Journal/Magazine Articles: Recent submissions

  • Wijesinghe, T.; Gunathilaka, N.; Mendis, S.; Udayanga, L. (Sage Publishing, 2023)
    OBJECTIVE: Palliative care is an intervention that improves the quality of life of patients. Nurses have a primary role in providing palliative care. Their knowledge and attitudes toward palliative care is important in ...
  • Rajapaksha, N.U.; Abeysena, C.; Balasuriya, A.; Wijesinghe, M.S.D.; Manilgama, S.; Alemu, Y.A. (BioMed Central, 2023)
    BACKGROUND: Incident management systems and disaster planning processes facilitate maximal use of available resources. Evaluation of the Incident Command System (ICS) is one of the top five key areas of research priority ...
  • Rajindrajith, S.; Devanarayana, N.M.; Thapar, N.; Benninga, M.A. (Springer-Verlag., 2023)
    Many widely held beliefs and assumptions concerning childhood constipation continue to interfere with rational management of childhood constipation. Although many still believe that constipation is not a common disease, ...
  • Jafar, T.H.; Tavajoh, S.; de Silva, H.A.; Naheed, A.; Jehan, I.; de Silva, C.K.; Chakma, N.; Huda, M.; Legido-Quigley, H.; COBRA-BPS Study Group. (Public Library of Science, 2023)
    BACKGROUND: COBRA-BPS (Control of Blood Pressure and Risk Attenuation-Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka), a multicomponent, community health-worker (CHW)-led hypertension management program, has been shown to be effective ...
  • Rohanachandra, Y.M.; Dahanayake, D.M.A.; Chandradasa, M. (Elsevier, 2023)
    No abstract available
  • Kanoni, S.; Graham, S.E.; Wang, Y.; Surakka, I.; Ramdas, S.; Zhu, X.; Clarke, S.L.; Bhatti, K.F.; Vedantam, S.; Winkler, T.W.; Locke, A.E.; Marouli, E.; Zajac, G.J.M.; Wu, K.H.; Ntalla, I.; Hui, Q.; Klarin, D.; Hilliard, A.T.; Wang, Z.; Xue, C.; Thorleifsson, G.; Helgadottir, A.; Gudbjartsson, D.F.; Holm, H.; Olafsson, I.; Hwang, M.Y.; Han, S.; Akiyama, M.; Sakaue, S.; Terao, C.; Kanai, M.; Zhou, W.; Brumpton, B.M.; Rasheed, H.; Havulinna, A.S.; Veturi, Y.; Pacheco, J.A.; Rosenthal, E.A.; Lingren, T.; Feng, Q.; Kullo, I.J.; Narita, A.; Takayama, J.; Martin, H.C.; Hunt, K.A.; Trivedi, B.; Haessler, J.; Giulianini, F.; Bradford, Y.; Miller, J.E.; Campbell, A.; Lin, K.; Lin, K.; Millwood, I.Y.; Rasheed, A.; Hindy, G.; Faul, J.D.; Zhao, W.; Weir, D.R.; Turman, C.; Huang, H.; Graff, M.; Choudhury, A.; Sengupta, D.; Mahajan, A.; Brown, M.R.; Zhang, W.; Yu, K.; Schmidt, E.M.; Pandit, A.; Gustafsson, S.; Yin, X.; Luan, J.; Zhao, J.H.; Matsuda, F.; Jang, H.M.; Yoon, K.; Medina-Gomez, C.; Pitsillides, A.; Hottenga, J.J.; Wood, A.R.; Ji, Y.; Gao, Z.; Haworth, S.; Yousri, N.A.; Mitchell, R.E.; Chai, J.F.; Aadahl, M.; Bjerregaard, A.A.; Yao, J.; Manichaikul, A.; Hwu, C.M.; Hung, Y.J.; Warren, H.R.; Ramirez, J.; Bork-Jensen, J.; Kårhus, L.L.; Goel, A.; Sabater-Lleal, M.; Noordam, R.; Mauro, P.; Matteo, F.; McDaid, A.F.; Marques-Vidal, P.; Wielscher, M.; Trompet, S.; Sattar, N.; Møllehave, L.T.; Munz, M.; Zeng, L.; Huang, J.; Yang, B.; Poveda, A.; Kurbasic, A.; Lamina, C.; Forer, L.; Scholz, M.; Galesloot, T.E.; Bradfield, J.P.; Ruotsalainen, S.E.; Daw, E.; Zmuda, J.M.; Mitchell, J.S.; Fuchsberger, C.; Christensen, H.; Brody, J.A.; Vazquez-Moreno, M.; Feitosa, M.F.; Wojczynski, M.K.; Wang, Z.; Preuss, M.H.; Mangino, M.; Christofidou, P.; Verweij, N.; Benjamins, J.W.; Engmann, J.; Tsao, N.L.; Verma, A.; Slieker, R.C.; Lo, K.S.; Zilhao, N.R.; Le, P.; Kleber, M.E.; Delgado, G.E.; Huo, S.; Ikeda, D.D.; Iha, H.; Yang, J.; Liu, J.; Demirkan, A.; Leonard, H.L.; Marten, J.; Frank, M.; Schmidt, B.; Smyth, L.J.; Cañadas-Garre, M.; Wang, C.; Nakatochi, M.; Wong, A.; Hutri-Kähönen, N.; Lyssenko, V.; Fernandez-Lopez, J.C.; Huerta-Chagoya, A.; Xia, R.; Sim, X.; Nongmaithem, S.S.; Bayyana, S.; Stringham, H.M.; Irvin, M.R.; Oldmeadow, C.; Kim, H.N.; Ryu, S.; Timmers, P,R,H,J,; Arbeeva, L.; Dorajoo, R.; Lange, L.A.; Prasad, G.; Lorés-Motta, L.; Pauper, M.; Long, J.; Li, X.; Theusch, E.; Takeuchi, F.; Spracklen, C.N.; Loukola, A.; Bollepalli, S.; Warner, S.C.; Wang, Y.X.; Wei, W.B.; Nutile, T.; Ruggiero, D.; Sung, Y.J.; Chen, S.; Liu, F.; Yang, J.; Kentistou, K.A.; Banas, B.; Nardone, G.G.; Meidtner, K.; Bielak, L.F.; Smith, J.A.; Hebbar, P.; Farmaki, A.E.; Hofer, E.; Lin, M.; Concas, M.P.; Vaccargiu, S.; van der Most, P.J.; Pitkänen, N.; Cade, B.E.; van der Laan, S.W.; Chitrala, K.N.; Weiss, S.; Bentley, A.R.; Doumatey, A.P.; Adeyemo, A.A.; Lee, J.Y.; Petersen, E.R.B.; Nielsen, A.A.; Choi, H.S.; Nethander, M.; Freitag-Wolf, S.; Southam, L.; Rayner, N.W.; Wang, C.A.; Lin, S.Y.; Wang, J.S.; Couture, C.; Lyytikäinen, L.P.; Nikus, K.; Cuellar-Partida, G.; Vestergaard, H.; Hidalgo, B.; Giannakopoulou, O.; Cai, Q.; Obura, M.O.; van Setten, J.; Li, X.; Liang, J.; Tang, H.; Terzikhan, N.; Shin, J.H.; Jackson, R.D.; Reiner, A.P.; Martin, L.W.; Chen, Z.; Li, L.; Kawaguchi, T.; Thiery, J.; Bis, J.C.; Launer, L.J.; Li, H.; Nalls, M.A.; Raitakari, O.T.; Ichihara, S.; Wild, S.H.; Nelson, C.P.; Campbell, H.; Jäger, S.; Nabika, T.; Al-Mulla, F.; Niinikoski, H.; Braund, P.S.; Kolcic, I.; Kovacs, P.; Giardoglou, T.; Katsuya, T.; de Kleijn, D.; de