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The Jamaican Sickle Cell Disease Cohort
A 45-year birth cohort for people living with sickle cell disease
The Jamaican Sickle Cell Disease Cohort
Barbados National Registry
The Barbados National Registry for Chronic Non-Communicable Disease
Barbados National Registry
Repositioning of the global epicentre of non-optimal cholesterol.
High blood cholesterol is typically considered a feature of wealthy western countries(1,2). However, dietary and behavioural …
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Repositioning of the global epicentre of non-optimal cholesterol.
Are there gender differences in acute management and secondary prevention of acute coronary syndromes in Barbados? A cohort study.
OBJECTIVES: In Barbados, high case fatality rates have been reported after myocardial infarction (MI) with higher rates in women than …
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Managing acute ischaemic stroke in a small island developing state: meeting the guidelines in Barbados.
BACKGROUND: We describe hospital-based management of acute ischaemic stroke patients in 2010-2013 in Barbados, by comparing documented …
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The spectrum of neuropsychiatric lupus in a Black Caribbean population: a report of the Barbados National Lupus Registry.
Objective The objective of this study was to examine neuropsychiatric lupus in a Black Caribbean population. Methods We reviewed …
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Establishing national noncommunicable disease surveillance in a developing country: a model for small island nations.
Objective To describe the surveillance model used to develop the first national, population-based, multiple noncommunicable disease …
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A comparison of outcome for stroke patients in Barbados and South London.
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Little is known about the poststroke outcome in Caribbean populations. We investigated differences in the …
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Differences in risk factors between black Caribbean patients with stroke in Barbados and South london.
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Risk of stroke is higher in black Caribbeans in the United Kingdom compared with black Caribbeans in their …
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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 …
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