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Adverse drug reactions in a cohort of Sri Lankan patients with non-communicable chronic diseases

Wijekoon, C.N.; Shanika, L.G.T.; Jayamanne, S.; Coombes, J.; Dawson, A. (Elsevier, 2017)

BACKGROUND: Adverse drug reactions (ADRs) pose a major problem in medication use. This study was done to describe incidence, nature and associated factors of ADRs in a cohort of Sri Lankan patients with non-communicable ...
Association between road accidents and minimal hepatic encephalopathy in a cohort of Sri Lankan cirrhotic drivers

Subasinghe, S.K.C.E.; Nandamuni, Y.; Ranasinghe, S.; Kodisinghe, K.; Niriella, M.A.; de Silva, A.P.; de Silva, H.J. (Wiley Blackwell Scientific Publications, 2014)

OBJECTIVE: Minimal hepatic encephalopathy (MHE) has no recognizable clinical symptoms of hepatic encephalopathy (HE) but has mild cognitive and psychomotor deficits which can interfere with executive decision making and ...
Association of family history of bipolar disorder with risk of violence in inpatient mania: a cohort study

Chandradasa, M.; Champika, L.; Rajapakse, T. N. (Sri Lanka College of Psychiatrists, 2016)

BACGROUND: Evidence suggests that a positive family history of bipolar affective disorder is associated with response to lithium and the course of the illness, in people suffering from this disorder. This may indicate a ...
Effectiveness of providing health education to caregivers of hospitalized children with asthma for the prevention of recurrent attacks: a quasi-randomized trial

Perera, N.; Abeysena, C. (Informa Healthcare, 2020)

OBJECTIVE: To determine the effectiveness of health education intervention for caregivers of children with asthma, focused on preventing recurrent attacks and improving knowledge. METHODS: A quasi-randomized trial of 177 ...
Genetic variants of NAFLD in an urban Sri Lankan community

Niriella, M.A.; Kasturiratne, A.; Akiyama, K.; Takeuchi, F.; Isono, M.; Dassanayake, A.S.; de Silva, A.P.; Wickremasinghe, A.R.; Kato, N.; de Silva, H.J. (Wiley Blackwell Scientific Publications, 2013)

OBJECTIVE: Recently, genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have successfully identified loci associated with susceptibility to non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in populations of European descent. No large-scale ...
Glycaemic control and avenues for improvement among people with type 2 diabetes mellitus from rural Sri Lanka – a retrospective cohort study

Mettananda, C.; Chathuranga, U.; Rathnayake, T.; Luke, N.; Meegodavidanage, N. (Elsevier, 2023)

BACKGROUND The majority of Sri Lankans and South Asians are rural dwellers but follow-up data on glycaemic control and its associations in rural communities are sparse. We followed up a cohort of hospital-based rural Sri ...
High lethality and minimal variation after acute self-poisoning with carbamate insecticides in Sri Lanka - implications for global suicide prevention

Lamb, T.; Selvarajah, L.R.; Mohamed, F.; Jayamanne, S.; Gawarammana, I.; Mostafa, A.; Buckley, N.A.; Roberts, M.S.; Eddleston, M. (Informa Healthcare, 2016)

BACKGROUND: Highly hazardous organophosphorus (OP) insecticides are responsible for most pesticide poisoning deaths. As they are removed from agricultural practice, they are often replaced by carbamate insecticides of ...
How have we been managing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Australia?

Matheson, M.C.; Abeysena, C.; Raven, J.M.; Skoric, B.; Johns, D.P.; Abramson, M.J.; Walters, E.H. (Blackwell Science Asia, 2006)

AIM: Although chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a main cause of disability, hospital admissions and premature deaths in Australia, little is known about the community management of COPD in relation to recently ...
The Impact of empirical hydrocortisone therapy on clinical outcomes in dengue fever: A retrospective chart review

de Mel, S.; Thilakawardana, B.U.; de Mel, P.; de Silva, A.P.; de Mel, C.; Chandrasena, L.; Seneviratne, S.L.; Abeysuriya, V. (Oxford University Press, 2020)

BACKGROUND: The role of steroids in dengue infection (DI) remains uncertain. METHODS: A retrospective chart review was conducted on patients ≥18 y of age diagnosed with DI based on positivity for dengue non-structural ...
Incidence and risk factors for Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in an urban, adult Sri Lankan population – a community cohort follow-up study

Niriella, M.; Kasturiratne, A.; de Silva, S.; Perera, R.; Subasinghe, C.; Kodisinghe, K.; Priyantha, C.; Rishikeshavan, V.; Dassanayake, A.; de Silva, A.; Pathmeswaran, A.; Kato, N.; de Silva, H.J. (Sage Publishing, 2015)

INTRODUCTION: We previously reported a community prevalence of 33% for NAFLD in an urban, adult Sri Lankan population. We also found a significant association between patatin-like phospholipase domain containing 3 (PNPLA3) ...
Incidence and risk factors for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in an urban, adult Sri Lankan population – a community cohort follow-up study

Niriella, M.A.; Kasturiratne, A.; de Silva, S.T.; Perera, K.R.; Subasinghe, S.K.C.E.; Kodisinghe, S.K.; Piyarathna, T.A.C.L.; Vithiya, K.; Dassanayake, A.S.; de Silva, A.P. (Sri Lanka Medical Association, 2016)