Borst, G.J.; Kim, E.K.; Adams, H.H.H.; Ikram, M.A.; Zhu, X.; Asselbergs, F.W.; Kraaijeveld, A.O.; Beulens, J.W.J.; Shu, X.O.; Rallidis, L.S.; Pedersen, O.; Hansen, T.; Mitchell, P.; Hewitt, A.W.; Kähönen, M.; Pérusse, L.; Bouchard, C.; Tönjes, A.; Chen, Y.I.; Pennell, C.E.; Mori, T.A.; Lieb, W.; Franke, A.; Ohlsson, C.; Mellström, D.; Cho, Y.S.; Lee, H.; Yuan, J.M.; Koh, W.P.; Rhee, S.Y.; Woo, J.T.; Heid, I.M.; Stark, K.J.; Zimmermann, M.E.; Völzke, H.; Homuth, G.; Evans, M.K.; Zonderman, A.B.; Polasek, O.; Pasterkamp, G.; Hoefer, I.E.; Redline, S.; Pahkala, K.; Oldehinkel, A.J.; Snieder, H.; Biino, G.; Schmidt, R.; Schmidt, H.; Bandinelli, S.; Dedoussis, G.; Thanaraj, T.A.; Kardia, S.L.R.; Peyser, P.A.; Kato, N.; Schulze, M.B.; Girotto, G.; Böger, C.A.; Jung, B.; Joshi, P.K.; Bennett, D.A.; de Jager, P.L.; Lu, X.; Mamakou, V.; Brown, M.; Caulfield, M.J.; Munroe, P.B.; Guo, X.; Ciullo, M.; Jonas, J.B.; Samani, N.J.; Kaprio, J.; Pajukanta, P.; Tusié-Luna, T.; Aguilar-Salinas, C.A.; Adair, L.S.; Bechayda, S.A.; de Silva, H.J.; Wickremasinghe, A.R.; Krauss, R.M.; Wu, J.Y.; Zheng, W.; Hollander, A.I.; Bharadwaj, D.; Correa, A.; Wilson, J.G.; Lind, L.; Heng, C.K.; Nelson, A.E.; Golightly, Y.M.; Wilson, J.F.; Penninx, B.; Kim, H.L.; Attia, J.; Scott, R.J.; Rao, D.C.; Arnett, D.K.; Hunt, S.C.; Walker, M.; Koistinen, H.A.; Chandak, G.R.; Mercader, J.M.; Costanzo, M.C.; Jang, D.; Burtt, N.P.; Villalpando, C.G.; Orozco, L.; Fornage, M.; Tai, E.; van Dam, R.M.; Lehtimäki, T.; Chaturvedi, N.; Yokota, M.; Liu, J.; Reilly, D.F.; McKnight, A.J.; Kee, F.; Jöckel, K.H.; McCarthy, M.I.; Palmer, C.N.A.; Vitart, V.; Hayward, C.; Simonsick, E.; van Duijn, C.M.; Jin, Z.B.; Qu, J.; Hishigaki, H.; Lin, X.; März, W.; Gudnason, V.; Tardif, J.C.; Lettre, G.; Hart, L.M.; Elders, P.J.M.; Damrauer, S.M.; Kumari, M.; Kivimaki, M.; van der Harst, P.; Spector, T.D.; Loos, R.J.F.; Province, M.A.; Parra, E.J.; Cruz, M.; Psaty, B.M.; Brandslund, I.; Pramstaller, P.P.; Rotimi, C.N.; Christensen, K.; Ripatti, S.; Widén, E.; Hakonarson, H.; Grant, S.F.A.; Kiemeney, L.A.L.M.; de Graaf, J.; Loeffler, M.; Kronenberg, F.; Gu, D.; Erdmann, J.; Schunkert, H.; Franks, P.W.; Linneberg, A.; Jukema, J.W.; Khera, A.V.; Männikkö, M.; Jarvelin, M.R.; Kutalik, Z.; Francesco, C.; Mook-Kanamori, D.O.; van Dijk, K.W.; Watkins, H.; Strachan, D.P.; Grarup, N.; Sever, P.; Poulter, N.; Chuang, L.M.; Rotter, J.I.; Dantoft, T.M.; Karpe, F.; Neville, M.J.; Timpson, N.J.; Cheng, C.Y.; Wong, T.Y.; Khor, C.C.; Li, H.; Sabanayagam, C.; Sabanayagam, C.; Peters, A.; Gieger, C.; Hattersley, A.T.; Pedersen, N.L.; Magnusson, P.K.E.; Boomsma, D.I.; Willemsen, A.H.M.; Cupples, L.; van Meurs, J.B.J.; Ghanbari, M.; Gordon-Larsen, P.; Huang, W.; Kim, Y.J.; Tabara, Y.; Wareham, N.J.; Langenberg, C.; Zeggini, E.; Kuusisto, J.; Laakso, M.; Ingelsson, E.; Abecasis, G.; Chambers, J.C.; Kooner, J.S.; de