Journal of Postgraduate Medicine articles from October 2008

Journal of Postgraduate Medicine archives from October 2008

From Papyrus to Paperless.(Foreword)
October 1, 2008... Byline: S. Oak It gives me a sense of pride and privilege to address you in the capacity of the President, Staff Society, and express my thoughts through our esteemed journal. In the last few years the journal has gone from strength to...

Advanced subspecialization in medical subspecialty practice in India: Are we ready for it?.
October 1, 2008... Byline: D. Muzumdar Is there a need for endorsing advanced subspecialization in subspecialty practice or can it wait? A vast majority of Indians residing in rural areas have limited or no access to basic medical and surgical...

Gender disparity in the management and outcomes of cardiovascular risk factors in diabetic and hypertensive patients: A cross-cultural phenomenon.(Clinical report)
October 1, 2008... Byline: D. Morton-Rias, S. McFarlane Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the major cause of morbidity and mortality among the diabetic population and is substantially increased in the presence of hypertension.[sup] [1] Over the past decades...

Gender-based treatment outcomes in diabetic hypertension.(Original Article)(Report)
October 1, 2008... Byline: AHH. Damanhori, KAJ. Al Khaja, R. Sequeira Background: In developing countries, gender-based treatment disparities in cardiovascular preventive therapy have received little attention. Aims: To evaluate the gender-based differences...

The relationship of hyperuricemia and blood pressure in the Thai army population.(Original Article)(Clinical report)
October 1, 2008... Byline: S. Ouppatham, S. Bancha, P. Choovichian Background: Previous studies have demonstrated a strong association of hypertension and renal disease with gout. Nevertheless, controversy remains concerning serum uric acid concentration as...

Laparoscopic pyeloplasty: The retroperitoneal approach is suitable for establishing a de novo practice.(Original Article)(Report)
October 1, 2008... Byline: R. Bryant, E. Craig, N. Oakley Background: Laparoscopic dismembered pyeloplasty has become the "gold-standard" procedure for pelviureteric junction (PUJ) obstruction but consists of a steep learning curve especially via the...

Dysarthric Bengali speech: A neurolinguistic study.(Original Article)(Report)
October 1, 2008... Byline: N. Chakraborty, T. Roy, A. Hazra, A. Biswas, K. Bhattacharya Background and Aims: Dysarthria affects linguistic domains such as respiration, phonation, articulation, resonance and prosody due to upper motor neuron, lower motor...

Quality of life in thalassemia major: Reliability and validity of the Persian version of the SF-36 questionnaire.(Original Article)
October 1, 2008... Byline: H. Jafari, S. Lahsaeizadeh, P. Jafari, M. Karimi Aims: The objective of this study was to determine the reliability and validity of the eight-item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36) questionnaire translated into Persian for use in...

Female feticide in India: Issues and concerns.(Symposium: Violence Against Children and Women)
October 1, 2008... Byline: S. Garg, A. Nath The preference for a son continues to be a prevalent norm in the traditional Indian household. This is evident from the declining sex ratio which has dropped to alarming levels, especially in the northern states...

Preventing child maltreatment: An evidence-based update.(Symposium: Violence Against Children and Women)
October 1, 2008... Byline: A. Gonzalez, H. MacMillan Child maltreatment is a significant public health problem associated with a broad range of negative outcomes in children and adolescents that can extend into adulthood. This review summarizes information...

Childhood trauma and psychosis: Evidence, pathways, and implications.(Symposium: Violence Against Children and Women)
October 1, 2008... Byline: W. Larkin, J. Read There is currently a growing body of research examining environmental factors in the etiology of psychosis. Much recent interest has focused on the relationship between childhood trauma and the risk of...

Women survivors of intimate partner violence and post-traumatic stress disorder: Prediction and prevention.(Symposium: Violence Against Children and Women)
October 1, 2008... Byline: E. DeJonghe, G. Bogat, A. Levendosky, A. Eye A considerable body of research has demonstrated that women who are abused by their male romantic partners are at substantially elevated risk for the development of post-traumatic...

Intimate partner violence screening in the emergency department.(Symposium: Violence Against Children and Women)
October 1, 2008... Byline: J. Daugherty, D. Houry Background and Aims: Every year between 1.5 and 4 million women are abused by a partner in the United States and many abused women turn to the Emergency Department (ED) as their first source of care. Even...

The effect of spousal violence on women's health: Findings from the Stree Arogya Shodh in Goa, India.(Symposium: Violence Against Children and Women)(Report)
October 1, 2008... Byline: N. Chowdhary, V. Patel Background: Spousal violence has wide-ranging effects on the physical, reproductive, sexual and psychological health of women. There are few longitudinal studies that describe this association in developing...

