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Barriers for cataract treatment among elderly in Sri Lanka

Nishad, N.; Hewage, S.A.; Arulmoly, K.; Amaratunge, M.S.; de Silva, J.; Kasturiratne, K.T.A.A.; Abeysundara, P.K.; Wickremasinghe, A.R. (Hindawi Publication Corporation, 2019)

Cataract is still the leading cause of blindness. Many government institutes and voluntary organizations in Sri Lanka are providing free treatment services to patients with cataract. Still people are not patronizing the ...
Compliance with the mass chemotherapy program for lymphatic filariasis

Kasturiratne, K.T.A.A.; Premaratna, B.A.H.R.; Pathmeswaran, A.; de Silva, N.R.; de Silva, H.J. (Sri Lanka Medical Association, 2001)

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate compliance with the single dose mass chemotherapy program for control of filariasis, and to determine factors influencing compliance in the Gampaha district. DESIGN: A prospective study employing a ...
Role of red cell distribution width in screening for Hb Etrait in population ccreening for hemoglobin disorders

Nishad, A.A.N.; de Silva, I.S.; Perera, H.L.; Pathmeswaran, A.; Kasturiratne, K.T.A.A.; Premawardhena, A.P. (Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2014)

The national screening policy for hemoglobinopathies uses the cutoffs for red cell indices mean corpuscular volume >80 and mean corpuscular hemoglobin >27, a strategy known to miss some individuals with Hb E trait (EBT), ...
Safety of subcutaneous adrenaline as prophylaxis against acute adverse reactions to anti-venom serum in snakebite

Dassanayake, A.S.; Karunanayake, P.; Kasturiratne, K.T.A.A.; Fonseka, M.M.D.; Wijesiriwardena, B.; Gunatilake, S.B.; de Silva, H.J. (Sri Lanka Medical Association, 2002)

OBJECTIVES: To study the safety of low dose subcutaneous adrenaline given as prophylaxis against acute adverse reactions to anti-venom serum(AVS) in patients bitten by snakes. METHODS: Patients admitted with snakebite ...
Validation of the World Health Organization/ International Society of Hypertension (WHO/ISH) cardiovascular risk predictions in Sri Lankans based on findings from a prospective cohort study

Thulani, U.B.; Mettananda, K.C.D.; Warnakulasuriya, D.T.D.; Peiris, T.S.G.; Kasturiratne, K.T.A.A.; Ranawaka, U.K.; Chakrewarthy, S.; Dassanayake, A.S.; Kurukulasooriya, S.A.F.; Niriella, M.A.; de Silva, S.T.; Pathmeswaran, A.; Kato, N.; de Silva, H.J.; Wickremasinghe, A.R. (Public Library of Science, 2021)

INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES: There are no cardiovascular (CV) risk prediction models for Sri Lankans. Different risk prediction models not validated for Sri Lankans are being used to predict CV risk of Sri Lankans. We ...

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