Vries, P.S.; Morrison, A.C.; Hazelhurst, S.; Ramsay, M.; North, K.E.; Daviglus, M.; Kraft, P.; Martin, N.G.; Whitfield, J.B.; Abbas, S.; Saleheen, D.; Walters, R.G.; Holmes, M.V.; Black, C.; Smith, B.H.; Baras, A.; Justice, A.E.; Buring, J.E.; Ridker, P.M.; Chasman, D.I.; Kooperberg, C.; Tamiya, G.; Yamamoto, M.; van Heel, D.A.; Trembath, R.C.; Wei, W.Q.; Jarvik, G.P.; Namjou, B.; Hayes, M.G.; Ritchie, M.D.; Jousilahti, P.; Salomaa, V.; Hveem, K.; Åsvold, B.O.; Kubo, M.; Kamatani, Y.; Okada, Y.; Murakami, Y.; Kim, B.J.; Thorsteinsdottir, U.; Stefansson, K.; Zhang, J.; Chen, Y.; Ho, Y.L.; Lynch, J.A.; Rader, D.J.; Tsao, P.S.; Chang, K.M.; Cho, K.; O'Donnell, C.J.; Gaziano, J.M.; Wilson P.W.F.; Frayling, T.M.; Hirschhorn, J.N.; Kathiresan, S.; Mohlke, K.L.; Sun, Y.V.; Morris, A.P.; Boehnke, M.; Brown, C.D.; Natarajan, P.; Deloukas, P.; Willer, C.J.; Assimes, T.L.; Peloso, G.M. (BioMed Central Ltd, 2022)
    BACKGROUND: Genetic variants within nearly 1000 loci are known to contribute to modulation of blood lipid levels. However, the biological pathways underlying these associations are frequently unknown, limiting understanding ...
  • Mettananda, C.; Egodage, T.; Dantanarayana, C.; Fernando, R.; Ranaweera, L.; Luke, N.; Ranawaka, C.; Kottahachchi, D.; Pathmeswaran, A.; de Silva, H.J.; Dassanayake, A.S. (BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, 2023)
    INTRODUCTION: Identification of advanced hepatic fibrosis in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is important as this may progress to cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. The risk of hepatic fibrosis is especially ...
  • Thadchanamoorthy, V; Dayasiri, K.; Ragunathan, I.R. (BioMed Central, 2023)
    BACKGROUND: Kawasaki disease is an acute febrile condition in children. It affects mainly children under 5 years old, and is known to cause coronary artery abnormalities if treatment is delayed. The diagnosis rests mainly ...
  • Tissera, H.; Dheerasinghe, D.S.A.F.; Malavige, N.; de Silva, H.A.; Morrison, A.C.; Scott, T.W.; Reiner, R.C. Jr.; Grieco, J.P.; Achee, N.L. (BioMed Central, 2023)
    BACKGROUND: Spatial repellents (SRs) have been widely used for prevention of mosquito bites, but their efficacy in reducing Aedes-borne viruses (ABV) has not been tested rigorously at large scale in Asia. To address this ...
  • Samararathna, R.; Gunaratne, A.V.C.; Mettananda, S. (BioMed Central, London, 2022)
    BACKGROUND: Childhood anaemia is one of the most common public health problems worldwide. Here, we aim to describe the knowledge and practices on childhood anaemia, thalassaemia and iron deficiency among mothers of children ...