INTRODUCTION: In 2007, we reported a 33% prevalence of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and its association with PNPLA3(rs738409) gene polymorphism in an urban, adult Sri Lankan population. OBJECTIVES: This study ...
Incidence, prevalence and demographic and life style risk factors for obesity among urban, adult Sri Lankans: a community cohort follow-up study

Niriella, M.A.; de Silva, S.T.; Kasturiratne, A.; Kottachchi, D.; Ranasinghe, R.M.A.G.; Dassanayake, A.S.; de Silva, A.P.; Pathmeswaran, A.; Wickremasinghe, A.R.; Kato, N.; de Silva, H.J. (Sri Lanka Medical Association, 2017)

INTRODUCTION & OBJECTIVES: Obesity is a global problem. Data from the South Asian region is limited. METHODS: In a cohort follow-up study we investigated obesity among urban, adult, Sri Lankans (35-64y; selected by ...
Incidental thyroid carcinoma in benign thyroid disease: A Cohort study

Pinto, D.; Munasinghe, N.; Chandrasinghe, P.C.; Fernando, R. (World Journal of Endocrine Surgery., 2018)

ABSTRACT: AIM: An incidental thyroid carcinoma (ITC) is a thyroid malignancy that is not clinically or cytologically detected preoperatively. The incidence of ITC is between 10% to 20% in the literature. A study was ...
Is being barefoot, wearing shoes and physical activity associated with knee osteoarthritis pain flares? Data from a usually barefoot Sri Lankan cohort

Atukorala, I.; Pathmeswaran, A.; Batuwita, N.; Rajapaksha, N.; Ratnasiri, V.; Wijayaratne, L.; de Silva, M.; Chang, T.; Zhang, Y.; Hunter, D.J. (Oxford, 2021)

AIM: To identify the association between hours of being barefoot/wearing footwear, physical activity (PA) and knee osteoarthritis pain flares (KOAF). METHODS: Persons with a diagnosis of knee osteoarthritis, who reported ...
Lean non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (Lean-NAFLD): characteristics and risk factors from a community cohort follow up study

Niriella, M.A.; de Silva, S.T.; Kasturiratne, A.; Perera, K.R.; Subasinghe, S.K.C.E.; Kodisinghe, S.K.; Piyaratna, T.A.C.L.; Vithiya, K.; Dassanayake, A.S.; de Silva, A.P.; Pathmeswaran, A.; Wickremasinghe, A.R.; Kato, N.; de Silva, H.J. (Sri Lanka Medical Association, 2016)

INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES: Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is usually associated with obesity. However, some NAFLD patients are lean. We assessed the characteristics and risk factors for lean-NAFLD. METHOD: In ...
Long-term function after transanal versus transabdominal ileal pouch-anal anastomosis for ulcerative colitis: a multicenter cohort study

Chandrasinghe, P.; Carvello, M.; Wasmann, K.; Tanis, P.; Warusavitarne, J.; Spinelli, A.; Bemelman, W. (Wiely-Blackwell, 2019)

AIM:The novel transanal approach to ileal pouch-anal anastomosis (ta-IPAA) provides better exposure with lower short-term morbidity in ulcerative colitis (UC). The aim of this study was to assess the long-term outcomes ...
Low prevalence of Hepatitis B and C molecular markers in a cohort of Sri Lankan patients with hepatocellular carcinoma

Dassanayake, A.S.; Manamperi, A.; Gunawardena, N.K.; Abeyewickreme, W.; de Silva, A.P.; de Silva, H.J. (Sri Lanka Medical Association, 2007)

INTRODUCTION: Hepatitis B (HBV) and C (HCV) infections are leading causes of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Although HCV is the predominant aetiological factor in many parts of the world, HBV remains more important in ...
Maternal sleep deprivation is a risk factor for small for gestational age: a cohort study

Abeysena, C.; Jayawardana, P.; Senevirathne, R. de A. (Wiley-Blackwell, 2009)

AIMS: To determine trimester-specific risk factors for small-for-gestational-age (SGA) infants. METHODS: A population-based prospective cohort study was conducted in Sri Lanka from May 2001 to April 2002. Pregnant women ...
Mechanism-specific injury biomarkers predict nephrotoxicity early following glyphosate surfactant herbicide (GPSH) poisoning

Mohamed, F.; Endre, Z.H.; Pickering, J.W.; Jayamanne, S.; Palangasinghe, C.; Shahmy, S.; Chathuranga, U.; Wijerathne, T.; Shihana, F.; Gawarammana, I.; Buckley, N.A. (Elsevier, 2016)

Acute kidney injury (AKI) is common following glyphosate surfactant herbicide (GPSH) self-poisoning. Serum creatinine (sCr) is the most widely used renal biomarker for diagnosis of AKI although a recent study in rats ...
Medial temporal lobe atrophy, apolipoprotein genotype, and plasma homocysteine in Sri Lankan patients with Alzheimer's disease

de Silva, H.A.; Gunatilake, S.B.; Johnston, C.; Warden, D.; Smith, A.D. (Routledge, 2005)

The authors studied the association of Alzheimer's disease (AD) with total plasma homocysteine (tHcy) and apolipoprotein E (apoE)genotype, and the usefulness of measuring medial temporal lobe thickness (MTL) thickness for ...

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