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  • Association between road accidents and minimal hepatic encephalopathy in a cohort of Sri Lankan drivers with cirrhosis 
    Subasinghe, S.K.C.E.; de Silva, A.P.; Niriella, M.A.; Kodisinghe, S.K.; Nandamuni, Y.; Sameera, R.A.C.; de Silva, H.J. (Sri Lanka Medical Association, 2014)
    INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES: Minimal hepatic encephalopathy (MHE) has no recognizable clinical symptoms of hepatic encephaiopathy (HE) but has mild cognitive and psychomotor deficits. Previous studies in Western countries ...
  • Changing phenotype of IBD in Sri Lanka 
    Niriella, M.A.; Kodisinghe, S.K.; Dinamithra, N.P.; Rajapakshe, N.; Nanayakkara, S.D.; Luke, H.P.D.P.; Silva, K.T.M.; Dassanayake, A.S.; de Silva, A.P.; Navarathne, N.M.M.; de Silva, H.J. (Sri Lanka Medical Association, 2016)
    INTRODUCTION: Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is increasing in Asia Pacific, with recent changes in phenotype reported from some countries. METHOD: Patients with histologically proven IBD [ulcerative colitis(UC), Crohn’s ...
  • Changing phenotype, early clinical course and clinical predictors of irritable bowel syndrome in Sri Lanka: a prospective, multi-centre descriptive study 
    Niriella, M.A.; Kodisinghe, S.K.; Nanayakkara, S.D.; Silva, K.T.M.; Rajapakshe, N.; Luke, D.; de Silva, A.P.; Navarathne, N.M.M.; Dissanayake, V.H.W.; Jayasekara, R.W.; de Silva, H.J. (Sri Lanka Medical Association, 2017)
    INTRODUCTION & OBJECTIVES: Incidence of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is increasing in the Asia Pacific, with changes in phenotype and disease course been reported. METHODS: Ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn disease ...
  • Clinical predictors of poor disease outcome for inflammatory bowel disease in Sri Lanka 
    Niriella, M.A.; Kodisinghe, S.K.; Dassanayake, S.U.B.; Rajapakshe, N.; Nanayakkara, S.D.; Luke, H.P.D.P.; Silva, K.T.M.; de Silva, A.P.; Navarathne, N.M.M.; de Silva, H.J. (Sri Lanka Medical Association, 2016)
    INTRODUCTION: There is limited data on clinical predictors of poor outcomes of inflammatory bowel disease from Sri Lanka. OBJECTIVES: To study clinical predictors of poor outcomes of inflammatory bowel disease among patients ...
  • Development of a model for a resource limited setting, to predict the presence of oesophageal varices among newly diagnosed patients with cirrhosis. 
    Perera, K.; Kodisinghe, S.K.; Ediriweera, D.; Moratuwagama, H.M.D.; Williams, S.; Pathmeswaran, A.; Niriella, M.A.; de Silva, H.J. (Sri Lanka Medical Association., 2019)
    INTRODUCTION & OBJECTIVES: In cirrhosis upper-gastrointestinal-endoscopy (UGIE) identifies oesophageal varices (OV). UGIE is unavailable in most resource-limited settings. Therefore, we assessed prediction of presence OV ...
  • Early clinical course of IBD in Sri Lanka 
    Niriella, M.A.; Kodisinghe, S.K.; Dinamithra, N.P.; Rajapakshe, N.; Nanayakkara, S.D.; Luke, H.P.D.P.; Silva, K.T.M.; Dassanayake, A.S.; de Silva, A.P.; Navarathne, N.M.M.; de Silva, H.J. (Sri Lanka Medical Association, 2016)
    INTRODUCTION: There is very limited data on the early clinical course of IBD from Sri Lanka. METHOD: Patients with histologically proven IBD [ulcerative colitis(UC), Crohn disease(CD)] of less than 3 years duration, were ...
  • 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 ...
  • Influence of urban/rural and coastal/inland environment on the phenotype and clinical course of inflammatory bowel disease patients from Sri Lanka: a cross-sectional study 
    Niriella, M.A.; Kodisinghe, S.K.; Dinamithra, N.P.; Rajapakshe, N.; Nanayakkara, S.D.; Luke, H.P.D.P.; Silva, K.T.M.; de Silva, A.P.; Navarathne, N.M.M.; de Silva, H.J. (Sri Lanka Medical Association, 2017)
    INTRODUCTION & OBJECTIVES: Rural/urban and coastal/inland environmental influences on inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is poorly studied. We investigated such environmental influences on IBD. METHODS: Patients with ...
