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The association between steatosis and liver damage in transfusion-dependent beta thalassaemia patients

Padeniya, P.; Ediriweera, D.; de Silva, A.P.; Niriella, M.; Premawardhena, A. (Wiley-Blackwell, 2023)

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a global health problem. Iron is the leading cause of liver damage in patients with transfusion-dependent thalassaemia (TDT), and data on the contribution of NAFLD to liver ...
Association of serum ferritin with diabetes and alcohol in patients with non-viral liver disease-related hepatocellular carcinoma

Siriwardana, R.C.; Niriella, M.A.; Dassanayake, A.S.; Ediriweera, D.; Gunetilleke, B.; Sivasundaram, T.; de Silva, H.J. (S. Karger, 2017)

INTRODUCTION: Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease is a leading cause for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in Sri Lanka. Diabetes mellitus, alcohol abuse, and liver inflammation are known to increase the risk of HCC. The present ...
Background radiation levels near a mineral sand mining factory in Sri Lanka: Correlation of radiation measurements with micronuclei frequency

Warnakulasuriya, T.; Williams, S.; Weerakkody, T.; Dabarera, M.; Rodrigo, K.; Waduge, V.A.; Ediriweera, D.; Siriwardena, N.; Wickremasinghe, R. (Nuclear Technology Pub, 2020)

ABSTRACT:Lanka Mineral Sands Ltd (LMS) is a company operating in Pulmoddai, Sri Lanka, mining for rare earth minerals along with monazite which contains thorium that emits ionizing gamma and alpha radiation on decay. The ...
Betel-quid use and its effects on symptoms of schizophrenia and extrapyramidal symptoms among a group of patients in a tertiary care hospital in Sri Lanka.

Isuru, A.; Ediriweera, D.; Pathmeswaran, A.; Embuldeniya, A.; Narammalage, H.; Warnakulasuriya, S.; Kuruppuarachchi, K.A.L.A.; Hapangama, A. (Sri Lanka College of Psychiatrists, 2020)

BACKGROUND: There is limited research regarding the prevalence of betel quid use and its effects on symptoms of patients with schizophrenia. Available studies suggest an association between betel chewing and positive ...
Clinical exome gene panel analysis of a cohort of urothelial bladder cancer patients from Sri Lanka

Malalasekera, A.; Neththikumara, N.; Somasundaram, P.; Pathirana, S.; Ediriweera, C.; Ediriweera, D.; Goonewardena, S.A.; Perera, N.D.; Abeygunasekara, A.; Jayasekara, R.W.; Wettasinghe, K.; Lokuhetty, M.D.S.; Dissanayeke, V.H.W. (Asian Pacific Organization for Cancer Prevention, 2023)

BACKGROUND: Bladder cancer has a high rate of recurrence and high mortality rates in those who progress to muscle invasive disease. Biomarkers and molecular sub classification of tumours beyond standard histopathology has ...
Comparison of liver MRI R2(FerriScan®) VS liver MRI T2* as a measure of body iron load in a cohort of Beta Thalassaemia major patients

Padeniya, P.; Siriwardana, S.; Ediriweera, D.; Samarasinghe, N.; Silva, S.; Silva, I.; Ahamed, N.; Niriella, M.A.; Premawardhena, A. (BioMed Central, 2020)

ABSTRACT: To compare the similarity of the non-patented T2* and the high cost patented R2 (Ferriscan®) MRI techniques in the measurement of liver iron concentration (LIC) in heavily transfused patients with thalassaemia ...
Comparison of Mucin Patterns in Colonic Pathologies by Histochemistry.

Ratnayake, R.M.U.S.; Epitakaduwa, C.; Jayatunge, D.N.U.; Ediriweera, D.; Hewavisenthi, S.J.D.S. (College of Pathologists of Sri Lanka, 2019)

INTRODUCTION: High Iron Diamine Alcian blue (HID-AB) is a well-established technique for demonstrating colonic acid mucins namely sulphomucins (brown- black) and sialomucins (blue). In certain colonic pathologies expression ...
Demographics, pathological characteristics and survival in urothelial bladder cancer in a cohort of Sri Lankan patients.

Malalasekera, A.P.; Ediriweera, D.; Goonewardena, S.A.S.; Perera, N.D.; Abeygunasekara, A.; Jayasekara, R.W.; Wettasinghe, K.; Dissanayake, V.H.W.; Lokuhetty, M.D.S. (The Sri Lanka Medical Association, 2022)

INTRODUCTION: Bladder cancer has the 9th highest incidence among Sri Lankan males. This study describes the demographic profiles and survival in bladder cancer patients at two tertiary care centres in Sri Lanka. METHODS: ...
High prevalence of overweight/obesity in urban Sri Lanka: findings from the Colombo urban study.

