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  • Deen, K.I. (College of Surgeons of Sri Lanka, 2000)
    Patients having surgical procedures below the level of the transverse colon are at risk of adhesion formation. Small bowel obstruction is the commonest presenting feature of adhesions, is estimated that up to 10 percent ...
  • de Silva, H.A. (The Kandy Society of Medicine, 1995)
    The area of K+ channel modulation is one of great activity in pharmacological research. Although the use of K+ channel openers first came to light as apotential therapy for hypertension, there are plenty of other avenues ...
  • Wijerathna, T.; Gunathilaka, N.; Gunawardena, K.; Rodrigo, W. (Hindawi Pub. Co., 2017)
    The present works reviewed the existing information on leishmaniasis in Sri Lanka and in other countries, focusing on challenges of controlling leishmaniasis in the country, in an outbreak. Evidence from recent studies ...
  • Weerasinghe, M.; Konradsen, F.; Eddleston, M.; Pearson, M.; Jayamanne, S.; Gunnell, D.; Hawton, K.; Agampodi, S. (Hogrefe Publishing, 2018)
    BACKGROUND: In South Asia, up to one in five individuals who use pesticides for self-harm purchase them immediately prior to the event. AIMS: From reviewing the literature we proposed four interventions: (a) farmer ...
  • Chatterjee, P.; Fernando, M.; Fernando, B.; Dias, C.B.; Shah, T.; Silva, R.; Williams, S.; Pedrini, S.; Hillebrandt, H.; Goozee, K.; Barin, E.; Sohrabi, H.R.; Garg, M.; Cunnane, S.; Martins, R.N. (Elsevier Science Ireland, 2020)
    ABSTRACT:Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia. Currently, there is no effective medication for the prevention or treatment of AD. This has led to the search for alternative therapeutic strategies. ...
  • Marasinghe, M.P.L.R.; Sirisena, D.M.; Bandara, K.B.A.T.; Hapuarachchi, H.A.C.; Abeyewickreme, W. (Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science, 2007)
    Medico - criminal entomology has been an important source of evidence in forensic investigations for many years. However, it has not been widely used to provide direct evidence for personal identification in forensic ...
  • Gunawardene, Y.I.N.S.; de Silva, N.R.; Abeyewickreme, W. (Sri Lanka College of Microbiologists, 1999)
    Dengue Fever (DF) Dengue Haernorrhagic Fever (DHF) is now a significant problem in Sri Lanka. The incidence of DHF has increased cyclically since the first recognized outbreak in 1989. Of the 203 suspected DHF cases recorded ...
