"Infant"

Anaesthesia for operative deliveries at the University Hospital of the West Indies: a change of practice.
There has been an increasing trend worldwide to use regional anaesthesia for operative deliveries. The Confidential Enquiry into …
A. Crawford-Sykes, M. Scarlett, I. R. Hambleton, M. Nelson, C. Rattray
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Antiretroviral drug therapy in HIV-infected Jamaican children.
BACKGROUND: The study describes a cohort of HIV-infected Jamaican children receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART) and reports the …
T. Evans-Gilbert, R. Pierre, J. C. Steel-Duncan, B. Rodriguez, S. Whorms, I. R. Hambleton, J. P. Figueroa, C. D. C. Christie
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CDC-defined diseases and opportunistic infections in Jamaican children with HIV/AIDS.
OBJECTIVE: To document the frequency of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)-defined clinical conditions, opportunistic and …
R. Pierre, J. C. Steel-Duncan, T. Evans-Gilbert, B. Rodriguez, P. Palmer, M. F. Smikle, S. Whorms, I. Hambleton, J. P. Figueroa, C. D. C. Christie
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Socio-demographic characteristics of HIV-exposed and HIV-infected Jamaican children.
BACKGROUND: In the face of the continuing pandemic of HIV/AIDS, the burden of the disease is now largest in the resource-poor …
B. Rodriquez, J. C. Steel-Duncan, R. Pierre, T. Evans-Gilbert, I. Hambleton, P. Palmer, J. P. Figueroa, C. D. C. Christie
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Tuberculosis and HIV co-infections in Jamaican children.
BACKGROUND: There has been a worldwide increased prevalence of tuberculosis (TB) in recent years, with a similar trend observed in …
M. Geoghagen, J. A. Farr, I. Hambleton, R. Pierre, C. D. C. Christie
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Uptake of interventions, outcomes and challenges in caring for HIV-exposed infants in Kingston, Jamaica.
BACKGROUND: In a few Caribbean islands, prevention of mother-to-child transmission (pMTCT) of HIV with zidovudine prophylaxis has …
J. C. Steel-Duncan, R. Pierre, T. Evans-Gilbert, B. Rodriquez, M. F. Smikle, P. Palmer, S. Whorms, I. Hambleton, J. P. Figueroa, C. D. C. Christie
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Outcome of pregnancy in homozygous sickle cell disease.
OBJECTIVE: Previous reports on pregnancy in homozygous sickle cell (SS) disease are biased by hospital-based, more severely affected …
Graham R. Serjeant, Luana Look Loy, Mark Crowther, Ian R. Hambleton, Minerva Thame
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Newborn screening for sickle cell disease in Brazil: the Campinas experience.
Newborn screening for sickle cell disease commenced in 1992 in Sao Paulo State and by the end of 2000, the programme covered 78 …
S. Brandelise, V. Pinheiro, C. S. Gabetta, I. Hambleton, B. Serjeant, G. Serjeant
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Identifying homozygous sickle cell disease when neonatal screening is not available: a clinic-based observational study.
OBJECTIVES: Life-threatening clinical complications can occur in the first years of life in people with homozygous sickle cell disease. …
I. R. Hambleton, K. J. J. Wierenga
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Paediatric HIV/AIDS in Jamaica. A hospital-based description.
The continuing worldwide epidemic of adult HIV/AIDS has led to an increase in the number of HIV-positive children mainly through …
T. Evans-Gilbert, I. Hambleton, C. A. McKenzie, M. Samms-Vaughan
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