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October-December 2013
Volume 4 | Issue 4
Page Nos. 201-244
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EDITORIAL
What should be the upper age limit for reproduction?
p. 201
Sonia Malik
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:10.4103/0976-7800.122227
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:24381459
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REVIEW ARTICLES
Hippocratic oath and conversion of ethico-regulatory aspects onto doctors as a physician, private individual and a clinical investigator
p. 203
Mohammed Imran, Shadab Samad, Mohammad Maaz, Ashhar Qadeer, Abul Kalam Najmi, Mohammed Aqil
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:10.4103/0976-7800.122232
PMID
:24381460
Hippocratic Oath is a living document for ethical conduct of the physicians around the world. World Medical Association has been amending the oath as per the contemporary times. Although physicians maintain their ethical standards while treating a patient yet many a times social, administrative and ruling powers either use physicians as their tool of oppression or victimize them for conducting duties as per their oath. The Tuskegee Syphilis Study and Human Radiation Experiments in America, Nazi Experiments in Germany and compulsory sterilization program in India were the studies where States used physicians for the advancement of their rationality or belief. Conversely victimization of physicians in Kosovo, Sri Lanka and incarcerating physicians for treating human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome patients in some countries is concerning. The Nuremberg code, the Declaration of Geneva, Belmont Report and Declaration of Helsinki are ethical documents while active involvement of Food and Drug Administration through "common rule" resulted in guidelines like International Conference on Harmonization and Good Clinical Practices. Still unethical studies are found in developing countries. Studies such as experimental anticancer drugs in 24 cancer patients without adequate prior animal testing and informed consent in Kerala, studies at All India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi resulted in 49 deaths of children and many more suspicious studies are rampant. Reverting back to the fundamentals of the medical profession; teaching medical ethics and enforcement of "medical neutrality" by embarking some grade of "medical immunity" on the basis of the oath is necessary for ethical conduct of physicians.
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Geriatric management in medieval Persian medicine
p. 210
Morteza Emami, Omid Sadeghpour, Mohammad M Zarshenas
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:10.4103/0976-7800.122237
PMID
:24381461
In Iran, a large group of patients are elderly people and they intend to have natural remedies as treatment. These remedies are rooted in historical of Persian and humoral medicine with a backbone of more than 1000 years. The current study was conducted to draw together medieval pharmacological information related to geriatric medicine from some of the most often manuscripts of traditional Persian medicine. Moreover, we investigated the efficacy of medicinal plants through a search of the PubMed, Scopus and Google Scholar databases. In the medieval Persian documents, digestible and a small amount of food such as chicken broth, honey, fig and plum at frequent intervals as well as body massage and morning unctioning are highly recommended. In the field of pharmacotherapy, 35 herbs related to 25 families were identified. Plants were classified as tonic, anti-aging, appetizer, memory and mood enhancer, topical analgesic and laxative as well as health improvement agents. Other than historical elucidation, this paper presents medical and pharmacological approaches that medieval Persian practitioners applied to deal with geriatric complications.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLES
Morphological spectrum of endometrial pathology in middle-aged women with atypical uterine bleeding: A study of 219 cases
p. 216
Sujata Jetley, Safia Rana, Zeeba Shamim Jairajpuri
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:10.4103/0976-7800.122242
PMID
:24381462
Background:
Perimenopause, also called the menopausal transition, is the interval in which a woman's body makes a natural shift from more-or-less regular cycles of ovulation and menstruation toward permanent infertility, or menopause.
Materials and Methods:
A retrospective age specific comparative analysis of 219 perimenopausal women presenting with abnormal uterine bleeding was done who underwent endometrial sampling during a 4-year period from January 2008 to April 2012 at the Hakeem Abdul Hameed Centenary Hospital. Endometrial tissue collected by sampling procedures such as dilatation and curettage (D and C), endometrial biopsy and fractional curettage had been sent to the pathology laboratory for evaluation.
Results:
The most common clinical presentation was represented by menorrhagia (46.4%) followed by metrorrhagia (20%), menometrorrhagia, polymenorrhea, polymenorrhagia among others. Evaluation of the endometrium revealed various patterns on histopathology, functional causes accounted for majority of the diagnosis. Secretory endometrium seen in 71 cases (32.4%) was the most common. While proliferative endometrium on histopathology was the second most common diagnosis; seen in 67 patients (30.5%). Endometrial hyperplasia was seen in 24 (10.9%) cases out of which simple hyperplasia without atypia was seen in 19, complex hyperplasia without atypia was seen in 4 and complex hyperplasia with atypia was seen in 1 case. The other diagnoses, which accounted for the rest of the functional causes of atypical uterine bleeding, were disordered proliferative endometrium 15 cases (6.8%), luteal phase defects 3 cases (1.3%).
