Respectful Maternity Care Practices During Normal Delivery at the Public Health Facilities in Tamil Nadu, Southern India: A Descriptive Study.

Introduction: The quality of maternity care in Tamil Nadu has significantly improved in the past few years and various public health initiatives have helped to reduce crucial indicators like Maternal Mortality Ratio and Infant Mortality Rate. The improvement in quality of interface between the mothers and service providers in term of language, behaviour and attitude for ensuring 'Respectful Maternity Care' would support further enhancement of maternal and new born outcomes. Delivery of appropriate and respectful care to each pregnant woman would not only go a long way in reducing mortality and morbidity for the woman and new-born but also help in improved cognitive development of the baby.

An interesting case of nevus flammeus with loss of vision and hemiparesis.

Nevus flammeus is the most common benign congenital capillary malformation, often known as a port-wine stain. Sturge-Weber syndrome (SWS) is a congenital, sporadic, nonfamilial disease characterized by intracranial and ophthalmic vascular anomalies and nevus flammeus. It usually manifests as developmental delay, learning problems, paralysis, seizures, glaucoma and attention deficit, and hyperactivity disorder.

Genetic epidemiology of stuttering among school children in the state of Tamil Nadu, India.

Purpose: Stuttering is a fluency disorder with a worldwide prevalence of 1%. Reports on the epidemiology of stuttering in India are limited. Our primary goal was to examine the prevalence of the disorder among school children.

Research methodology in dentistry: Part II - The relevance of statistics in research.

The lifeline of original research depends on adept statistical analysis. However, there have been reports of statistical misconduct in studies that could arise from the inadequate understanding of the fundamental of statistics. There have been several reports on this across medical and dental literature.

Neuroimaging features of tuberculous meningitis.

Tuberculous meningitis leads to a high mortality rate. However, it responds well to chemotherapy if the treatment is started early. Neuroimaging is one of the most important initial investigations.

Giant serpentine middle cerebral artery aneurysm.

A rare case of partially thrombosed giant serpentine right middle cerebral artery aneurysm presented. A 26 year old man initially presented with headache and 3 months later developed neurological deficit. Various stages of clot with patent residual lumen seen on neuroimaging, led to the diagnosis.

Giant aneurysm or pituitary macroadenoma: a diagnostical misconstrue.

We describe a case of a giant thrombosed intrasellar internal carotid artery aneurysm initially diagnosed as pituitary macroadenoma. The differentiating neuroimaging features were discussed.