Outcome of gestational diabetes mellitus from a tertiary referral center in South India: a case-control study.

Background: Carbohydrate intolerance is the most common metabolic complication of pregnancy. Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) poses numerous problems for both mother and fetus. The objective of this study was to compare the maternal and perinatal outcome between women with gestational diabetes mellitus and non-diabetic women.

Sexual desire and satisfaction after resective surgery in patients with mesial temporal lobe epilepsy with hippocampal sclerosis.

Utilizing a questionnaire, we inquired about the self-perceived sexual behavior of 50 married males with mesial temporal lobe epilepsy with hippocampal sclerosis (MTLE-HS) before and after anterior temporal lobectomy (ATL) and compared the results with those of 50 age-matched healthy married males. The sexual desire and satisfaction of the patients were poor when compared to the controls. Although a majority of the sexual domains improved following ATL, even after a median duration of five years, the sexual status of the patients did not match with that of the controls.

Knowledge and practice profile of obstetricians regarding epilepsy in women in Kerala state, India.

Purpose: To assess the knowledge of obstetricians about concerns of women with epilepsy.

Materials And Methods: We surveyed 97 obstetricians (teaching hospitals-43, private hospitals-32, and community health centers-21) using knowledge of women's issues and epilepsy (KOWIE) questionnaire II with additional questions.

Results: The mean duration of practice of the surveyed obstetricians was 12.

Cerebrospinal fluid hypovolemia syndrome with benign course.

Background: The cerebrospinal fluid hypovolemia syndrome (CHS) is an under recognized cause of headache. This study was designed to highlight the clinico-radiological and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) picture of CHS and their long-term outcome from a tertiary referral center.

Materials And Methods: The CHS was diagnosed on the basis of the criteria proposed by Chung et al.

Clinical, electrophysiologic, and histopathologic profile, and outcome in idiopathic inflammatory myositis: An analysis of 68 cases.

Objectives: To study the electroclinical and histopathologic profile of idiopathic inflammatory myositis (IIM) with reference to prognosis and survival rate.

Materials And Methods: Diagnosis of IIM was based on the Bohan and Peter criteria. Patients who improved and those whose condition worsened or who expired due to IIM per se at last follow-up were classified to have favorable and poor outcomes, respectively.

Long-term seizure outcome and its predictors in patients with recurrent seizures during the first year aftertemporal lobe resective epilepsy surgery.

Purpose: The existing data on the implications of the characteristics of seizures that recur during the first year following epilepsy surgery on subsequent seizure outcome are conflicting. We investigated the impact of recurrent seizures in the first postoperative year and their attributes on long-term seizure outcome.

Methods: We studied the postoperative courses of 492 patients who had completed two or more years of follow-up after temporal lobe resective epilepsy surgery.

Fungal infections of the central nervous system in HIV-negative patients: experience from a tertiary referral center of South India.

Objective: To describe the clinical, radiological, and cerebrovascular fluid (CSF) findings and the outcome of microbiologically or histopathologically proven fungal infections of the central nervous system (CNS) in HIV-negative patients.

Methodology And Results: We identified definite cases of CNS mycosis by screening the medical records of our institute for the period 2000-2008. The clinical and imaging details and the outcome were abstracted from the medical records and entered in a structured proforma.

Determinants of gestational diabetes mellitus: A case control study in a district tertiary care hospital in south India.

Objective: To study the determinants of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM).

Design: Case-control study.

Setting: Sri Avittom Thirunal Hospital, Thiruvananthapuram district, Kerala, South India.

Pattern and outcome of acute poisoning cases in a tertiary care hospital in Karnataka, India.

Background And Objective: Acute poisoning is a medical emergency. It is important to know the nature, severity and outcome of acute poisoning cases in order to take up appropriate planning, prevention and management techniques. This study aimed to assess the pattern and outcome of acute poisoning cases in a tertiary care hospital in Karnataka.

Rasmussen's encephalitis: experience from a developing country based on a group of medically and surgically treated patients.

Purpose: To describe the attributes of patients with Rasmussen's encephalitis (RE) seen in a tertiary epilepsy referral center in southern India and to enquire factors helpful in predicting responsiveness to immunotherapy.

Methods: We diagnosed RE based on the European consensus criteria. To assess the factors that could potentially predict the natural course and therapeutic outcome, we subcategorized our patients according to age at onset ( 6 years), duration from onset to presentation ( 2 years), immunotherapy versus surgery, and early ( View Article and Find Full Text PDF