"Child"

Dry collection and culture methods for recovery of methicillin-susceptible and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains from indoor home environments.
Staphylococcus aureus in home environments may serve as a reservoir for human colonization, making sampling of indoor surfaces relevant …
Meghan F. Davis, Patrick Baron, Lance B. Price, D'Ann L. Williams, Selvi Jeyaseelan, Ian R. Hambleton, Gregory B. Diette, Patrick N. Breysse, Meredith C. McCormack
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A preliminary examination of the effects of genetic variants of redox enzymes on susceptibility to oedematous malnutrition and on percentage cytotoxicity in response to oxidative stress in vitro.
BACKGROUND: The causes of oedematous vs non-oedematous childhood malnutrition (OM vs NOM) remain elusive. It is possible that inherited …
K. G. Marshall, K. Swaby, K. Hamilton, S. Howell, R. C. Landis, I. R. Hambleton, M. Reid, H. Fletcher, T. Forrester, C. A. McKenzie
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Hb S-β-thalassemia: molecular, hematological and clinical comparisons.
Clinical and hematological features are presented for 261 patients with identified β-thalassemia (β-thal) mutations. Mutations causing …
Graham R. Serjeant, Beryl E. Serjeant, Raphael A. Fraser, Ian R. Hambleton, Douglas R. Higgs, Andreas E. Kulozik, Alan Donaldson
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Anaesthetic morbidity at the University Hospital of the West Indies.
OBJECTIVE: There is little information on adverse anaesthetic outcomes from the Caribbean. The aim of this study was to investigate the …
I. A. Tennant, R. Augier, A. Crawford-Sykes, I. R. Hambleton, M. Tha, H. Harding
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Outcome analysis of surgery for Blount disease.
BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the results of surgery for Blount disease using a patient-derived outcome …
Jerome K. Jones, Laura Gill, Mario John, Maria Goddard, Ian R. Hambleton
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Auto-adjusting positive airway pressure in children with sickle cell anemia: results of a phase I randomized controlled trial.
Low nocturnal oxygen saturation (SpO(2)) is implicated in complications of Sickle Cell Anemia (SCA). Twenty-four children with SCA were …
Melanie J. Marshall, Romola S. Bucks, Alexandra M. Hogan, Ian R. Hambleton, Susan E. Height, Moira C. Dick, Fenella J. Kirkham, David C. Rees
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Breast cancer incidence and mortality in a Caribbean population: comparisons with African-Americans.
We describe breast cancer incidence and mortality in the predominantly African-origin population of Barbados, which shares an ancestral …
Anselm J. Hennis, Ian R. Hambleton, Suh-Yuh Wu, Maria Cristina Leske, Barbara Nemesure
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Inflammatory bowel disease: incidence, prevalence, and disease characteristics in Barbados, West Indies.
BACKGROUND: The incidence of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) may be lower among people of African descent than Caucasians. However, …
C. N. Edwards, S. G. Griffith, A. J. Hennis, I. R. Hambleton
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Medical paediatric admission patterns at the University Hospital of the West Indies: issues for future planning.
An understanding of the epidemiological trend in hospital admissions, including morbidity and mortality patterns and the economic …
C. Eck, R. B. Pierre, I. R. Hambleton
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Skin test reactivity to aeroallergens in Jamaicans: relationship to asthma.
BACKGROUND: Asthma causes significant morbidity and mortality in the developing world. It is thus important to identify modifiable risk …
J. Knight-Madden, T. E. Forrester, I. R. Hambleton, N. Lewis, A. Greenough
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