Dr. Annette Maureen Crawford-Sykes

Research Interests

• Anaesthetic Morbidity in patients at the UHWI
• Blood Usage in Elective Neurosurgical Patients at the UHWI
• Incidence of PDPH in obstetric patients at the UHWI
• Comparison of paravertebral anaesthesia with general anaesthesia for breast surgery at the UHWI
• Pain at the bone graft site: incidence and prevention (prospective)
• Preference for SC injections through a cannula inserted under GA or IM injections of opioids used for postoperative pain relief
• Incidence of PDPH with pencil point vs. Quincke spinal needles in obstetric patients at the UHWI
• Incidence of PDPH in patients needing LP for radiological and haematological reasons at the UHWI
• Incidence of infection in elective orthopaedic cases
• Blood loss and transfusion requirement in patients with total knee replacement

Membership

• Fellow-Roy Coll of Anaes.
• Jamaica Anaes. Association
• Medical Association of Jamaica

Citations

Journal, Article

• Crawford-Sykes, Annette M. , Chin, D. E. , Hambleton, Ian R. . Paravertebral anaesthesia for breast surgery an initial experience at the University Hospital of the West Indies
• Tennant, Ingrid, Crawford-Sykes, Annette M, Ward, L, Thesiger, C. Ethylene glycol poisoning following ingestion of brake fluid
• Tennant, I. , Crawford-Sykes, A. , Ward, L. , Thesiger, C. . Ethylene glycol poisoning following ingestion of brake fluid
• Duncan, N. D. , Tennant, I. , Crawford-Sykes, A. , Barnett, A. , Scarlett, M. , Dundas, S. E. , Badal, G. , Chin, B. . Open splenectomy in Jamaican children with sickle cell disease
• Scarlett, Marinna D., Crawford-Sykes, Annette M. , Nelson, Maria. Preoperative Starvation and Pulmonary Aspiration. New Perspectives and Guidelines
• Rose, Romer E.C., Felix, R., Crawford-Sykes, Annette, Venugopal, Rajeev, Wharfe, Gilian, Arscott, Guyan. Extravasation injuries
• Crawford-Sykes, Annette M., Hambleton, Ian R. . Patients' desire for peri-operative information: Jamaican attitudes
• Scarlett, Marinna/ D./Crawford-Sykes, Annette, Thomas, M., Duncan, Newton D.. Paediatric day surgery: Revisiting the University Hospital of the West Indies experience
• Palmer, Wayne, Crawford-Sykes, Annette, Rose, Romer E.C.. Donor site morbidity following iliac crest bone graft
• Crawford-Sykes, Annette M., Scarlett, Marinna D., Hambleton, Ian R., Nelson, Maria, Rattray, Carole A.. Anaesthesia for operative deliveries at the University Hospital of the West Indies: a change of practice

Conference Proceedings

• Harding, H.E., Crandon, I.W., Crawford-Sykes,A., Bruce, C.A.R., Gordon-Stachan, G.M., Augier, A.. A new paradigm to routine intensive care utilization post elective neurosurgery in a Developing Country