Conservative therapy significantly reduces patients' chronic venous disease symptoms: A Caribbean insight into the VEIN Act Program.

Objectives: We sought to determine the baseline demographic and clinical characteristics of patients with Chronic Venous Disease (CVD) across the Caribbean, and to evaluate patients' compliance to conservative therapy and the effectiveness of such therapy in reducing patients' CVD symptoms.

Method: Patients were enrolled into the VEIN Act Program, and their demographic data, CVD symptoms (and their intensity) and CEAP C-classification was recorded at the first visit. Patients were prescribed conservative therapy, and symptom intensity and patient compliance and satisfaction evaluated at a follow-up visit.

Cefepime-Induced Neuropsychiatric Manifestations in a Patient With Chronic Kidney Disease: A Case Report.

Cefepime is a fourth-generation cephalosporin that has multitude of uses in various conditions. Cefepime associated neurotoxicity was first described in 1999. Here, we describe a case in which we appreciated the neuropsychiatric effects of cefepime on a patient who had underlying chronic kidney disease.

Evaluation of sexual and fertility dysfunction in spinal cord-injured men in Jamaica.

Introduction: Sexual dysfunction and infertility are common in males with traumatic spinal cord injuries (SCIs). The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of sexual dysfunction and infertility in males with traumatic SCI managed in Jamaica, as well as the therapeutic options offered.

Case Presentation: A cross-sectional study including males with traumatic SCI managed at the Sir John Golding Rehabilitation Centre, Kingston, Jamaica was carried out between 1 January and 31 December 2015.