Traditional Antiepileptics Remain First Line Treatment for Children with Epilepsy at The University Hospital of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica

Cutaneous drug reactions in patients admitted to the dermatology unit at the University Hospital of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica.

OBJECTIVE Cutaneous reactions are among the most common adverse reactions to drugs. The purpose of this study is to examine the aetiology and outcome of cutaneous drug reactions among patients admitted to the Dermatology Ward at the University Hospital of the West Indies. SUBJECTS AND METHODS This was a retrospective study looking at all patients who were admitted with a diagnosis of a cutane...

Twenty-four hour trauma team at the University Hospital of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica--the time is now.

Resistance in clinical isolates of Enterococcusfaecalis encountered at the University Hospital of the West Indies, Jamaica.

Enterococcus faecalis isolates were examined by an automated identification and susceptibility system. Almost all of the 97 isolates were ampicillin susceptible (n = 86) and tetracycline resistant (n = 89). All were nitrofurantoin susceptible. About a third of isolates showed high level resistance to the aminoglycosides streptomicin and gentamicin and this was usually associated with ciprofloxa...

knowledge, awareness and compliance with universal precautions among health care workers at the university hospital of the west indies, jamaica

background: universal precautions are not well understood or implemented by health care practitioners, though crucial in the prevention and transmission of blood-borne pathogens like hiv. objective: to assess knowledge, awareness and compliance of universal precautions among health care workers at the university hospital of the west indies, jamaica. method: a cross-sectional survey was conducte...

Necropsy request practices in Jamaica: a study from the University Hospital of the West Indies.

AIM To investigate necropsy request practices at the University Hospital of the West Indies, Jamaica, to determine the extent to which these might influence the declining necropsy rates. This is the first such study from a developing country. METHODS The necropsy service was audited prospectively over a six month period, and data relating to non-coroner's (hospital) necropsy requests, includi...