Somasundaram, N.; Ranathunga, I.; Gunawardana, K.; Ahamed, M.; Ediriweera, D.; Antonypillai, C.N.; Kalupahana, N. (Hindawi Limited, 2019)

BACKGROUND:South Asian countries face a double burden of malnutrition characterized by high prevalence of underweight, overweight, and obesity. Understanding the distribution of this public health problem is important to ...
Integrating snake distribution, abundance and expert-derived behavioural traits predicts snakebite risk

Martín, G.; Erinjery, J.; Gumbs, R.; Somaweera, R.; Ediriweera, D.; Diggle, P.J.; Kasturiratne, A.; de Silva, H.J.; Lalloo, D.G.; Iwamura, T.; Murray, K. A. (Wiley-Blackwell, 2022)

Despite important implications for human health, distribution, abundance and behaviour of most medically-relevant snakes remain poorly understood. Such data deficiencies hamper efforts to characterise the causal pathways ...
Lymphatic filariases and soil-transmitted helminthiases in Sri Lanka: the challenge of eliminating residual pockets of transmission

Chandrasena, T.G.A.N.; Gunaratna, I.E.; Ediriweera, D.; de Silva, N.R. (The Royal Society, 2023)

Sri Lanka has successfully met the challenge of controlling both lymphatic filariasis (LF) and soil-transmitted helminthiases (STH) as public health problems. The primary public health strategy for combatting both conditions ...
A Mechanistic model of snakebite as a zoonosis: Envenoming incidence is driven by snake ecology, socioeconomics and its impacts on snakes

Martín, G.; Erinjery, J.J.; Ediriweera, D.; de Silva, H.J.; Lalloo, D.G.; Iwamura, T.; Murray, K.A. (Public Library of Science,San Francisco, 2022)

Snakebite is the only WHO-listed, not infectious neglected tropical disease (NTD), although its eco-epidemiology is similar to that of zoonotic infections: envenoming occurs after a vertebrate host contacts a human. ...
Meta-analysis of global variations in grade of pT1 urothelial bladder cancer and supplementary evaluation of a Sri Lankan cohort

Malalasekera, A.P.; Ediriweera, D.; Goonewardena, S.; Perera, N.; Abeygunasekara, A.; Jayasekara, R.W.; Wettasinghe,T.K.; Dissanayake,V.H.W.D.; Lokuhetty, M.D.S. (The College of Surgeons of Sri Lanka, 2022)

Introduction Bladder cancer grading is fraught with ambiguity. We aimed to conduct a meta-analysis of grading of pT1 urothelial cancers and assess histopathology and outcomes in a Sri Lankan pT1 bladder cancer cohort. ...
Morbidity and mortality patterns in patients with thalassaemia during the COVID-19 pandemic in Sri Lanka;A single centre experience

Nisansala, R.; de Silva, S.; Ediriweera, D.; Premawardhena, A. (Sri Lanka College of Internal Medicine, 2022)

Introduction: Patients with thalassaemia syndromes (TS) affected with COVID-19 attending a thalassaemia centre in Sri Lanka situated in the region most affected with COVID-19 were studied over a 16-month period. Methods: ...
Morphological variations of the human ejaculatory ducts in relation to the prostatic urethra

Malalasekera, A.P.; Sivasuganthan, K.; Sarangan, S.; Thaneshan, K.; Weerakoon, D.N.; Mathangasinghe, Y.; Gunasekera, C.L.; Mallawaarachchi, S.; Nanayakkara, N.D.; Anthony, D.J.; Ediriweera, D. (Alan R. Liss, Inc, 2018)

PURPOSE: Loss of ejaculation can follow transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP). Periverumontanal prostate tissue is preserved in ejaculation-preserving TURP (ep-TURP). Knowledge of ejaculatory duct anatomy in ...
Prevalence and correlates of cognitive impairment in schizophrenia: a cross-sectional study from a teaching hospital southern Sri Lanka

Goonathilake, P.; Ediriweera, D.; Ruban, R.; Isuru, A. (BioMed Central, 2022)

Introductions: This study assessed the prevalence of cognitive impairment, the degree of impairment in individual cognitive domains and sociodemographic and clinical correlates among patients attending to psychiatry clinics ...
Prevalence and predictors of new onset depression in the acute phase of stroke

Isuru, A.; Hapangama, A.; Ediriweera, D.; Samarasinghe, L.; Fonseka, M.; Ranawaka, U. (Elsevier Science, 2021)

INTRODUCTION: Post-stroke depression (PSD) is known to be associated with poor functional outcome and high mortality. There is limited data on the prevalence and associated factors of depression in the acute phase after ...
Prevalence of vitamin D deficiency/insufficiency and its metabolic associations in an urban setting in Sri Lanka: Data from Colombo Urban study

Subasinghe, C. J.; Gunawardana, K.; Ediriweera, D.; Somasundaram, N.P. (Endocrine Society of Sri Lanka, 2019)

INTRODUCTION: Vitamin D deficiency is a commonly prevalent, but less attended problem in Asia. Vit D status has many metabolic associations. We designed this community-based study to describe the prevalence of vitamin D ...
Psychological impact of COVID-19 among a cohort of Sri Lankan medical students: Preliminary results

Abayabandara-Herath, T.; Premaratne, I.; Ediriweera, D.; Chandratilake, M.; Hapangama, A. (Sri Lanka College of Psychiatrists, 2022)

Previous studies report that the COVID-19 pandemic has a negative effect on the psychological wellbeing of medical students. We aimed to determine the psychological impact of COVID-19 and its associated factors among a ...
A Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial on the role of preemptive analgesia with acetaminophen [paracetamol] in reducing headache following electroconvulsive therapy [ECT]

Isuru, A.; Rodrigo, A.; Wijesinghe, C.; Ediriweera, D.; Premadasa, S.; Wijesekera, C.; Kuruppuarachchi, L. (BioMed Central, 2017)

BACKGROUND: Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is a safe and efficient treatment for several severe psychiatric disorders, but its use is limited by side effects. Post-ECT headache is one of the commonest side effects. ...

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