Prevalence and risk factors for inter-generational sex: a cross-sectional cluster survey of Barbadian females aged 15-19.

Background: The aim of this study was to establish the prevalence and risk factors for intergenerational (IG)-sex in females aged 15-19 residing in Barbados.

Methods: This cross sectional cluster survey was conducted in a 2.6% national sample in the age range (n = 261) recruited from multiple polling districts chosen with a probability proportional to size.

Cardio-respiratory failure secondary to ectopic Cushing's syndrome as the index presentation of small-cell lung cancer.

A 79-year-old woman, a smoker, presented to the emergency department with a 2-week history of progressive dyspnoea and peripheral oedema, preceded by flu-like symptoms that had failed to improve despite antibiotics. Examination identified severe hypertension and signs consistent with severe fluid overload. Baseline chest X ray showed a right-sided abnormality.