Biomedical subjects

O Somasundaram

Publications and source records attributed to O Somasundaram.

12 recordsLinked to original sources

PubMed1992

A psychological study of spinal cord injured patients involved in the Madras Paraplegia Project.

The psychological features of spinal cord injured (SCI) patients involved in the Madras Paraplegia Project are described. Three hundred and twenty-eight patients were studied. Based on personality tests, 11% were extroverts, 14% were introverts and 76% were neither extroverts nor introverts. Twenty-four percent of the subjects were neurotic, 11% had a depressive illness, and 26% had pathological anxiety. The study has highlighted the psychological status of SCI patients, and the usefulness of a psychiatric team in the multidisciplinary care of such patients. This is probably the first large psychological study of SCI patients from a developing country.

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PubMed1981

Battered baby syndrome: a review of eight cases.

A review of eight cases of the Battered Baby Syndrome, diagnosed in the Orthopaedic Department of a large childrens' hospital in India during a three year period is presented. Majority of the cases had major fractures due to repetitive child abuse. Most of the children were undernourished and psychoanalysis of the parents revealed that with regard to child abuse, conditions in India do not differ materially from the Western World. This review does not include minor injuries to the children or solitary fractures in children as a results of child abuse. This may indicate that many cases have been missed. The importance of early detection of this condition and multidisciplinary approach in the management have been stressed. This condition has yet to gain wide recognition in Indian.

Battered Child Syndrome↗

PubMed1976