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P Agrawal

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PubMed1994

[Evaluation of the effect of oxytocin use for labor induction on frequency of occurrence and severity of neonatal jaundice].

Authors conducted analysis of effect of method used (which consisted of use of oxytocin, vit B, oestradiol) for labour induction on frequency of occurrence and severity of neonatal jaundice on 3rd day of neonatal life. Analysed material consisted of 1154 deliveries between the years 1990 to 1992 in IInd Department of Obstetrics AM Wrocław. Only completely physiological pregnancies qualified for analysis. The above mentioned sum of analysed deliveries was divided into 2 groups. Ist group consisted of 801 normal deliveries without any oxytocin use 2nd group consisted of 353 normal deliveries during which i.v. oxytocin drip was used either for induction of labour or to intensify uterine contraction during labour. Evaluation of the above data do not show significant increase in cases with hyperbilirubinemia in group with labour induction (7%) in comparison with deliveries without oxytocin use (5%). Moreover eliminating from the analysis cases of jaundice with normal bilirubin level (12 mg%), I degree jaundice, the actual count of cases of hyperbilirubinemia in group without oxytocin use in 26 (3.24%) and in group with oxytocin use is 13 (3.67%) cases (Tab. IV) which is not a significant difference and does not permit us to conclude that oxytocin use for labour induction is responsible for increased frequency of neonatal hyperbilirubinemia.

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PubMed1992

Immunoglobulin profile in schizophrenia.

The present study was conducted on 40 new consecutive schizophrenic patients admitted in the psychiatry ward. The diagnosis of schizophrenia was done by Research Diagnosis Criteria (RDC). Serum immunoglobulins were were estimated in schizophrenic patients and were age and sex matched with 40 healthy individuals, comprising the control group. The IgG and IgA mean levels of schizophrenic patients were found to be significantly higher (p < 0.01) than the normal healthy individuals. There were however no significant differences between the schizophrenic patients and control group regarding total proteins, albumin and globulin levels. In subtypes of schinophrenia based on phenomenology only, paranoid group scored significantly higher (p < 0.01) IgG and IgA mean values than other types of Schizophrenia (catatonic, disorganised and undifferentiated).

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PubMed1991

Valproic acid.

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PubMed1990

Postpartum psychosis: a study of indoor cases in a general hospital psychiatric clinic.

In a prospective study, 144 consecutive indoor cases of puerperal psychosis were assessed. Their mean age was 24.6 years. A past and a family history of psychosis was present in 12 cases each. According to RDC criteria, a majority of the patients had unspecified functional psychosis. A majority of the cases developed psychosis after the birth of a first child. Puerperal psychosis showed a positive correlation with the birth of a female child. Most of these cases developed psychiatric illness in the first 2 weeks after delivery. When the prevalence of symptoms in the study group was compared with the age- and disease-matched nonpuerperal controls, several differences were statistically significant.

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PubMed1990

Immunoglobulin profile in acute psychiatric disorders.

In a prospective study of 80 new female patients with acute psychiatric disorders (40 each with schizophrenia and major affective disorder), elevated (P less than 0.001) serum concentrations of IgG and IgA were found in comparison to healthy control groups matched for age and sex. In schizophrenic patients the mean levels of IgG (1682.76 mg/dl) and IgA (321.12 mg/dl) were found to be significantly more as compared to those in the control group (IgG-1213.18 mg/dl and IgA - 210.14 mg/dl). Patients with paranoid schizophrenia had significantly high mean serum levels of IgG (1896.86 mg/dl) and IgA (376.16 mg/dl) in comparison to other subtypes of schizophrenia (i.e., catatonic, disorganized and undifferentiated). Mean serum concentrations of IgG and IgA in major affective disorder - mania (IgG 1526.36 mg/dl and IgA 382.16 mg/dl) and major depressive episode (IgG 2008.12 mg/dl and IgA 536.72 mg/dl) were found to be significantly higher as compared to those in the control group (IgG-920.21 mg/dl and IgA - 232.12 mg/dl).

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PubMed1986

The participation of cartilage canals in the ossification of the human fetal calcaneum.

The relationship of cartilage canals to the developing ossification centres in the human calcaneum was investigated. The cartilage canals were always present in the calcaneum by 78 mm CR length. The calcaneum has two primary ossification centres. The main centre was identified in the deep part of the calcaneum as a spherical zone of cartilage cells in the proliferative phase between 82 and 120 mm CR length and in the hypertrophic phase between 130-156 mm. Numerous cartilage canals entered the calcaneum from its dorsal and ventral surfaces and, between 106 and 156 mm CR length, they formed vascular arcades around this centre. Between 165 and 175 mm, calcification and marrow space formation were noted involving branches from the adjoining cartilage canals within these areas, which provided vascular osteogenic tissue to the early spaces. The inconstant parachondral centre, when present, may appear first during the fourth month as a periosteal reaction on the inferolateral side in the anterior wall of a deep groove in front of the posterior tuberosity of the calcaneum. By 120 mm CR length, a thin layer of subperiosteal bone was present along with a zone of early hypertrophic cartilage cells deep to it. Calcification and marrow space formation occurred by 165 mm and these marrow spaces were supplied by periosteal buds. Osteoid tissue was formed in them between 186 and 206 mm CR length. The main centre was oval in shape due to its posterolateral extension irrespective of the presence or absence of the parachondral centre.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

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PubMed1984

The role of cartilage canals in the ossification of the talus.

Interrupted serial sections of the foot region from 14 human fetuses, crown-rump (CR) lengths between 32 and 240 mm, were studied, using HE, PAS, Alcian blue, Gomori's trichrome and von Kossa stains. Cartilage canals carrying vascular connective tissue from the perichondrium entered the talus by 68-mm. The centre of ossification developed in the neck region of the talus cartilage by 240 mm CR length, but early stages of chondrocyte proliferation and hypertrophy were noted by 108-mm CR length. The latter is marked by 170 mm CR length. A number of cartilage canals were observed around the developing centre. Branches from these cartilage canals appeared to supply vascular osteogenic tissue to its marrow spaces.

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