In this retrospective study over a six-year period, the main indication for renal biopsy was nephrotic syndrome, the most frequent form of primary glomerular diseases was IgA nephropathy, minimal change disease was the pathological type associated with a younger age group and membranous nephropathy had a significant percentage increase.

We surveyed adults with sickle cell disease (SCD) about their pain; results show that SCD pain in the Caribbean is undertreated and impacts negatively on education, employment, marital status and enjoyment of life.

Autophagy, partly through activation of haem oxygenase-1 (HO-1) pathway, may protect from ventilator-induced lung injury, which might be a new potential therapeutic target for ventilator-induced lung injury.