  • Graham, S.E.; Clarke, S.L.; Wu, K.H.; Kanoni, S.; Zajac, G.J.M.; Ramdas, S.; Surakka, I.; Ntalla, I.; Vedantam, S.; Winkler, T.W.; Locke, A.E.; Marouli, E.; Hwang, M.Y.; Han, S.; Narita, A.; Choudhury, A.; Bentley, A.R.; Ekoru, K.; Verma, A.; Trivedi, B.; Martin, H.C.; Hunt, K.A.; Hui, Q.; Klarin, D.; Zhu, X.; Thorleifsson, G.; Helgadottir, A.; Gudbjartsson, D.F.; Holm, H.; Olafsson, I.; Akiyama, M.; Sakaue, S.; Terao, C.; Kanai, M.; Zhou, W.; Brumpton, B.M.; Rasheed, H.; Ruotsalainen, S.E.; Havulinna, A.S.; Veturi, Y.; Feng, Q.; Rosenthal, E.A.; Lingren, T.; Pacheco, J.A.; Pendergrass, S.A.; Haessler, J.; Giulianini, F.; Bradford, Y.; Miller, J.E.; Campbell, A.; Lin, K.; Millwood, I.Y.; Hindy, G.; Rasheed, A.; Faul, J.D.; Zhao, W.; Weir, D.R.; Turman, C.; Huang, H.; Graff, M.; Mahajan, A.; Brown, M.R.; Zhang, W.; Yu, K.; Schmidt, E.M.; Pandit, A.; Gustafsson, S.; Yin, X.; Luan, J.; Zhao, J.H.; Matsuda, F.; Jang, H.M.; Yoon, K.; Medina-Gomez, C.; Pitsillides, A.; Hottenga, J.J.; Willemsen, G.; Wood, A.R.; Ji, Y.; Gao, Z.; Haworth, S.; Mitchell, R.E.; Chai, J.F.; Aadahl, M.; Yao, J.; Manichaikul, A.; Warren, H.R.; Ramirez, J.; Bork-Jensen, J.; Kårhus, L.L.; Goel, A.; Sabater-Lleal, M.; Noordam, R.; Sidore, C.; Fiorillo, E.; McDaid, A.F.; Marques-Vidal, P.; Wielscher, M.; Trompet, S.; Sattar, N.; Møllehave, L.T.; Thuesen, B.H.; Munz, M.; Zeng, L.; Huang, J.; Yang, B.; Poveda, A.; Kurbasic, A.; Lamina, C.; Forer, L.; Scholz, M.; Galesloot, T.E.; Bradfield, J.P.; Daw, E.W.; Zmuda, J.M.; Mitchell, J.S.; Fuchsberger, C.; Christensen, H.; Brody, J.A.; Feitosa, M.F.; Wojczynski, M.K.; Preuss, M.; Mangino, M.; Christofidou, P.; Verweij, N.; Benjamins, J.W.; Engmann, J.; Kember, R.L.; Slieker, R.C.; Lo, K.S.; Zilhao, N.R.; Le, P.; Kleber, M.E.; Delgado, G.E.; Huo, S.; Ikeda, D.D.; Iha, H.; Yang, J.; Liu, J.; Leonard, H.L.; Marten, J.; Schmidt, B.; Arendt, M.; Smyth, L.J.; Cañadas-Garre, M.; Wang, C.; Nakatochi, M.; Wong, A.; Hutri-Kähönen, N.; Sim, X.; Xia, R.; Huerta-Chagoya, A.; Fernandez-Lopez, J.C.; Lyssenko, V.; Ahmed, M.; Jackson, A.U.; Irvin, M.R.; Oldmeadow, C.; Kim, H.N.; Ryu, S.; Timmers, P.R.H.J.; Arbeeva, L.; Dorajoo, R.; Lange, L.A.; Chai, X.; Prasad, G.; Lorés-Motta, L.; Pauper, M.; Long, J.; Li, X.; Theusch, E.; Takeuchi, F.; Spracklen, C.N.; Loukola, A.; Bollepalli, S.; Warner, S.C.; Wang, Y.X.; Wei, W.B.; Nutile, T.; Ruggiero, D.; Sung, Y.J.; Hung, Y.J.; Chen, S.; Liu, F.; Yang, J.; Kentistou, K.A.; Gorski, M.; Brumat, M.; Meidtner, K.; Bielak, L.F.; Smith, J.A.; Hebbar, P.; Farmaki, A.E.; Hofer, E.; Lin, M.; Xue, C.; Zhang, J.; Concas, M.P.; Vaccargiu, S.; van der Most, P.J.; Pitkänen, N.; Cade, B.E.; Lee, J.; van der Laan, S.W.; Chitrala, K.N.; Weiss, S.; Zimmermann, M.E.; Lee, J.Y.; Choi, H.S.; Nethander, M.; Freitag-Wolf, S.; Southam, L.; Rayner, N.W.; Wang, C.A.; Lin, S.Y.; Wang, J.S.; Couture, C.; Lyytikäinen, L.P.; Nikus, K.; Cuellar-Partida, G.; Vestergaard, H.; Hildalgo, B.; Giannakopoulou, O.; Cai, Q.; Obura, M.O.; van