292 research outputs found
Reflections on the Post-Partition Period: Life Narratives of Kashmiri Muslims in Contemporary Kashmir
This article examines the political subjectivities of the first generation of post-Partition Kashmiri Muslims and presents their life narratives, both written and oral, as an important vantage point from which to understand shifts in Kashmiri Muslim society in the early post-Partition period. It also explores how these narratives are mediated by the respondent\u27s present, a period after the militancy of the late eighties and nineties, but one in which there remains a mass uprising against Indian rule. This generation was important for a number of reasons. One, they witnessed the erosion of Kashmir’s autonomy and the promises of a plebiscite, as well as intense political repression. Two, they were enlisted in the project of state reform and nation building, and thus, effectively participated in those same processes of erosion. As a result, I argue that the conditions and uncertainty surrounding the Kashmir ‘dispute” led to a political subjectivity that sought coherence amidst contradiction and incommensurate political and ideological commitments. In particular, this coherence was reflected in the desire to assert and foreground a Kashmiri Muslim identity, one that existed alongside other class, regional and gendered identities, but was nonetheless sharpened as a political community. I conclude with a reflection on the importance of this generation to understanding the making of political subjectivities in Kashmir today
Dual Chamber Pacing in a Patient of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy with Failure to Wean from Mechanical Ventilator
We discuss the case of a 63 years old female who required repeated intubation due to recurrent pulmonary edema. She was found to have hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with a gradient of 82 mmHg across the left ventricular outflow tract. Initially adequate rate control and treatment with negative inotropes did not help her condition. Finally a dual chamber pacemaker implantation and atrioventricular node modification lead to successful extubation
Reflections on the Post-Partition Period
This article examines the political subjectivities of the first generation of post-Partition Kashmiri Muslims and presents their life narratives, both written and oral, as an important vantage point from which to understand shifts in Kashmiri Muslim society in the early post-Partition period. It also explores how these narratives are mediated by the respondent's present, a period after the militancy of the late eighties and nineties, but one in which there remains a mass uprising against Indian rule. This generation was important for a number of reasons. One, they witnessed the erosion of Kashmir’s autonomy and the promises of a plebiscite, as well as intense political repression. Two, they were enlisted in the project of state reform and nation building, and thus, effectively participated in those same processes of erosion. As a result, I argue that the conditions and uncertainty surrounding the Kashmir ‘dispute” led to a political subjectivity that sought coherence amidst contradiction and incommensurate political and ideological commitments. In particular, this coherence was reflected in the desire to assert and foreground a Kashmiri Muslim identity, one that existed alongside other class, regional and gendered identities, but was nonetheless sharpened as a political community. I conclude with a reflection on the importance of this generation to understanding the making of political subjectivities in Kashmir today
Postpartum Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome in a Patient with the Joint Hypermobility Syndrome
Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) commonly affects women of childbearing age. We report on a 37-year-old woman who developed symptoms of recurrent syncope in the postpartum period. Her head up tilt test and clinical presentation was consistent with POTS
Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome following Lyme disease
Background: A subgroup of patients suffering from Lyme disease (LD) may initially respond
to antibiotics only to later develop a syndrome of fatigue, joint pain and cognitive dysfunction
referred to as ‘post treatment LD syndrome’. We report on a series of patients who developed
autonomic dysfunction in the form of postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS).
Methods: All of the patients in this report had suffered from LD in the past and were successfully
treated with antibiotics. All patients were apparently well, until years later when they presented
with fatigue, cognitive dysfunction and orthostatic intolerance. These patients were diagnosed
with POTS on the basis of clinical features and results of the tilt table (HUTT) testing.
Results: Five patients (all women), aged 22-44 years, were identified for inclusion in this
study. These patients developed symptoms of fatigue, cognitive dysfunction, orthostatic palpitations
and either near syncope or frank syncope. The debilitating nature of these symptoms had
resulted in lost of the employment or inability to attend school. Three patients were also
suffering from migraine, two from anxiety and depression and one from hypertension. All
patients demonstrated a good response to the employed treatment. Four of the five were able to
engage in their activities of daily living and either resumed employment or returned to school.
Conclusions: In an appropriate clinical setting, evaluation for POTS in patients suffering
from post LD syndrome may lead to early recognition and treatment, with subsequent improvement
in symptoms of orthostatic intolerance. (Cardiol J 2011; 18, 1: 63-66
Autonomic dysfunction presenting as postural tachycardia syndrome following traumatic brain injury
Background: Autonomic dysregulation (also called diencephalic epilepsy) has been reported
following traumatic brain injuries (TBI). However, until now, postural tachycardia syndrome
(POTS) has not been reported as a long-term complication in patients who have suffered a TBI.
We report on a series of patients who developed POTS after suffering TBI.
Methods: Eight patients who were referred to our center had suffered TBI and developed
features of orthostatic intolerance following head trauma. The patients’ neurological, neurosurgical
and autonomic data (charts and/or physician letters) were then carefully reviewed for
demographic characteristics, comorbid conditions, symptoms of orthostatic intolerance, medications
and response to medication. These patients were diagnosed as having POTS, primarily
based on their clinical features and findings from the head-up tilt test (HUTT). The data
presented is observational and descriptive (percentages or means).
Results: Eight patients (seven of them women) aged 21–41 years had suffered from TBI and
had developed features of POTS. All had been normal with no symptoms prior to their TBI. All
patients experienced orthostatic dizziness, fatigue, palpitations and near syncope. Six patients
suffered from frank syncope. Six patients developed significant cognitive dysfunction, and three
developed a chronic pain syndrome following trauma. All of the patients reported severe limitations
to their daily activities and had been unable to keep their jobs, and two were housebound.
Six patients demonstrated a good response to therapy with various combinations of medication.
The symptoms of orthostatic intolerance and syncope improved with the initiation of medical
therapy, as well as their reported quality of life. Two patients failed to show any improvement
with various combinations of medications and tilt training, and continued to experience
orthostatic difficulties.
Conclusions: Postural tachycardia syndrome may, in some cases, be a late complication of
traumatic brain injury. (Cardiol J 2010; 17, 5: 482-487
Clinical presentation and management of patients with hyperadrenergic postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome. A single center experience
Background: We present our single center experience of 27 patients of hyperadrenergic
postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS).
Methods: In a retrospective analysis, we reviewed the charts of 300 POTS patients being
followed at our autonomic center from 2003 to 2010, and found 27 patients eligible for
inclusion in this study. POTS was defined as symptoms of orthostatic intolerance (of greater
than six months’ duration) accompanied by a heart rate increase of at least 30 bpm (or a rate
that exceeds 120 bpm) that occurs in the first 10 min of upright posture or head up tilt test
(HUTT) occurring in the absence of other chronic debilitating disorders. Patients were diagnosed
as having the hyperadrenergic form based on an increase in their systolic blood pressure
of ≥ 10 mm Hg during the HUTT (2) with concomitant tachycardia or their serum catecholamine
levels (serum norepinephnrine level ≥ 600 pg/mL) upon standing.
Results: Twenty seven patients, aged 39 ± 11 years, 24, (89%) of them female and 22 (82%)
Caucasian were included in this study. Most of these patients were refractory to most of the
first and second line treatments, and all were on multiple combinations of medications.
Conclusions: Hyperadrenergic POTS should be identified and differentiated from neuropathic
POTS. These patients are usually difficult to treat and there are no standardized
treatment protocols known at this time for patients with hyperadrenergic POTS. (Cardiol J
2011; 18, 5: 527–531
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