Conclusion:
Atypical uterine bleeding in perimenopausal women is most commonly dysfunctional in origin. In addition, a significant number show underlying organic pathologies thereby highlighting the importance of endometrial curetting and biopsy as a diagnostic procedure in the evaluation.
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Study of inside-out technique of trans-obturator tape for treatment of stress urinary incontinence in women with utero-vaginal prolapse
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Ragini Verma, Rujuta Acharya, Saral Bhatia, Amisha Dumaswala, Nilesh Vekhariya
DOI
:10.4103/0976-7800.122246
PMID
:24381463
Background:
Assessment of the success rates and complications of inside-out technique of Trans-Vaginal Tape (Obturator) (TVT-O) for treatment of stress urinary incontinence (SUI) in women with utero-vaginal prolapse.
Materials and Methods:
A total of 30 consenting subjects with SUI and utero-vaginal prolapse were subjected to TVT-O surgery. These subjects were closely monitored for complications and success rate of surgery up to 1 year of surgery.
Results:
Urinary tract infection (16.67%) was the most common early post-operative complication. Groin pain (23%) was the most common late post-operative complication while
denovo
urgency developed in 3 (11.54%) subjects. Majority (88.46%) of subjects had total improvement at 3month follow-up while 100% subjects had total improvement at 12 month follow-up with a "definitely improved quality-of-life."
Conclusion:
The TVT-O (inside-out) appears to have performed favorably as a safe and effective surgery for SUI associated with utero-vaginal prolapse.
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Serum mineral status and climacteric symptoms in perimenopausal women before and after Yoga therapy, an ongoing study
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Alok Kumar, E Archana, Akshatha Pai, Gayathry Nayak, Revathi P Shenoy, Anjali Rao
DOI
:10.4103/0976-7800.122251
PMID
:24381464
Background:
Many women report an increased level of anxiety, irritability and mood swings during their perimenopausal state. Studies show that physically active people can reduce their anxiety and depression by practicing yoga. Serum minerals such as calcium, copper and magnesium and the ferro-oxidase, ceruloplasmin play an important role in the body during the perimenopausal period.
Objective:
The objective of this study is to assess the serum mineral status, anthropometric parameters and climacteric symptoms in perimenopausal women before and after yoga intervention.
Subjects and Methods:
A total of 30 subjects with perimenopausal symptoms, aged between 40 and 60 years (49.43 ± 6.15) were included in the study. Yoga intervention was given on a daily basis (45 min duration) for 12 weeks. The climacteric symptoms were assessed by Greene's climacteric scale and biochemical parameters were analyzed spectrophotometrically.
Results:
A significant decrease in the waist hip ratio (
P
< 0.036) and body mass index (
P
< 0.036) was observed after yoga intervention. Systolic (
P
< 0.064) and diastolic (
P
< 0.082) blood pressure (BP) showed marginal decrease after yoga therapy. Climacteric symptoms improved significantly (
P
< 0.001) after yoga intervention. A significant increase (
P
< 0.001) in serum calcium and copper and a marked decrease in serum magnesium (
P
< 0.05) and ceruloplasmin (
P
< 0.028) levels was observed, post yoga therapy. Serum magnesium negatively correlated (
r
= −0.467,
P
< 0.035) with systolic BP after yoga intervention.
Conclusion:
The overall changes observed in the mineral status and climacteric symptoms suggest that yoga therapy protocol can be effectively used to improve the quality of life in perimenopausal women.
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ART outcome in young women with premature ovarian aging
p. 230
Meenakshi Dua, Vandana Bhatia, Sonia Malik, Ved Prakash
DOI
:10.4103/0976-7800.122257
PMID
:24381465
Background:
Young women with signs of ovarian aging are a matter of concern as far as their reproductive performance is concerned. With more women approaching infertility centers with this problem, it becomes necessary to understand what reproductive outcomes are possible in such cases. Female age and basal Follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) level, both are strong independent predictors of
In Vitro
Fertilization (IVF) outcome.
Objective:
To correlate age-related basal FSH with IVF outcome in women with premature ovarian aging in gonadotropins-induced cycles.
Materials and Methods:
Between January 2011 and October 2012, a total of 135 women undergoing IVF and ICSI cycles with antagonist protocol were included in this retrospective cohort study. Basal FSH concentrations were measured and the women's ages were calculated before they were undergoing pituitary desensitization and its correlation with assisted reproduction technique (ART) outcome was evaluated.
