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Transfer of Head-injured Patients in Jamaica: Is there a Problem?

Issue: 
Vol 54, Issues 4 (2005)
Pages: 
220–24
Synopsis: 
The transfer of head-injured patients, many with multiple injuries, is not being performed in a manner consistent with modern medical practice. There is urgent need for implementation of a standardized protocol for the transfer of such patients in Jamaica.

ABSTRACT

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Journal Sections: 
Original Articles
Keywords: 
Jamaica
Transfer of Head-injured Patients
Journal Authors: 
IW Crandon
H Harding
AH McDonald
CAR Bruce
D Fearon-Boothe
A Rhoden
N Meeks-Aitken
e-Published: 05 Jun, 2013

High Risk Health Behaviours among Adult Jamaicans

Issue: 
Vol 54, Issues 1 (2005)
Pages: 
70–6
Synopsis: 
A population based survey in Jamaican adults finds that high risk health behaviour remains common.

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Journal Sections: 
Special Article
Keywords: 
Jamaica
High Risk Health
Journal Authors: 
JP Figueroa
E Ward
C Walters
DE Ashley
RJ Wilks
e-Published: 04 Jun, 2013

Neuroendoscopy in Jamaica

Issue: 
Vol 54, Issues 1 (2005)
Pages: 
34–7
Synopsis: 
Neuroendoscopy is the treatment of choice for obstructive hydrocephalus due to aqueduct stenosis or posterior fossa tumours and has the advantage of avoiding shunt related complications. It is safe and effective for the majority of patients and has a significant role in the management of neurosurgical patients in the West Indies.

 

ABSTRACT

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Journal Sections: 
Original Articles
Keywords: 
Jamaica
Neuroendoscopy
Journal Authors: 
IW Crandon
R Ramcharan
H Harding
CAR Bruce
G Donaldson
e-Published: 04 Jun, 2013

Breastfeeding Patterns Among Six-week-old Term Infants at the University Hospital of the West Indies

Issue: 
Vol 54, Issues 1 (2005)
Pages: 
28–33
Synopsis: 
Eighty-nine mothers attending post-natal clinics at the University Hospital of the West Indies were interviewed at six weeks postpartum regarding their breastfeeding patterns and problems.

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Journal Sections: 
Original Articles
Keywords: 
Jamaica
Breastfeeding Patterns in Jamaican Infants
Journal Authors: 
K Kurzewski
J Meeks Gardner
e-Published: 04 Jun, 2013

Intravaginal Cleansing among Women Attending a Sexually Transmitted Infection Clinic in Kingston, Jamaica

Issue: 
Vol 62, Issue 1: Jan (2013)
DOI: 
10.7727/wimj.2012.174
Pages: 
56–61
Synopsis: 
Intravaginal cleansing is associated with poor health outcomes. Based on female sexually transmitted infection clinic patients in Jamaica, this study found that intravaginal cleansing was common, performed to promote general hygiene, and positively associated with having more than one sexual partner.

ABSTRACT


Objectives: Although common worldwide, intravaginal cleansing is associated with poor health outcomes. We sought to describe intravaginal cleansing among women attending a sexually transmitted infection (STI) clinic in Jamaica.

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Journal Sections: 
Original Articles
Keywords: 
Jamaica
Intravaginal cleansing
KAP
sexually transmitted infections
Journal Authors: 
M Carter
M Gallo
C Anderson
MC Snead
J Wiener
A Bailey
E Costenbader
J Legardy-Williams
T Hylton-Kong
e-Published: 09 Apr, 2013

Cancer in Adolescents and Young Adults, Kingston and St Andrew, Jamaica, 1988–2007

Issue: 
Vol 62, Issue 1: Jan (2013)
DOI: 
10.7727/wimj.2012.070
Pages: 
21–7
Synopsis: 
The burden of malignancy in adolescents and young adults in Jamaica is greater in females. In both genders, increasing age is accompanied by increased incidence rates and a progressive shift from non-epithelial to epithelial malignancies. This shift occurs earlier in females.

ABSTRACT

Objective: To determine the distribution of malignancies in adolescents and young adults (AYA; 15 to 29
years) in Jamaica.

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Journal Sections: 
Original Articles
Keywords: 
Jamaica
cancer
Adolescents
young adults
Journal Authors: 
TN Gibson
B Hanchard
N Waugh
D McNaughton
e-Published: 09 Apr, 2013

Lateral Medullary Infarct/Wallenberg Syndrome – Jamaica

Issue: 
Vol 61, Issue 7 (2012)
DOI: 
Doi:10.7727/wimj.2012.103
Pages: 
746–50

We describe two cases of lateral medullary syndrome at the University Hospital of the West Indies,
Mona, Jamaica. This diagnosis is often missed and not well understood, so we will discuss the
underlying pathophysiology.

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Journal Sections: 
Case Reports
Keywords: 
Jamaica
infarto medular lateral
síndrome de Wallenberg
Journal Authors: 
T McGhie
R Alfred
A Ali
DT Gilbert
e-Published: 01 Mar, 2013

Impaired Fertility in Jamaica: Evidence from Fertility Surveys

Issue: 
Vol 61, Issue 7 (2012)
DOI: 
Doi:10.7727/wimj.2012.125
Pages: 
716–25
Synopsis: 
The level of fertility impairment among Jamaican women exceeds levels reflected in studies in the United States of America from the late 1990s. These women have difficulty conceiving, have experienced fetal loss, or have waited at least two years without conceiving.

ABSTRACT

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Journal Sections: 
Original Articles
Keywords: 
Jamaica
Fertility
impairment; infertility
sterility
Journal Authors: 
SR Priestley
e-Published: 01 Mar, 2013

A Fifty-year Review of Soft Tissue Sarcomas in Jamaica: 1958–2007

Issue: 
Vol 61, Issue 7 (2012)
DOI: 
Doi:10.7727/wimj.2011.168
Pages: 
692–7
Synopsis: 
A high proportion of soft tissue sarcomas in Jamaica are unclassified and the anatomical distribution of common classified sarcomas shows some differences with the literature. Limited access to immunohistochemistry/ molecular diagnostics and increasing core biopsy diagnosis may contribute to these phenomena.

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Journal Sections: 
Original Articles
Keywords: 
Jamaica
sarcoma
soft tissue tumour
Journal Authors: 
TN Gibson
B Hanchard
N Waugh
D McNaughton
e-Published: 01 Mar, 2013

Validation of the Jamaican Maternal Sexual Role Modelling Questionnaire

DOI: 
10.7727/wimj.2011.198

ABSTRACT

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Journal Sections: 
Original Articles
Keywords: 
Jamaica
Adolescent sexual risk
instrument development
sexual role modelling
Journal Authors: 
MK Hutchinson
TK Smith
N Waldron
E Kahwa
HH Hewitt
PI Hamilton
S-Y Kang
e-Published: 21 Feb, 2013

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