"Newborn"

Newborn screening for abnormal haemoglobins in Jamaica: Practical issues in an island programme.
OBJECTIVE: To report the diagnostic challenges of newborn screening for abnormal haemoglobins. SETTING: Cord blood samples from 13 …
Serjeant, Graham R, Serjeant, Beryl E, Mason, Karlene P, Gibson, Felicea, Gardner, Ruth-Ann, Warren, Lansford, Hambleton, Ian R, Thein, Swee L, Happich, Margit
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COVID-19 in Children in the United States: Intensive Care Admissions, Estimated Total Infected, and Projected Numbers of Severe Pediatric Cases in 2020.
IMPORTANCE: A surge in severe cases of COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) in children would present unique challenges for hospitals …
Elizabeth Barnett Pathak, Jason L. Salemi, Natasha Sobers, Janelle Menard, Ian R. Hambleton
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A Plea for the Newborn Diagnosis of Hb S-Hereditary Persistence of Fetal Hemoglobin.
The gene for hereditary persistence of fetal hemoglobin (HPFH) in the Caribbean is much more common than previously estimated. To avoid …
Graham R. Serjeant, Beryl E. Serjeant, Ian R. Hambleton, Matthew Oakley, Swee Lay Thein, Barnaby Clark
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Clinical findings associated with homozygous sickle cell disease in the Barbadian population--do we need a national SCD registry?
BACKGROUND: Comprehensive care in homozygous sickle cell disease (HbSS) entails universal neonatal screening and subsequent monitoring …
Kim R. Quimby, Stephen Moe, Ian Sealy, Christopher Nicholls, Ian R. Hambleton, R. Clive Landis
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Diabetes in North America and the Caribbean: an update.
The North America and Caribbean (NAC) Region faces a high burden of diabetes. In 2013, the number of children (aged 0-14 years) with …
Samrawit F. Yisahak, Jessica Beagley, Ian R. Hambleton, K. M. Venkat Narayan
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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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Pattern of pregnancy weight gain in homozygous sickle cell disease and effect on birth size.
OBJECTIVE: To assess pregnancy weight gain and newborn anthropometry in mothers with homozygous sickle cell (SS) disease and normal …
M. Thame, J. Lewis, I. Hambleton, H. Trotman, G. Serjeant
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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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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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The mechanisms of low birth weight in infants of mothers with homozygous sickle cell disease.
OBJECTIVE: A low mean birth weight is a constant finding in pregnancies of women with homozygous sickle cell disease. The factors …
Minerva Thame, Jillian Lewis, Helen Trotman, Ian Hambleton, Graham Serjeant
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