  • Maiwall, R.; Pasupuleti, S.S.R.; Choudhury, A.; Kim, D.J.; Sood, A.; Goyal, O.; Midha, V.; Devarbhavi, H.; Arora, A.; Kumar, A.; Sahu, M.K.; Maharshi, S.; Duseja, A.K.; Singh, V.; Taneja, S.; Rao, P.N.; Kulkarni, A.; Ghazinian, H.; Hamid, S.; Eapen, C.E.; Goel, A.; Shreshtha, A.; Shah, S.; Hu, J.; Prasad, V.G.M.; Yuemin, N.; Shaojie, X.; Dhiman, R.K.; Chen, T.; Ning, Q.; Panackel, C.; Niriella, M.A.; Lama, T.K.; Tan, S.S.; Dokmeci, A.K.; Shukla, A.; Sharma, M.K.; Sarin, S.K. (Springer, 2023)
    BACKGROUND AND AIM: Acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) is a severe form of alcoholic hepatitis (SAH). We aimed to study the natural course, response to corticosteroids (CS), and the role of the Asian Pacific Association ...
  • Gunathilaka, M.M.A.C.; Kitulwatte, I.D.G.; Wijewardena, H.; Gunathilaka, K.M.T.B; Dissanayake, C.; Jayathilake, R.; Wijeratne, P. (Institute of Medico-legal Publications, 2023)
    INTRODUCTION: Thoracic trauma (TT) accounts for significant mortality and morbidity. Blunt thoracic trauma is reported more frequently than sharp force trauma, where motor traffic collisions account for the majority. ...
  • Mettananda, S. (Sri Lanka College of Paediatricians, 2022)
    No abstract available
  • Munasinghe, R.; Razeen, Z.; Suriapperuma, T.; Fernando, S.; Panapitiya, M. (Sri Lanka College of Paediatricians, 2022)
    No abstract available
  • Gunasekera, K.D.; Amarasiri, W.A.D.L.; Undugodage, U.C.M.; Silva, H.K.M.S.; Sadikeen, A.; Gunasinghe, W.; Fernando, A.; Perera, B.P.R.; Wickremasinghe, A.R. (BioMed Central, London, 2022)
    BACKGROUND: Data on adult asthma is scarce in Sri Lanka. The objective of this study was to estimate the prevalence of asthma and its symptoms in adult Sri Lankans. METHODS: A cross-sectional study using a translated version ...
  • Sunil-Chandra, N.P.; Fahlman, A.; Waidyarathna, S.; Näslund, J.; Jayasundara, M.V.M.L.; Wesula, L.O.; Bucht, G. (BioMed Central Ltd, 2022)
    Background: Orthohantaviruses and leptospira are emerging zoonotic pathogens of high public health significance. The epidemiology of orthohantavirus infections and leptospirosis is similar and presents related clinical ...
  • Wanninayake, L.; de Abrew, G.; Logeshwaran, D.; Weerasinghe, C.; Gowinna, P.; Mettananda, S.; Premaratna, R. (BioMed Central, London, 2022)
    Background: Post-COVID-19 multisystem inflammatory syndrome (MIS) has been increasingly recognized but fever with isolated tender cervical lymphadenitis as the initial presentation has been rarely reported. We present 2 ...
  • Jude, J.; Gunathilaka, N.; Udayanga, L.; Fernando, D.; Premarathne, P.; Wickremasinghe, R.; Abeyewickreme, W. (Elsevier, 2023)
    Background: Anopheles stephensi was first recorded in the coastal area of Mannar District, Sri Lanka, in December 2016. Since then, this vector has been isolated from other districts in the Northern and Eastern Provinces ...
  • Jude, J.; Gunathilaka, N.; Udayanaga, L.; Fernando, D.; Premarathne, P.; Wickremasinghe, R.; Abeyewickreme, W. (Elsevier, 2023)
    Background: Anopheles stephensi is an invasive mosquito in Sri Lanka that can potentially transmit malaria. The transmission intensity is linked with biology, bionomic and behavioral aspects of a vector that are associated ...
  • Hapangama, A.; Mendis, J.; Kuruppuarachchi, K.A.L.A. (Cambridge University Press, 2023)
    Mental health legislation protects the rights of people with mental illnesses. However, despite major social, political and cultural changes, Sri Lankan mental health services still operate on laws enacted mostly during ...

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