Psychological issues in pediatric obesity.

Pediatric obesity is a major health problem and has reached epidemiological proportions today. The present paper reviews major psychological issues in pediatric obesity from a developmental perspective. Research and literature has shown that a number of developmental, family, maternal and child factors are responsible in the genesis of pediatric obesity.

Utility of optic nerve ultrasonography in head injury.

Background: CT has evolved as the gold standard for evaluation of head injury, but early CT is not always possible. Bedside ultrasonography is available in most trauma units and optic nerve ultrasound (ONUS) examination should be feasible.

Objective: To evaluate the role of ONUS for people with head injury.

Study of usage pattern of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) among different practice categories in Indian clinical setting.

Objective: The aim of the study was to evaluate the usage pattern of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) in diverse clinical practice settings in India.

Methods: The study was conducted in Mumbai city and its suburbs, involving 1,916 doctors from among general practice to specialist practice. The data were collected with the help of a semi-structured questionnaire and were analysed statistically to bring out differences in NSAID usage among different groups of prescribers.

Acute necrotizing gastritis.

A 17-year-old man presented with signs of peritonitis. Laparotomy revealed gangrene of the stomach without obvious cause. The patient underwent total gastrectomy with esophago-jejunal anastomosis with formation of jejunal pouch.

Combined anterior and posterior decompression and short segment fixation for unstable burst fractures in the dorso lumbar region.

The dorso lumbar segment of spine (D10 to L2) is an unstable zone between fixed dorsal and mobile lumbar spine. A combined anterior and posterior approach with short segment stabilization was found most appropriate. Thirty cases were treated over a period of 4 years and 6 months.

A radiological evaluation of allografts (ethylene oxide sterilized cadaver bone) and autografts in anterior cervical fusion.

Serial roentgenograms of 40 patients who had 70 cervical intervertebral spaces grafted with ethylene oxide sterilized cadaver bone and 28 patients who received 44 iliac crest auto grafts for anterior cervical spine fusion, were studied. The radiological evaluation was made on the basis of settlement of intervertebral spaces, fusion rate, delayed union, non-union, graft collapse and extrusion of the graft. Indigenous methodologies were designed for the assessment of settlement of grafted intervertebral spaces in percentage.

Acid phosphatase activity in human semen.

Acid phosphatase (ACP) was studied in normal and abnormal human semen of individuals not suffering from testosterone deficiency. Study of ACP activity was performed on 365 men referred to the OPD clinic of L.T.