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The Evolution of Undergraduate Medical Training at The University of the West Indies: 1948-2008

Issue:

Vol 57, Issue 6 (2008) - Special Issue on UWI 60th Anniversary, 1948 - 2008

Pages:

530–6

Synopsis:

The increasing pace of new developments has been challenging but a coordinated response is vital if The University of the West Indies is to continue to attract the brightest and the best and to lead the way as the premiere provider of quality medical training in the region.

INTRODUCTION

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the University of The West indies

Undergraduate Medical Training

Journal Authors:

JM Branday

RA Carpenter

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Cotrimoxazole Resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae Isolated from Sputum of HIV-positive Patients

Issue:

Vol 57, Issue 5 (2008)

Pages:

497–9

ABSTRACT

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Nigeria

Cotrimoxazole Resistance in HIV

Streptococcus pneumoniae

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Chronic Myeloid Leukaemia at the University Hospital of the West Indies: a 17 Year Review

Issue:

Vol 57, Issue 5 (2008)

Pages:

493–6

ABSTRACT

Objective: To determine the presenting features and evolution of patients diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukaemia between 1983 and 1999 at the University Hospital of the West Indies.

Methods: Forty-one records were retrospectively analyzed for the patients’ demographics, reasons for referral, clinical features, laboratory investigations and the time to blast transformation and death.

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the University Hospital of the West Indies

Chronic Myeloid Leukaemia

Journal Authors:

LM Buchner-Daley

DC Brady-West

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Donor Site Morbidity Following Iliac Crest Bone Graft

Issue:

Vol 57, Issue 5 (2008)

Pages:

490–2

ABSTRACT

Objectives: To evaluate the complications of harvesting autogenous bone from the iliac crest.

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Jamaica

Iliac crest bone grafting

the University of The West indies

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W Palmer

A Crawford-Sykes

REC Rose

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Laparoscopic Heller’s Myotomy for Treatment of Achalasia in the Caribbean

Issue:

Vol 57, Issue 5 (2008)

Pages:

486–9

ABSTRACT

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Caribbean

Laparoscopic Heller’s Myotomy

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Management of Obstetric Anal Sphincter Injuries at the University Hospital of the West Indies

Issue:

Vol 57, Issue 5 (2008)

Pages:

482–5

ABSTRACT

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Jamaica

the University Hospital of the West Indies

Obstetric Anal Sphincter Injuries

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Health Determinants: Using Secondary Data to Model Predictors of Well-being of Jamaicans

Issue:

Vol 57, Issue 5 (2008)

Pages:

476–81

ABSTRACT

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Impact of Environment and Behaviour on Self-Esteem in Jamaican Adolescent Girls

Issue:

Vol 57, Issue 5 (2008)

Pages:

470–5

ABSTRACT

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Jamaican

Self-Esteem in Adolescent Girls

Journal Authors:

KAD Morgan

SN Brodie-Walker

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Malaria and its Vectors in the Caribbean: The Continuing Challenge of the Disease Forty-Five Years after Eradication from the Islands

Issue:

Vol 57, Issue 5 (2008)

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Objectives: Given the occurrence of autochthonous malaria in non-endemic island countries in the last 10 years, this study evaluates the risk factors for malaria transmission in the malaria “endemic and “non-endemic” countries of the Caribbean region.

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Malaria Control and Treatment Strategies among School Children in Semi-urban Tropical Communities

Issue:

Vol 57, Issue 5 (2008)

Pages:

456–61

ABSTRACT

Background: Plasmodium infections among school children in Igbo-Eze South Local Government of Enugu State, Nigeria, were studied between July and December 2005. The relationship between the use of malaria control measures and the prevalence of Plasmodium infections was investigated.

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Malaria Control

Malaria Treatment Strategies

Journal Authors:

EA Ekpenyong

JE Eyo

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