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  Objective: The aim of this study was to explore the risk factors for the development of postpartum psychiatric disorders through international literature. Materials and Methods: Throughout many articles in PubMed, Google scholar and PsycInfo, a great amount of recent data was gathered to identify the disorders that are most common as well as their risk factors. Results: After childbirth, most commonly women experience postpartum depression, anxiety disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder and postpartum psychosis. All the disorders have many similar risk-factors with the main one being preexisting psychiatric disorder and many similar symptoms too. Conclusions: Women after childbirth are at risk of experience many psychiatric disorders, such as postpartum distress, postpartum post traumatic stress disorder and even more rarely postpartum psychosis. It is important to provide comprehensive support to ensure the well-being of both the mother and the infant and this will b...

The goal of this study was to see if Lipp Stress Control Training can help people with metabolic syndrome. Metabolic syndrome is defined by the presence of several risk factors such as glucose intolerance, dyslipidemia, and hypertension, as well as poor diet, sedentariness, tobacco use, alcoholism, and excessive stress. The study included 45 older women with MetS who were between the ages of 60 and 75. Lipp Stress Control Training, comprising of eight two-hour sessions with five groups of eight persons, was provided to them once a week. After the session, stress levels were found to have fallen significantly (p=0.005). Before and after treatment, total cholesterol (p=0.012), LDL (p=0.0133), and triglycerides (p=0.05) were all significantly reduced in the group. Stress Control Training reduced some MetS risk factors, such as stress, and may have aided in the reduction of MetS components such as glucose, triglycerides, total cholesterol, and LDL cholesterol. If the current conclusions ar...

Adipose tissue is considered as an active endocrine organ that releases a large number of adipokines modulating blood pressure, glucose and lipid metabolism, inflammation, and atherosclerosis. Atherosclerosis has been found linked with various traditional and novel risk actors. This chapter describe the updated review of published literature and present research findings describing the linkage of extent and severity of coronary atherosclerosis with two of the adipokines, adiponectin and leptin, as novel risk factors in metabolic syndrome (MetS) patients. A pilot, Case-control study was carried under Sadbhavna Medical and Heart Institute, Patiala and, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Drug Research, Punjabi University, Patiala, between January to December 2013. MetS patients (n=55) with age ≥18 years, undergoing angiography for diagnosis and/or interventional treatment of atherosclerosis and 25 matched control subjects were recruited. Evaluation of traditional and novel cardi...

Introduction: Although cases of contrast associated AKI (CA-AKI) have been reported over the years and  several  studies  exist  on  the  subject,  there  has  been  little  success  in  terms  of  developing  a generally acceptable prediction model for this preventable disease. Majority of work done has been on patients under going coronary angiography and are not generalisable due to heterogeneity of patients and procedure related factors. The aim of this chapter is to review the epidemiology and prediction models of CA-AKI in patients receiving intravenous contrast for non-coronary angiography procedures. Conclusion: Although  non-coronary  procedures  are  more  routinely  performed  in  most  institutions, very few prediction models exist for patients undergoing these procedures and this limits preventive efforts. Clearly,  predictio...