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Browsing Conference Papers by Author "de Silva, S."

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  • 20 year follow up and survival analysis in a cohort of patients with Haemoglobin E beta Thalassaemia. 
    Olivieri, N.F.; Premawardhena, A.P.; Amir-Arsalan, S.; Ediriweera, D.; Mettananda, S.; Bandara, W.D.; Arambepola, M.; de Silva, S.; Refai, M.A.C.M.; Allen, A. (Sri Lanka Medical Association., 2019)
    INTRODUCTION & OBJECTIVES: Haemoglobin E beta thalassaemia (EBT) is the commonest beta thalassaemia syndrome in the world and is extremely phenotypically variable. Unlike for transfusion dependent thalassaemia (TDT) there ...
  • Adverse events following first dose of ChAdOxI nCoV-19 (Covishield) among health care workers in Sri Lanka 
    Manilgama, S.R.; Hettiarachchi, N.M.; Jayasinghe, I.K.; de Silva, S.; Jayalath, T.; Wanigaratne, T.; Bandusiri, R.P.; Suganthan, N.; Sudarshan, P.; Pathirage, M.; Rajaratnam, N.; Senaratne, G.; Rajapaksha, V.; Wickramasinghe, A.; Kulaweera, M.T.D. (Sri Lanka College of Internal Medicine, 2021)
    Introduction: A community vaccination programme is crucial to combat COVID-19 pandemic. An independent post-vaccine surveillance is important to identify adverse events following immunization (AEFI) in the population. ...
  • The clinical effects of excessive a globin genes : two family studies 
    Premawardhena, A.P.; Fisher, C.A.; Rugless, M.; de Silva, S.; Perera, A.W.V.S.; Olivien, N.F.; Weatherall, D.J. (Sri Lanka Medical Association, 2003)
    INTRODUCTION: Globin chain imbalance is the central pathogenic abnormality in the thalassaemias, a condition where globin gene expression is reduced. Conversely, the inheritance of excess globin genes too may affect the ...
  • 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) ...
  • Metabolic syndrome and risk of endometrial carcinoma among asymptomatic, postmenopausal, urban Sri Lankan females: a community cohort follow-up study 
    Dias, T.; Niriella, M.; de Silva, S.; Motha, C.; Palihawadana, T.S.; Ediriweera, D.; de Silva, J. (Wiley Publishing, 2017)
    OBJECTIVES: Metabolic syndrome (MetS) has been recognised as a risk factor for malignancies. The aim of this study was to evaluate the association of MetS and risk of endometrial carcinoma (EC), by measuring endometrial ...
  • Paraspinal extramcduallry erythropoiesis- a rare cause of spinal cord compression: two case reports 
    Arambepola, M.; Premawardhena, A.P.; de Silva, S.; Olivieri, N.; Weatherall, D.J. (Sri Lanka Medical Association, 2004)
    INTRODUCTION: Extrameduallry erythropoiesis (EME) is characterized by the appearance of haemopoietic tissue outside the bone marrow. When EME occurs, albeit rarely, outside the liver and spleen problems may occur. We ...
  • Prevalence of covishield COVID-19 vaccine (ChAdOx1 nCoV-19) adverse effects among health care workers in Sri Lanka 
    Manilgama, S.R.; Hettiarachchi, N.M.; Jayasinghe, K.I.; de Silva, S.; Wanigaratne, T.; Jayalath, T.; Bandusiri, R.P.; Suganthan, N.; Sudarshan, P.; Pathirage, M.; Rajaratnam, N.; Senaratne, G.; Rajapaksha, V.; Wickramasinghe, A.; Kulaweera, M.T.D. (Elsevier, 2022)
    PURPOSEA Community vaccination programme is the best approach to combat COVID-19 pandemic. The first priority was given to the health care workers (HCWs) with the introduction of Indian Covishield (ChAdOx1 nCoV-19) vaccine ...
  • Recent chikungunya outbreak in Sri Lanka 2006-2007 
    Abeyewickreme, W.; Bandara, K.B.A.T.; Dayanath, M.Y.D.; Sumanadasa, D.; Hapuarachchi, H.A.C.; Gunawardena, N.K.; Hapugoda, M.D.; Wijesiriwardena, B.; de Silva, S.; Perera, T. (Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, 2007)
    BACKGROUND: Chikungunya(CHIK) is a viral disease transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes. Cases with symptoms of CHIK had been reported from several parts of Sri Lanka in 2006-2007. Laboratory testing of samples is a prime requirement ...
  • Ventilated patients in the Paediatric medical intensive care unit of Lady Ridgeway hospital: an audit 
    Thadchanamoorthy, V.; de Silva, S.; Sarathchandra, J.; Kumarendran, B. (Sri Lanka Medical Association, 2011)
    INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES: To analyse the outcomes related to ventilated paediatric patients admitted to paediatric ICU (PICU) in Lady Ridgeway Hospital (LRH). METHODS: This clinical audit recruited consecutive 292 ...

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