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  • Factors influencing urinary tract infections caused by extended spectrum β-lactamase producing organisms among a cohort of hospitalized patients in Sri Lanka 
    Luke, W.A.N.V.; Premaratna, B.A.H.R.; Fernando, S.C.; Silva, F.H.D.S.; Sebastiampillai, B.S.; Wickramasinghe, R.D.S.S.; Gunathilake, M.P.M.L. (Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    BACKGROUND: Urinary tract infections (UTI) caused by extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)-producing organisms are a management challenge and a health care burden. OBJECTIVES: To describe factors that influence ESBL UTI ...
  • Female victims of unnatural deaths 
    Kitulwatte, I.D.G.; Edirisinghe, P.A.S.; Mendis, H.K.N.L.P.; Abeyrathna, A.A.R.M. (Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    BACKGROUND: Unnatural deaths indicate the level of social and mental wellbeing of a society. Female unnatural deaths are often associated with their long history of deprivation of socio-economic rights. Traumatic injuries ...
  • Fetal Growth Assessment 
    Dias, T. (Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    Small-for-gestational age (SGA) fetuses are at increased risk of perinatal death and handicap. These risks can be substantially reduced if cases of SGA are identified antenatally. Fetal biometry is routinely measured as a ...
  • Follow up of metabolic syndrome in the Ragama Health Study 
    de Silva, S.T. (Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    Although previous population based studies have looked at the prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome (MS) in different groups, studies on the incidence of MS are few and lacking from the South Asian region. This is mainly because ...
  • Functional Gastrointestinal Diseases (FGIDs) in children: An emerging global health problem 
    Rajindrajith, S. (Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    Functional gastrointestinal diseases are a group of disorders characterized by chronic recurrent symptoms such as abdominal pain, altered defecation, nausea and vomiting and other subtle alteration of gastrointestinal ...
  • Gastric motility in FGIDs: pathological and therapeutic implications 
    Karunanayake, A. (Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    Healthy GI motility is essential of optimal digestion and absorption. The electrophysiological properties of the smooth muscles and hierarchical four level integrative organization of neural network control the GI motor ...
  • Genomic medicine in NCDs: findings from Asians/ South Asians to global collaboration 
    Kato, N. (Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    Recently, non-communicable diseases (NCDs), in particular, lifestyle-related diseases have become a key issue of public health in the developing countries. A new understanding of NCDs has emerged from genome-wide association ...
  • Global Burden of Haemoglobin Disorders 
    Rees, D.C. (Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    OBJECTIVES: 1. To describe the world distribution of haemoglobin disorders 2. To describe the health burden of haemoglobin disorders Haemoglobin disorders are the commonest, severe inherited disorders in the world, ...
  • The Global Challenge of Snakebite: where are we in 2016? 
    Lalloo, D. (Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    OBJECTIVE: To understand the ongoing challenges to improving outcomes following snakebite around the world. The existing state of our knowledge about the epidemiology and management of snakebite around the world will be ...
  • Health and social impact of indoor air pollution 
    Nandasena, S. (Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    Indoor air pollution from combustion of solid fuel used for cooking and heating is one of the 10 leading contributors to the global burden of disease. Three billion of the world’s population and up to 90% of rural households ...
  • Health seeking behavior of elders in Batticaloa district, Sri Lanka: Descriptive cross sectional study 
    Arulanandem, K.; Jayawickramarajah, P.T.; Ramanayake, R.P.J.C.; Hettige, S.; Kisokanth, G. (Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    BACKGROUND: Global population of elderly would increase by 15% in year 2025. The change in age structure affects the society in social, cultural and economic aspects of life. The provision of health care to elderly varies ...
  • Healthy mind, healthy gut: psychological and emotional co-morbidities in functional gastrointestinal diseases (FGIDs) 
    Devanarayana, N.M. (Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    The exact underlying pathophysiological mechanism of functional gastrointestinal diseases (FGIDs) are not yet fully understood. The onset of FGIDs has been shown to be related to psychological factors. Studies conducted ...
  • Hepatocellullar carcinoma: the Sri Lankan perspective 
    Siriwardana, R. (Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    Ragama has become a center of excellence in the management of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Since 2012 we have managed approximately 500 patients with HCC referred from different parts of the country. Sri Lanka appears ...
  • The historical perspective 
    Wijesinghe, P.S. (Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    In 1989 the NCMC, forerunner to the Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, was vested with the government and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology succeeded its predecessor in 1994. At the inception of the ...
  • Household air pollution research and policy: a worked example 
    Sathiakumar, N. (Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    OBJECTIVES: 1) To describe the importance of scientific evidence in policy development in the area of household air pollution 2) To present a framework on designing evidence based interventions and policy on exposure ...
  • How important is blood glucose control in diabetes? 
    Patel, A. (Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    Diabetes is now a common condition, with rapidly increasing prevalence globally. Individuals with diabetes have a two to three-fold increased risk of developing macrovascular complications such myocardial infarction and ...
  • Hypertension – what’s in a name? 
    Patel, A. (Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    Medical students worldwide are still taught that “hypertension” is a disease, and that if a person develops this disease, they now have a major risk factor for cardiovascular diseases (CVD). However, in countless epidemiological ...
  • Ideas, concerns and expectations from Primary Care consultations 
    Fernando, M.G.T. (Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    BACKGROUND: It is important for the primary care physicians to ascertain their patient’s illness perception and thereby practice patient-centered medicine. It will enhance the doctor patient relationship and improve the ...
  • Impact of a practical workshop on the knowledge and skills of caregivers on usage of mobility devices 
    Tunpattu, T.M.U.S. (Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    BACKGROUND: Mobility devices are essential for many senior citizens living in senior citizen centers for their mobility. In the process of using mobility devices they are assisted by the caregivers. But majority of the ...
  • Impact of hypertension on mortality: Findings from the Ragama Health Study 
    Kasturiratne, A. (Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    The relationship of hypertension on mortality is well known. In Sri Lanka this relationship has not been quantified in a comprehensive analysis. The objective of the presentation will be to describe the relationship of ...

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