issue 4 (2012) - Special Issue on Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago 50 years Independence

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356–60

Synopsis:

Mortality of very low birthweight infants at the University Hospital of the West Indies has decreased over the past four decades, however, there has been no appreciable decline in mortality for those weighing ≤ 750 g. Measures to further decrease mortality must target these small infants.

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Mortality

very low birthweight infants

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H Trotman

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Clinical Research Informing Neonatal Care at the University Hospital of the West Indies: 50 Years Experience

Issue:

Vol 61, issue 4 (2012) - Special Issue on Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago 50 years Independence

Pages:

351–5

Synopsis:

Clinical research at the University Hospital of the West Indies over the past fifty years has informed local practice in neonatal care including management policies and treatment regimes.

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Food and Nutrition Research in the Caribbean

Issue:

Vol 61, issue 4 (2012) - Special Issue on Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago 50 years Independence

Pages:

338–50

Synopsis:

Research at the Caribbean Food and Nutrition Institute over the years has focussed on food insecurity and obesity in the Caribbean. This paper shows that efforts to improve nutritional status must be located in both the immediate and underlying factors if success is to be sustained.

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Jamaica, the Caribbean and Sickle Cell Disease

Issue:

Vol 61, issue 4 (2012) - Special Issue on Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago 50 years Independence

Pages:

331–7

Synopsis:

The development of research interests in sickle cell disease has been traced from the first recorded case, the founding of the University Hospital of the West Indies and the Jamaica Sickle Cell Unit with its worldwide influence on clinical practice in this disease.

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The development of research interests in sickle cell disease has been traced from the first recorded case, the founding of the University Hospital of the West Indies and the Jamaican Sickle Cell Unit with its influence on clinical practice in this disease worldwide.

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prevention of sickle cell disease

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GR Serjeant

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The Jamaican Fetus – Overview of Various Studies

Issue:

Vol 61, issue 4 (2012) - Special Issue on Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago 50 years Independence

Pages:

323–30

Synopsis:

This is a longitudinal study of maternal nutrition and its effect on birth outcome and postnatal growth and blood pressure. This article is a conglomerate of papers which were produced from this work.

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Objective: To describe a series of studies conducted which investigated maternal nutrition and its effect on birth outcome.

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Building Human Capacity through Early Childhood Intervention: The Child Development Research Programme at the Tropical Medicine Research Institute, The University of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica

Issue:

Vol 61, issue 4 (2012) - Special Issue on Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago 50 years Independence

Pages:

316–22

Synopsis:

Research in child development at the Tropical Metabolism Research Unit, Jamaica, has expanded from development of severely malnourished children, to undernourished and other disadvantaged children as well as school-aged children. This extensive work has provided increasing evidence of the importance of early childhood development and informed the work and policies of international agencies.

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psychosocial intervention

Tropical Medicine Research Institute (TMRI)

undernourished children

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The Origin and Future of Offshore Medical Schools in the Caribbean

Issue:

Vol 61, issue 3 (2012)

Pages:

280–3

Synopsis:

Creative thinking and entrepreneurship were the driving forces which opened new opportunities for medical training to be available and accessible to persons previously denied because of “artificial” barriers. The concept of offshore medical schools was born out of these circumstances and an attempt to challenge the status quo of the privileged few.

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Preference of Patient Information Leaflets over Standard Drug Monographs by Patients Prescribed Hydrochlorothiazide, Nifedipine and Enalapril

Issue:

Vol 61, issue 3 (2012)

Pages:

271–9

Synopsis:

There is benefit in designing patient information leaflets that simplify language and medication information contained in standard drug monographs, including better understanding of precautions to take while on medication and when to consult physicians.

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Antihypertensives

patient information leaflet

standard drug monograph

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M Gossell-Williams

O Bennett