Patil BR, Patkar DP, Mandlik SA, Kapse CD, Jindal GD. Estimation of Body Fat Mass from Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis in Indian Adults Aged 23 to 81 Years: A Comparison with Dual Energy Xray Absorptiometry. MGM J Med Sci 2015;2(2):5765.

Women are integral to all aspects of society. They are worshipped, but when it comes to dealing with them, much still remains. Women bear the burden of responsibility associated with being wives, mothers and carers of others. There is a dearth of casecontrol studies. Domestic violence in women with psychiatric morbidity has not received sufficient attention. Domestic violence can often lead to victims developing mental health problems, and people with mental health problems are more likely to experience domestic violence. People diagnosed with mental illness are more likely than others to be victims of domestic violence. Psychiatric morbidity as a determinant of domestic violence has received little attention. Indian culture is unique and there is limited work on domestic violence from Eastern Uttar Pradesh.

To assess the magnitude and compare the cause of domestic violence in married women with psychotic and nonpsychotic illness.

Sixty-five women attending psychiatry outpatient department (OPD) of SSL Hospital with 35 women with psychotic illness and 30 nonpsychotic illness were studied for the magnitude of domestic violence by their husband. Domestic violence questionnaire was used. Women diagnosed as suffering from Axis–I disorder as per DSM IV TR.

Significantly more women in psychotic illness than nonpsychotic illness reported domestic violence (total/ psychological and physical) by their husbands in past year (women with psychotic illness: 80% total/psychological violence; 65.7% physical violence and nonpsychotic illness: 50% total/ psychological violence; 43.3% physical violence). Total domestic violence with psychiatric morbidity was observed in 66.2%.

Women with psychotic illness have a higher reporting of domestic violence by their husbands during the past years. Women with mental disorders are likely to be victims of violence. Mental disorder may increase vulnerability to domestic violence by increasing the likelihood of women being in unsafe relationships and environments and increase their vulnerability to violent victimization.

Srivastava J, Sharma I, Khanna A. Causes of Domestic Violence in Married Women with psychotic and Nonpsychotic Illness. MGM J Med Sci 2015;2(2):6671.

Depression is a most common and widespread of all psychiatric disorders. Treatment of depression includes the use of antidepressants, commonly used clinically, such as tricyclic antidepressants, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, selective norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor, and monoamine oxidase inhibitors. Certain antidepressants apart from improvement in the symptoms found to have detrimental effect on cognitive and psychomotor functions. Objective of this study was to assess and to compare the effect of sertraline and fluoxetine on cognitive and psychomotor functions.

Effect of sertraline and fluoxetine on psychomotor function was assessed by using critical flicker fusion frequency (CFF) and reaction time (RT) in patients of mild to moderate depression at the end of 2nd and 4th week of monotherapy.

Patients in both the group have their RT remained significantly higher (p < 0.001) in comparison with control and CFF remained significantly lower at the end of both the week except sertraline group in which CFF did not differ significantly from control at the end of 4th week. There was a significant rise in CFF (p < 0.05) in sertraline group as compared to fluoxetine. Sertraline showed a significant improvement (p < 0.01) in visual reaction time (VRT) at both the follow-ups and auditory reaction time (ART) (p < 0.01) at 4th week of monotherapy. Both the groups did not differ with respect to their effect on choice reaction time (CRT).

Findings of this study support the use of sertraline which had shown less impairment of psychomotor function in patients of depression as compared to fluoxetine, in special subgroups of population who operate machinery, drive vehicle or require alertness for the work.

Ghodke BV, Ray-Mohanty I, Ghildiyal R, Shounak A, Deshmukh YA. Effect of Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors on Psychomotor Function in Patients of Depression: A Comparative Study of Sertraline and Fluoxetine. MGM J Med Sci 2015;2(2):72-77.

We performed prospective randomized, double blinded controlled study on 90 patients to compare the effects of adding of dexmedetomidine to levobupivacaine in prolonging the analgesia produced by epidural levobupivacaine alone in patients undergoing infraumbilical surgeries and also compared the duration of motor block and sedation scores.

Ninety American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) I and II patients (18–60 years), under going infraumbilical surgery, were prospectively randomized to one of two groups to receive epidural anesthesia with 17 ml of 0.5% levobupivacaine + 3 ml of normal saline (group L) or epidural anesthesia with 17 ml of 0.5% levobupivacaine with 75 mg (0.75 ml) of dexmedetomidine +2.25 ml of normal saline (group LD). Various parameters hemodynamic changes, onset time of sensory and motor blockade, highest level of sensory blockade, duration of sensory and motor block, postoperative pain using visual analog scale (VAS) score, and any side-effects were recorded and data were statistical analyzed using student's t-test by statistics calculator SPSS software.

The two study groups were similar for mean age, weight and duration of surgery. Mean duration of analgesia was significantly longer in group LD (438.33 ± 38.72 min) than in group L (271.2 ± 23.77 min); p < 0.05. Onset time of sensory and motor blockade was significantly less in group LD as compared to group L; p < 0.05. Duration of sensory and motor block was significantly higher in group LD when compared to group L(p < 0.05). More sedation was observed in group LD.

Dexmedetomidine in a dose of 75 μg added as an adjuvant to 0.5% levobupivacaine for epidural anesthesia, during infraumbilical surgeries, prolongs the duration of analgesia of levobupivacaine and increases postoperative sedation, without any other adverse effects.

Gupta S, Saluja N, Goyal P, Choudhary B. A Comparative Evaluation of Levobupivacaine Hydrochloride and Levobupivacaine Hydrochloride with Dexmedetomidine in Epidural Anesthesia and Postoperative Pain Relief undergoing Infraumbilical Surgeries. MGM J Med Sci 2015; 2(2):78-82.

Patil AS, Shankarkumar A. Hepatitis B Diagnosis in Blood Bank: Evaluation and Challenges. MGM J Med Sci 2015;2(2):83-89.

Ajbani SP, Bandivdekar AH. Asso ciation of Host and Pathogenic Variation with Sexual Transmission of HIV. MGM J Med Sci 2015;2(2):9097.

Patil NG, Amber LM YIP, Ip, Mary Sau Man. Pain and Joy in Implementation of Curriculum Reform: The University of Hong Kong Medical Faculty Experience. MGM J Med Sci 2015;2(2):98102.

Kadam RV, Mukhi LS, Deshmukh AG, Bahuva VD. Hungry Bone Syndrome due to Primary Parathyroid Adenoma with Multiple Bone Fractures. MGM J Med Sci 2015;2(2):103-105.

Rohatgi S, Shastry V, Betkerur J, Savitha TG, Mohan A. Nonmycosis Peripheral TCell nonHodgkin Lymphoma involving the Skin. MGM J Med Sci 2015; 2(2):106109.

Jayaram DR, Mude S, Kadam NN. Successful Pregnancy and Delivery with Good Maternal and Fetal Outcome in a Kidney Transplant Recipient. MGM J Med Sci 2015;2(2):110-113.