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This collection contains original research articles, review articles and case reports published in local and international peer reviewed journals by the staff members of the Faculty of Medicine
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Item A Family with nutmeg poisoning due to a home-made 'Covid treatment syrup'(All India Institute of Medical Sciences, 2022) Medagoda, K.No abstract availableItem The Burden of diabetes mellitus and impaired fasting glucose in an urban population of Sri Lanka(Wiley-Blackwell, 2013) Pinidiyapathirage, M.J.; Kasturiratne, A.; Ranawaka, U.K.; Gunasekara, D.; Wijekoon, N.; Medagoda, K.; Perera, S.; Takeuchi, F.; Kato, N.; Warnakulasuriya, T.; Wickremasinghe, A.R.AIMS: To describe the burden of diabetes mellitus and impaired fasting glucose in middle-aged residents (35-64 years) in an urban area of Sri Lanka. METHODS: A cross-sectional survey was conducted in the Ragama Medical Officer of Health area, from which 2986 participants (1349 men and 1637 women) were randomly selected from the electoral registry between January and December 2007. The participants underwent a physical examination and had their height, weight, waist and hip circumferences and blood pressure measured by trained personnel. Fasting blood samples were taken for measurement of glucose, HbA(1c) and lipids. The prevalence of diabetes (fasting plasma glucose > 7 mmol/l) and impaired fasting glycaemia (fasting plasma glucose 5.6-6.9 mmol/l) and major predictors of diabetes in Sri Lanka were estimated from the population-based data. RESULTS: Age-adjusted prevalence of diabetes mellitus in this urban population was 20.3% in men and 19.8% in women. Through the present screening, 263 patients with diabetes and 1262 with impaired fasting glucose levels were identified. The prevalence of newly detected diabetes was 35.7% of all patients with diabetes. Among patients with diabetes, only 23.8% were optimally controlled. In the regression models, high BMI, high waist circumference, high blood pressure and hypercholesterolaemia increased the fasting plasma glucose concentration, independent of age, sex and a family history of diabetes. CONCLUSIONS: Our data demonstrate the heavy burden of diabetes in this urban population. Short- and long-term control strategies are required, not only for optimal therapy among those affected, but also for nationwide primary prevention of diabetesItem Native hip joint septic arthritis in 20 adults: delayed presentation beyond three weeks predicts need for excision arthroplasty(Elsevier-W.B. Saunders, 2008) Matthews, P.C.; Dean, B.J.; Medagoda, K.; Gundle, R.; Atkins, B.L.; Berendt, A.R.; Byren, I.Item Self-limiting cerebellar ataxia following organophosphate poisoning(SAGE Publishing, 2003) Fonseka, M.M.D.; Medagoda, K.; Tilakaratne, Y.; Gunatilake, S.B.; de Silva, H.J.Deliberate self-harm by ingestion of organophosphate insecticides is a common health problem in Sri Lanka. The poisoning results in an initial life-threatening cholinergic crisis and several intermediate and late neurological and psychiatric manifestations. A patient who developed self-limiting cerebellar signs 8 days after ingestion of dimethoate, an organophosphorous insecticide, is reported onItem A Case of self limiting Coomb's negative haemolytic anaemia following dengue shock syndrome(Sri Lanka Medical Association, 2003) Medagoda, K.; Gunatilake, S.B.; de Silva, H.J.No Abstract Available