Setten, J.; Li, X.; Schwander, K.; Terzikhan, N.; Shin, J.H.; Jackson, R.D.; Reiner, A.P.; Martin, L.W.; Chen, Z.; Li, L.; Highland, H.M.; Young, K.L.; Kawaguchi, T.; Thiery, J.; Bis, J.C.; Nadkarni, G.N.; Launer, L.J.; Li, H.; Nalls, M.A.; Raitakari, O.T.; Ichihara, S.; Wild, S.H.; Nelson, C.P.; Campbell, H.; Jäger, S.; Nabika, T.; Al-Mulla, F.; Niinikoski, H.; Braund, P.S.; Kolcic, I.; Kovacs, P.; Giardoglou, T.; Katsuya, T.; Bhatti, K.F.; de Kleijn, D.; de Borst, G.J.; Kim, E.K.; Adams, H.H.H.; Ikram, M.A.; Zhu, X.; Asselbergs, F.W.; Kraaijeveld, A.O.; Beulens, J.W.J.; Shu, X.O.; Rallidis, L.S.; Pedersen, O.; Hansen, T.; Mitchell, P.; Hewitt, A.W.; Kähönen, M.; Pérusse, L.; Bouchard, C.; Tönjes, A.; Chen, Y.I.; Pennell, C.E.; Mori, T.A.; Lieb, W.; Franke, A.; Ohlsson, C.; Mellström, D.; Cho, Y.S.; Lee, H.; Yuan, J.M.; Koh, W.P.; Rhee, S.Y.; Woo, J.T.; Heid, I.M.; Stark, K.J.; Völzke, H.; Homuth, G.; Evans, M.K.; Zonderman, A.B.; Polasek, O.; Pasterkamp, G.; Hoefer, I.E.; Redline, S.; Pahkala, K.; Oldehinkel, A.J.; Snieder, H.; Biino, G.; Schmidt, R.; Schmidt, H.; Chen, Y.E.; Bandinelli, S.; Dedoussis, G.; Thanaraj, T.A.; Kardia, S.L.R.; Kato, N.; Schulze, M.B.; Girotto, G.; Jung, B.; Böger, C.A.; Joshi, P.K.; Bennett, D.A.; de Jager, P.L.; Lu, X.; Mamakou, V.; Brown, M.; Caulfield, M.J.; Munroe, P.B.; Guo, X.; Ciullo, M.; Jonas, J.B.; Samani, N.J.; Kaprio, J.; Pajukanta, P.; Adair, L.S.; Bechayda, S.A.; de Silva, H.J.; Wickremasinghe, A.R.; Krauss, R.M.; Wu, J.Y.; Zheng, W.; den Hollander, A.I.; Bharadwaj, D.; Correa, A.; Wilson, J.G.; Lind, L.; Heng, C.K.; Nelson, A.E.; Golightly, Y.M.; Wilson, J.F.; Penninx, B.; Kim, H.L.; Attia, J.; Scott, R.J.; Rao, D.C.; Arnett, D.K.; Walker, M.; Koistinen, H.A.; Chandak, G.R.; Yajnik, C.S.; Mercader, J.M.; Tusié-Luna, T.; Aguilar-Salinas, C.A.; Villalpando, C.G.; Orozco, L.; Fornage, M.; Tai, E.S.; van Dam, R.M.; Lehtimäki, T.; Chaturvedi, N.; Yokota, M.; Liu, J.; Reilly, D.F.; McKnight, A.J.; Kee, F.; Jöckel, K.H.; McCarthy, M.I.; Palmer, C.N.A.; Vitart, V.; Hayward, C.; Simonsick, E.; van Duijn, C.M.; Lu, F.; Qu, J.; Hishigaki, H.; Lin, X.; März, W.; Parra, E.J.; Cruz, M.; Gudnason, V.; Tardif, J.C.; Lettre, G.; 't Hart, L.M.; Elders, P.J.M.; Damrauer, S.M.; Kumari, M.; Kivimaki, M.; van der Harst, P.; Spector, T.D.; Loos, R.J.F.; Province, M.A.; Psaty, B.M.; Brandslund, I.; Pramstaller, P.P.; Christensen, K.; Ripatti, S.; Widén, E.; Hakonarson, H.; Grant, S.F.A.; Kiemeney, L.A.L.M.; de Graaf, J.; Loeffler, M.; Kronenberg, F.; Gu, D.; Erdmann, J.; Schunkert, H.; Franks, P.W.; Linneberg, A.; Jukema, J.W.; Khera, A.V.; Männikkö, M.; Jarvelin, M.R.; Kutalik, Z.; Cucca, F.; Mook-Kanamori, D.O.; van