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The prevalence of marijuana smoking in young adults with sickle cell disease: a longitudinal study.
BACKGROUND: The active ingredients of marijuana may have beneficial properties in the treatment of chronic pain and inflammation and is …
J. Knight-Madden, N. Lewis, 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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Prevalence and risk factors associated with obesity in the elderly in Barbados.
This article’s objective is to examine the epidemiology of obesity in the urban elderly population of Barbados. A random sample …
Anne O. Carter, Ian R. Hambleton, Hedy L. Broome, Henry S. Fraser, Anselm J. Hennis
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The role of inheritance and environment in predisposition to vascular disease in people of African descent.
OBJECTIVES: This study sought to compare vascular reactivity and carotid intima media thickness (CIMT) between Afro-Caribbean people in …
Lalit Kalra, Curtis Rambaran, Elizabeth Iveson, Philip J. Chowienczyk, Ian Hambleton, James M. Ritter, Ajay Shah, Rainford Wilks, Terrence Forrester
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Ethnic differences in arterial responses and inflammatory markers in Afro-Caribbean and Caucasian subjects.
OBJECTIVE: Small vessel disease is more common in Afro-Caribbeans than Caucasians. We investigated underlying differences in metabolic, …
Lalit Kalra, Curtis Rambaran, Philip Chowienczyk, David Goss, Ian Hambleton, James Ritter, Ajay Shah, Rainford Wilks, Terrence Forrester
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Incidence and natural history of proliferative sickle cell retinopathy: observations from a cohort study.
OBJECTIVE: To describe the incidence, prevalence, and natural history of proliferative sickle cell retinopathy (PSR). DESIGN: …
Susan M. Downes, Ian R. Hambleton, Elaine L. Chuang, Noemi Lois, Graham R. Serjeant, Alan C. Bird
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Triage decisions and outcome among the critically ill at the University Hospital of the West Indies.
The worldwide scarcity of intensive care therapy leads to the rationing of this expensive resource. This prospective study investigates …
R. Augier, I. R. Hambleton, H. Harding
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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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Paravertebral anaesthesia for breast surgery an initial experience at the University Hospital of the West Indies.
Paravertebral blockade (PVB) is a regional anaesthetic technique that allows the injection of local anaesthetic agents into the …
A. M. Crawford-Sykes, D. E. Chin, I. R. Hambleton
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