Prevesical hydatid cyst: An exceptional occurrence.(Case study)
October 1, 2008... Byline: A. Chokki, R. Zribi, S. Nouira, Ch. Dziri Echinococcal cysts usually involve the liver; extrahepatic localization is reported in 11% of all cases of abdominal hydatid disease. We report a case of a prevesical hydatid cyst. A...

Life-threatening overdose with lamotrigine, citalopram, and chlorpheniramine.(Clinical report)
October 1, 2008... Byline: N. Venkatraman, D. O'Neil, A. Hall Lamotrigine is a commonly used agent for seizure control in epilepsy. There are limited data on the adverse effects of lamotrigine in overdose. We report a number of serious side-effects...

Clinical research in India: Great expectations?.(Ethics Forum)
October 1, 2008... Byline: U. Thatte, S. Bavdekar India is considered as a preferred site for conducting global clinical trials. Existence of a large treatment-naive population, availability of English-speaking, skilled doctors, plenty of clinical...

Hypodermic needles in the liver.(Images In Medicine)(Clinical report)
October 1, 2008... Byline: M. Muddaiah, G. Varghese A 19-year-old college student, presented with history of recurrent episodes of chest pain for the past year. Chest pain was retrosternal, pricking to dull aching in nature, and sometimes radiating to the...

Oxyphilic clear cell carcinoma ovary.(Images in Pathology)(Clinical report)
October 1, 2008... Byline: M. Choudhury, M. Pujani, S. Singh, R. Biswas Oxyphilic clear cell carcinoma of the ovary is a rare variant of clear cell carcinoma with abundant eosinophilic cytoplasm. The importance of recognizing this entity lies in...

Cruveilhier Baumgarten syndrome with giant paraumbilical vein.(Images In Radiology)(Clinical report)
October 1, 2008... Byline: V. Singla, R. Galwa, A. Saxena, N. Khandelwal A 25-year-old woman came to the hospital with the feeling of a lump in the left hypochondrium for one year. On examination, she was found to have massive splenomegaly, mild pallor,...

Azithromycin-induced hiccups.(ADR Report)(Case study)
October 1, 2008... Byline: A. Surendiran, D. Krishna Kumar, C. Adithan Hiccups are involuntary and rapid expulsion of air from the lungs with synchronous closure of glottis causing blockade of flow of air. This produces the characteristic hiccup sound. It...

Why are students keeping away from wards?.(Students Corner)
October 1, 2008... Byline: A. Dhamangaonkar Much is being spoken about the undergraduate students and interns seemingly less enthusiastic about their 'ward postings'. They seem to abstain from wards more often, seem more interested in reading books in the...

Nicolau syndrome following intramuscular benzathine penicillin.(ADR Report)(Case study)
October 1, 2008... Byline: R. De Sousa, A. Dang, P. Rataboli Nicolau syndrome (NS) is a rare complication of an intramuscular injection characterized by severe pain, skin discoloration, and varying levels of tissue necrosis. The case outcomes vary from...

Watson's water hammer pulse.(Letter)
October 1, 2008... Byline: A. Khasnis, S. Chatterjee Sir, We read with great interest the excellent comprehensive review titled "Watson's water hammer pulse" published in your journal.[sup] [1] We would like to draw attention to some additional...

Morphology of the temporo-mandibular joint at different ages.(Letter)(Brief article)
October 1, 2008... Byline: S. Das Sir, I read with much interest the article titled 'A comparative study of the skeletal morphology of the temporo-mandibular joint of children and adults'.[sup] [1] The article described the differences of the...

Heparin recall and India.(Letter)
October 1, 2008... Byline: V. Sharma, A. Sharma, S. Aggarwal Sir, The write-up "Story of heparin recall: what can India do?' was timely. While unhealthy pigs have been blamed for the mishap it is not clear if the over-sulfated chondroitin sulfate was...

Early spontaneous brainstem hemorrhage following widespread brainstem ischemia.(Letter)(Case study)
October 1, 2008... Byline: J. Willey, D. Harrison, H. Schumacher Sir, Hemorrhagic transformation (HT) is a well-known complication from ischemic stroke, usually occurring in the first 24 h after an infarct for parenchymal hematomas.[sup] [1] Known risk...

Sudden appearance of idioventricular rhythm during inhalational induction with halothane in a child with congenital cataract.(Letter)(Case study)
October 1, 2008... Byline: A. Chhabra, R. Subramaniam Sir, An 11-year-old American Society of Anesthesiologists I female child with bilateral congenital cataract was scheduled for lens extraction under general anesthesia. Inhalational induction was...

Possible ifosfamide-induced panic attacks.(Letter)(Case study)
October 1, 2008... Byline: B. Brahmachari, A. Hazra, A. Majumdar Sir, The anticancer drug ifosfamide is associated with 5-30% incidence of central nervous system toxicity.[sup] [1] Manifestations range from somnolence, confusion and agitation, through...