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M Kapur

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PubMed1998

Psychological disturbance among 5- to 8-year-old school children: a study from India.

This paper presents findings on the prevalence of psychological disturbance among a sample of 5- to 8-year-old Indian school children. The study was cross-sectional with a two-instrument, two-phase design. In the first phase (screening), 48 teachers rated 1535 children (810 boys and 725 girls) drawn from five schools in Bangalore city on the 26-item Children's Behaviour Questionnaire (CBQ). This resulted in 281 children being identified as disturbed, giving a prevalence of 18.3%. In the second phase, 279 of the children identified as disturbed on the CBQ and a matched group of 272 'non-disturbed children' (182 boys and 90 girls) were again rated by teachers, this time using the Child Behaviour Checklist--Teacher Report Form, yielding a corrected prevalence rate of 19.8%. In the same phase, 166 of the disturbed children and a matched group of 169 non-disturbed children were rated by parents using the Child Behaviour Checklist, yielding a corrected prevalence rate of 31.7%. A larger proportion of boys than girls were identified as disturbed by teachers, whereas parents identified a large proportion of disturbed girls. Boys were found to manifest externalizing problems more often, while girls more frequently showed internalizing problems. Learning problems were identified in a substantial number of disturbed boys and girls.

Child↗
PubMed1993

Paraplegia due to osteitis fibrosa secondary to primary hyperparathyroidism: report of a case.

A case of primary hyperparathyroidism associated with osteitis fibrosa cystica presenting as paraplegia is described herein. The symptom complex of normocalcemic hyperparathyroidism with osteitis fibrosa cystica is a distinctly rare entity and to the best of our knowledge, this is the first case report of the normocalcemic variant of primary hyperparathyroidism presenting with paraplegia as a complication.

Adult↗
PubMed1990

Non-occlusive ischaemic enteritis.

Non-occlusive infarction of the intestine without any associated medical disorder responsible for prolonged hypotension, is a rare clinical entity. A retrospective analysis of 46 cases revealed that the disease occurred predominantly in young, healthy, male patients. The classical presentation was of abdominal pain and persistent tachycardia out of proportion to the abdominal signs of distension, mild tenderness and reduced bowel sounds. The presenting features were of peritonitis due to perforation (63%) and intestinal obstruction (37%). A preoperative diagnosis was suspected only in six cases. Operative findings revealed that the bowel was infarcted without involvement of the mesenteric vessels, which were pulsatile up to the bowel wall. The characteristic findings of the disease, which mainly affected the jejunum (69.6%), were: (i) infarcted area of the bowel surrounded by skip lesions of purple, constriction bands; (ii) multiple small perforations in a paper-thin bowel: or (iii) a long linear perforation. Histologically, ischaemic changes were found to affect the mucosa and submucosa beyond the macroscopic limits. Mortality was high (19.6%).

Adult↗
PubMed1988

Haemorrhagic adrenal pseudocyst: a case report.

A case of a non-functioning adrenal pseudocyst is reported herein. The key role of sonography and abdominal CT in the diagnosis of this rare retroperitoneal cystic lesion is highlighted. A possible etiological relationship with the trauma of parturition is proposed in our patient.

Adrenal Gland Diseases↗
PubMed1978

A short screening battery of tests to detect organic brain dysfunction.

Constructed a short screening device to measure organic brain dysfunction, suitable for literate and non-literate populations. A battery that consisted of 8 tests and 22 scoring variables was administered to 65 brain-damaged Ss and 65 normal Ss. The two groups were matched on a person-to-person basis with respect to age, sex and years of schooling. Stepwise multiple regression technique was used to develop a procedure for discriminating organics from normals. At a selected cut-off point the battery could discriminate between organics and normals with only 6% misclassification of normals and 16% misclassification of organics. The classificatory system was validated further against a fresh sample of 33 Ss. The battery proved to have satisfactory discriminatory capacity.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1970

Combined thyroxine and triiodothyronine for thyroid replacement therapy.

Tablets containing 50mug. of thyroxine and 15mug. of triiodothyronine have been used to treat patients with hypothyroidism of varied aetiology. Following total thyroidectomy a daily dose of three tablets-that is, 150mug. of thyroxine and 45mug. of triiodothyronine-maintained patients in a euthyroid state and produced a protein-bound iodine level within the normal range. The preparation is preferable to dried thyroid because of uniformity of activity and speed of action, and when the patient is clinically euthyroid the P.B.I. falls within the normal range.

Blood Proteins↗
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A screening tool for assessment of the home environment and psychosocial development of preschool children.

The purpose of this study was to develop a short tool for the assessment of home environment and psychosocial development of preschool children, based on the data collected on a sample of one hundred and fifty children in the age range of 2 years 10 months to 3 years 8 months. Co-relation analysis was used in identifying home environment and psychosocial development variables for the development of the tool.

Adaptation, Psychological↗