"Prospective Studies"

Social determinants of prostate cancer in the Caribbean: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
BACKGROUND: Prostate cancer remains the leading cause of cancer deaths among Caribbean men. However, little data exists on the …
Catherine R. Brown, Ian Hambleton, Shawn M. Hercules, Nigel Unwin, Madhuvanti M. Murphy, E. Nigel Harris, Rainford Wilks, Marlene MacLeish, Louis Sullivan, Natasha Sobers-Grannum
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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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All-cause mortality after diabetes-related amputation in Barbados: a prospective case-control study.
OBJECTIVE: To determine the mortality rate after diabetes-related lower-extremity amputation (LEA) in an African-descent Caribbean …
Ian R. Hambleton, Ramesh Jonnalagadda, Christopher R. Davis, Henry S. Fraser, Nish Chaturvedi, Anselm J. Hennis
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A comparison of acute and long-term management of stroke patients in Barbados and South London.
BACKGROUND: To compare health care utilisation between stroke patients living in a middle-income country with similar patients in a …
Nigel C. Smeeton, David O. C. Corbin, Anselm J. Hennis, Ian R. Hambleton, Henry S. Fraser, Charles D. A. Wolfe, Peter U. Heuschmann
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Albuminuria and renal function in homozygous sickle cell disease: observations from a cohort study.
BACKGROUND: The glomerular filtration rate (GFR) in homozygous sickle cell (SS) disease is supranormal in childhood but falls steeply …
Joanne Thompson, Marvin Reid, Ian Hambleton, Graham R. Serjeant
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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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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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