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The incidence of emergence delirium and risk factors following sevoflurane use ...
Gooden,Rachel; Tennant,Ingrid; James,Brian; Augier,Richard; Crawford-Sykes,Annette; Ehikhametalor,Kelvin; Gordon-Strachan,GeorgianaBackground and objectives: Emergence delirium is a distressing complication of the use of sevoflurane for general anesthesia. This study sought to determine the incidence of emergence delirium and risk factors in patients at a specialist pediatric hospital in Kingston, Jamaica. Methods: This was a cross-sectional, observational study including pediatric patients aged 3-10 years, ASA I and II, undergoing general...
Complicações pós-operatórias menores relacionadas à anestesia em pacientes de c...
Tennant,Ingrid; Augier,Richard; Crawford-Sykes,Annette; Ferron-Boothe,Doreen; Meeks-Aitken,Nicola; Jones,Karen; Gordon-Strachan,GeorgianaJUSTIFICATIVA E OBJETIVOS: As complicações anestésicas pós-operatórias menores podem aumentar o desconforto e a insatisfação do paciente e retardar sua recuperação. Este trabalho procurou determinar a frequência das complicações menores relatadas nas primeiras 48 horas do período pós-operatório por pacientes de cirurgias eletivas (ginecológicas e ortopédicas) no University Hospital of the West Indies, Jamaica. ...
Linking researchers and policy-makers: some challenges and approaches
Gordon-Strachan,Georgiana; Bailey,Wilma; Lalta,Stanley; Ward,Elizabeth; Henry-Lee,Aldrie; LeFranc,ElsieIn developing a proposal for the study of the effect of user fees on access to preventive care, a team, comprising researchers and policy-makers, initiated interaction with key policy implementers in the Jamaica's Ministry of Health to ensure that their perspectives were considered at the preliminary stage. There were many pressing events occupying the minds and energies of the implementers, but the team was ab...