PERINATAL OUTCOME OF SECOND BORN TWIN

Background: The second twin is generally considered at higher risk of severe morbidity and mortality because of obstetric complications that may occur after delivery of the first twin. Methods: The hospital based descriptive type of observational study was conducted in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Jhalawar Medical College, Jhalawar. Results: In 54.00% neonate APGAR score was 5-7 followed by 42.00% neonate APGAR score was >7 and 4.00% neonate APGAR score was less than 5. 84.00% delivery were ND followed by 14.00% delivery was AVBD and 2.00% delivery was IPV-BE. Conclusion: Second twin had low Apgar score and chance of neonatal admission was more. Keywords: NICU, APGAR score, Neonates.

Neuropsychological templates for abnormal personalities: from genes to biodevelopmental pathways

To give a broad overview of an area that may be crucial to illuminate the genesis of personality disorders, I shall discuss the studies that, during the last decade, have tried to find genetic traces for personality traits that are both behaviourally consistent and biologically well rooted. Previous work using classical (familial or twin) methods had found substantial heritability estimates for several personality traits. It was thus unsurprising that genetic tracking methods impulsed research aimed at showing that temperamental traits contribute to personality scaffolding via neuroendocrine targets specified by particular genes. I’ll be discussing the outcome of some of these efforts and I’ll explore afterwards how other basic temperamental traits, rooted within biodevelopmental processes, do mediate enduring neurocognitive organization resulting in long-lasting behavioural styles. Finally I’ll outline new avenues for the neuropsychology of personality. My approach is deliberately selective, discussing relevant evidence rather than performing a systematic assessment of the field. For reasons of convenience and possible clinical relevance, I have selected some of the traits heralding sound biological foundations, although they are not necessarily prominent in the state-of-the-art dimensional ‘solutions’ for normal and abnormal temperaments.