Results:
Increasing FSH was associated significantly with reduced number of oocytes retrieved, and embryos obtained. Young women with high FSH up to 20 produced less but good quality embryo's resulting in sound pregnancy rate.
Conclusion:
FSH is a quantitative and age is a qualitative measure of ovarian reserve. Both are equally important in predicting IVF outcome. Basal FSH concentration should be restricted to counseling of patients on probability of achieving pregnancy, but should not be used to exclude them from fertility treatment.
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Validity and reliability of male andropause symptoms self-assessment questionnaire among elderly males in Khuzestan province of Iran
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Abdolrahim Asadollahi, Laleh Fani Saberi, Nasrin Faraji
DOI
:10.4103/0976-7800.122258
PMID
:24381466
Background:
Andropause is a condition of decreasing testosterone in men that usually begins to occur at about 40 years of age. Many men find it difficult to acknowledge there may be a problem by refusing to even talk about the symptoms.
Aims:
The study was conducted to the standards of MASSQ (2012) within male older adults to introduce a relevant criterion.
Materials and Methods:
About 382 men with age range of 50-80 and with the mean age of 65.3 ± 2.32 were sampled with the cluster-ratio sampling method from the eight cities of Khuzestan province in southwestern Iran. The aged samples replied to the 25 items of MASSQ.
Results:
Coefficients of Cronbach's alpha (α = 0.89), split-half (0.91), convergent validity (0.72), divergent validity (−0.32), and criterion validity (0.67) were estimated, which were significant at
P
< 0.01. The exploratory factor analysis demonstrated that the 25-items of MASSQ for aged samples are organized into four factors (sexual, somatic, psychic, and behavioral) which clarify 79% of the scale's variance. Second-order confirmatory factor analysis pointed out that the factors are well-matched up onto a principal factor. Consequently, the four-factor model was well appropriate for the data by the fit index techniques for adjusting the scale [adjusted goodness of fit index = 0.92, goodness-of-fit statistic = 0.91, root mean square error of approximation = 0.006, incremental fit index = 0.94, normed fit index = 0.91, comparative fit index = 0.97].
Conclusions:
The results pointed to the well-adjusted reliability and validity of MASSQ and its usefulness for the relevant studies as well.
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CASE REPORTS
A rare case of lipoleiomyoma of the vulva: Cytological and immunohistopathological study
p. 238
Siddhi Gaurish Sinai Khandeparkar, Sanjay Deshmukh, Pallavi D Bhayekar
DOI
:10.4103/0976-7800.122259
PMID
:24381467
In clinical practice, smooth muscle tumors of the vulva are rarely encountered. The histopathological subtype and grading is of utmost importance to the clinician and the patient. Diagnosis is based on clinical presentation, radiological, cyto-histological examination, and recently by application of immunohistochemical (IHC) markers. Leiomyomas occasionally occur with unusual patterns, making their identification more challenging clinically, radiologically, and cyto-histologically. We encountered a case of lipoleiomyoma of the vulva in a 38-year-old female. To the author's knowledge, this unusual variant of smooth muscle tumor, that is, lipoleiomyoma of the vulvar region has not been mentioned in the literature so far. The detailed clinical, cytomorphological, histopathological, and immunohistochemical study was carried out, which has prompted us to report this case.
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A rare case of fondaparinux-induced major bleeding in postmenopausal woman prescribed for non-ST segment elevation Ml
p. 241
Vishal R Tandon, Sudhaa Sharma, Shagun Mahajan, Annil Mahajan, Vijay Khajuria
DOI
:10.4103/0976-7800.122260
PMID
:24381468
Fondaparinux sodium is a synthetic, sulfated pentasaccharide, selective factor Xa inhibitor, a safe and effective antithrombotic agent indicated for preventing thrombus formation in patients with acute coronary syndromes, including those with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), non-STEMI (NSTEMI), or unstable angina. Major bleeding is rarely known to exist with the use of fondaparinux and to best of our knowledge there exist no isolated case report presenting with fondaparinux-induced major bleeding prescribed for recently diagnosed NSTEMI. The case report highlights, a need for clinicians to have a sound understanding of anticoagulant pharmacology, dosing, toxicity, individualized approach, and predicting the risk of bleeding before they are prescribed to advancing age persons.
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LETTER TO EDITOR
Pessaries for pelvic organ prolapse: Is there enough evidence?
p. 244
Asfandyar Khan Niazi, Rizwana Sadaf
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:10.4103/0976-7800.122261
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:24381469
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