Dijk, K.W.; Watkins, H.; Strachan, D.P.; Grarup, N.; Sever, P.; Poulter, N.; Rotter, J.I.; Dantoft, T.M.; Karpe, F.; Neville, M.J.; Timpson, N.J.; Cheng, C.Y.; Wong, T.Y.; Khor, C.C.; Sabanayagam, C.; Peters, A.; Gieger, C.; Hattersley, A.T.; Pedersen, N.L.; Magnusson, P.K.E.; Boomsma, D.I.; de Geus, E.J.C.; Cupples, L.A.; van Meurs, J.BJ.; Ghanbari, M.; Gordon-Larsen, P.; Huang, W.; Kim, Y.T.; Tabara, Y.; Wareham, N.J.; Langenberg, C.; Zeggini, E.; Kuusisto, J.; Laakso, M.; Ingelsson, E.; Abecasis, G.; Chambers, J.C.; Kooner, J.S.; de Vries, P.S.; Morrison, A.C.; North, K.E.; Daviglus, M.; Kraft, P.; Martin, N.G.; Whitfield, J.B.; Abbas, S.; Saleheen, D.; Walters, R.G.; Holmes, M.V.; Black, C.; Smith, B.H.; Justice, A.E.; Baras, A.; Buring, J.E.; Ridker, P.M.; Chasman, D.I.; Kooperberg, C.; Wei, W.Q.; Jarvik, G.P; Namjou, B.; Hayes, M.G.; Ritchie, M.D.; Jousilahti, P.; Salomaa, V.; Hveem, K.; Åsvold, B.O.; Kubo, M.; Kamatani, Y.; Okada, Y.; Murakami, Y.; Thorsteinsdottir, U.; Stefansson, K.; Ho, Y.L.; Lynch, J.A.; Rader, D.J.; Tsao, P.S.; Chang, K.M.; Cho, K.; O'Donnell, C.J.; Gaziano, J.M.; Wilson, P.; Rotimi, C.N.; Hazelhurst, S.; Ramsay, M.; Trembath, R.C.; van Heel, D.A.; Tamiya, G.; Yamamoto, M.; Kim, B.J.; Mohlke, K.L.; Frayling, T.M.; Hirschhorn, J.N.; Kathiresan, S.; Boehnke, M.; Natarajan, P.; Peloso, G.M.; Brown, C.D.; Morris, A.P.; Assimes, T.L.; Deloukas, P.; Sun, Y.V.; Willer, C.J.; VA Million Veteran Program; Global Lipids Genetics Consortium (Macmillan Journals Ltd, 2021)
    Increased blood lipid levels are heritable risk factors of cardiovascular disease with varied prevalence worldwide owing to different dietary patterns and medication use1. Despite advances in prevention and treatment, in ...
  • Hitige, D.G.; Herath, B.P.B.; Herath, N.M.I.U.; Hasna, M.H.F.; Harshani, H.A.D.; Chandratilake, M.N. (Sri Lanka Medical Association., 2019)
    INTRODUCTION & OBJECTIVES: In Sri Lanka, the concept of infertility and its treatment are influenced by cultural norms. This study explored the common cultural beliefs and remedies associated with infertility in Sri Lanka ...
  • Eddleston, M.; Eyer, P.; Worek, F.; Juszczak, E.; Alder, N.; Mohamed, F.; Senarathna, L.; Hittarage, A.; Azher, S.; Jeganathan, K.; Jayamanne, S.; von Meyer, L.; Dawson, A.H.; Sheriff, M.H.; Buckley, N.A. (Public Library of Science, 2009)
    BACKGROUND: Poisoning with organophosphorus (OP) insecticides is a major global public health problem, causing an estimated 200,000 deaths each year. Although the World Health Organization recommends use of pralidoxime, ...