  • 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 ...
  • Patterns of alcohol use and occurrence of alcoholic fatty liver disease: a prospective, community cohort, 7-year 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, 2017)
    INTRODUCTION & OBJECTIVES: Data is limited on alcoholic fatty liver disease (AFLD). We investigated patterns of alcohol use and AFLD, among urban, adult, Sri Lankans. METHODS: Study population (selected by age-stratified ...
  • Prevalence and risk factors for metabolic syndrome among aging adults in an urban Sri Lankan population 
    Kasturiratne, K.T.A.A.; Niriella, M.A.; de Silva, S.T.; Perera, K.R.; Subasinghe, S.K.C.E.; Kodisinghe, S.K.; Piyaratna, T.A.C.L.; Vithiya, K.; Kottachchi, D.; Ranawaka, U.K.; Jayasinghe, C.; Rajindrajith, S.; Dassanayake, A.S.; de Silva, A.P.; Pathmeswaran, A.; de Silva, H.J. (Sri Lanka Medical Association, 2015)
    INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES: Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is assumed to be of high prevalence in the Asian region. However, its community prevalence and risk factors in South Asia is poorly studied. We determined the prevalence ...
  • Prevalence and risk factors for Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease among an urban aging adult Sri Lankan population – Ragama Health Study 7-year follow up 
    Niriella, M.A.; Kasturiratne, A.; de Silva, S.T.; Perera, K.R.; Subasinghe, S.K.C.E.; Kodisinghe, S.K.; Priyantha, T.A.C.L.; Vithiya, K.; Kottachchi, D.; Ranawaka, U.K.; Jayasinghe, Y.C.; Rajindrajith, S.; Dassanayake, A.S.; de Silva, A.P.; Pathmeswaran, A.; de Silva, H.J. (Sri Lanka Medical Association, 2015)
    INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES: A previous community based study reported a prevalence of 33% for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) among and urban adult Sri Lankan population. In this follow up study of the same ...
  • Prevalence of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and its risk factors in an urban adolescent cohort in Sri Lanka 
    Jayasinghe, Y.C.; Rajindrajith, S.; Kasturiratne, A.; de Silva, S.T.; Niriella, M.A.; Perera, K.R.; Subasinghe, S.K.C.E.; Kodisinghe, S.K.; Priyantha, T.A.C.L.; Vithiya, K.; Pathmeswaran, A.; de Silva, H.J. (Sri Lanka Medical Association, 2015)
    INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES: High prevalence of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is reported among adults in Sri Lanka. Although limited data on childhood obesity is available, community prevalence of NAFLD and ...
  • A Randomized control study of audio versus visual distraction to reduce patient discomfort during colonoscopy 
    de Silva, A.P.; Nandamuni, Y.; Nanayakkara, S.; Perera, K.R.; Kodisinghe, S.K.; Subasinghe, S.K.C.; Niriella, M.A.; Dassanayake, A.S.; Pathmeswaran, A.; de Silva, H.J. (American Gastroenterological Association(AGA) Institute, Published by Elsevier Inc., 2015)
    INTRODUCTION : Colonoscopy can cause anxiety and discomfort in patients who undergo this procedure. Heavy sedation and analgesia as premedication can lead to complications in the elderly and those with co-morbidities. This ...
  • A randomized control study of audio versus visual distraction to reduce patient discomfort during colonoscopy 
    de Silva, A.P.; Nandamuni, Y.; Rajapakshe, N.N.; Nanayakkara, S.; Perera, K.R.; Kodisinghe, S.K.; Subasinghe, S.K.C.; Niriella, M.A.; Dassanayake, A.S.; Pathmeswaran, A.; de Silva, H.J. (Sri lanka Medical Association, 2015)
    INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES: Colonoscopy can cause discomfort and anxiety in patients. Heavy sedation as premedication can lead to complications in elderly and those with co-morbidities. This has led to possible use of ...
  • Serious thiopurine adverse effects and discontinuation among inflammatory bowel disease patients in Sri Lanka 
    Niriella, M.A.; Kodisinghe, S.K.; Dassanayake, S.U.B.; Rajapakshe, N.; Nanayakkara, S.D.; Luke, H.P.D.P.; Silva, K.T.M.; de Silva, A.P.; Navarathne, N.M.M.; de Silva, H.J. (Sri Lanka Medical Association, 2017)
    INTRODUCTION & OBJECTIVES: Thiopurines such as azathioprine and 6-mercaptopurine use for long term is not uncommon for patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Severe thiopurine adverse effects are dependent on ...

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