  • Dissanayake, D.M.C.D.; Fernando, R.; Munasinghe, B.N.L.; Thilakarathne, S.B.; Pinto, D.P.; Uragoda, U.A. (The Sri Lanka Medical Association, 2017)
  • Jayawardena, G.R.M.U.G P.; Ranatunga, R.G.J.D.; Gunarathna, S.M.S.G.; Wickramasinghe, P.; Dias, T. (Sri Lanka College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, 2015)
    Background: Early accurate estimation of gestational age is the most important intervention in pregnancy. Ultrasound between 11 and 13 weeks is most reliable in dating. There is no uniform policy in timing of dating scan ...
  • Fonseka, V.N.R.M.; Danansuriya, D.S.T.; Harshanie, R.L.P.; Harshini, M.L.; Thirumavalan, K. (Sri Lanka Medical Association, 2011)
    INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES: Some patients who present with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) are on prophylactic antiplatelet therapy prior to hospital admission. This study aims to describe factors associated with pre-admission ...
  • Kodikara, K.; Seneviratne, T.; Premaratna, R. (BioMed Central, 2023)
    BACKGROUND: The effectiveness of simulation-based training for skill acquisition is widely recognized. However, the impact of simulation-based procedural training (SBPT) on pre-clerkship medical students and the retention ...
  • Abeykoon, I.; Fernando, L.; Fernando, A.; Weerasooriya, T.; Chandratilake, M. (South East Asia Regional Association for Medical Education (SEARAME), 2021)
    ABSTRACT: The paper presents a competency based instructional design model to teach gross Anatomy in an undergraduate medical course. The main objectives of the presented instructional design model is to allow space for ...
  • Chandrasinghe, P.C.; Ediriweera, D.S.; Kumarage, S.K.; Deen, K.I. (BioMed Central, 2013)
    BACKGROUND: Serum albumin is a marker of nutrition and inflammation. It has recently emerged as a predictor of outcome after surgery forrectal cancer. Our aim was to evaluate if pre-operative serum albumin would predict ...
  • Chandrasinghe, P.C.; Ediriweera, E.P.D.S.; Kumarage, S.K.; Deen, K.I. (The College of Surgeons of Sri Lanka, 2012)
    INTRODUCTION: Serum albumin is a marker of nutrition and inflammation. It has recently emerged as a predictor of outcome after surgery for rectal cancer. Our aim was to evaluate if pre-operative serum albumin would predict ...
  • Siriwardana, R.C.; Thilakarathne, S.; Niriella, M.A.; Dassanayake, A.S.; Gunetilleke, M.B.; Habarakada, L.C.A.; de Silva, H.J. (BioMed Central, 2017)
    BACKGROUND: Alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) is a biomarker for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The significance of pre-treatment AFP (pt-AFP) in non-viral HCC (nvHCC) is not clear. METHODS: Patients with nvHCC, referred to a ...
  • Wasalathilaka, C.; Kumari, S.D.T.L.; Palihawadana, T.S.; Herath, H.M.R.P.; Padumadasa, S.; Pathmeswaran, A.; Dias, T.D. (Sri Lanka College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists, 2014)
    INTRODUCTION: Estimation of the expected date of delivery (EDD)is important in management of pregnancy, as many clinical decisions would rely on the estimated gestation of the fetus. In routine clinical practice, this is ...
  • Udayanga, L.; Ranathunge, T.; Iqbal, M. C. M.; Abeyewickreme, W.; Hapugoda, M. (San Francisco, CA : Public Library of Science, 2019)
    Many countries are in search of more effective and sustainable methods for controlling dengue vectors, due to undeniable inefficiencies in chemical and mechanical vector control methods. Bio-control of vectors by copepods ...

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