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Rickettsial illnesses, a leading cause of acute febrile illness

Premaratna, R. (The Royal College of Physicians of London, 2022)

Rickettsial illnesses, comprising mainly spotted fever group, typhus group and scrub typhus, are vector-borne re-emerging or newly emerging febrile illnesses where humans are an accidental dead-end host. They are a major ...
Emerging tropical neurological infections

Ranawaka, U.K. (The Royal College of Physicians of London, 2022)

A large majority of neurological infections remain undiagnosed worldwide. Emerging and re-emerging infections are likely to be responsible for a significant proportion of these. Over the last two decades, several new ...
Short-term pain trajectories in patients with knee osteoarthritis

Atukorala, I.; Downie, A.; Pathmeswaran, A.; Deveza, L.M.A.; Chang, T.; Zhang, Y.; Hunter, D.J. (Wiley on behalf of the Asia Pacific League of Associations for Rheumatology, 2022)

Aim: It is unknown if pain in knee osteoarthritis (KOA) follows distinct patterns over the short term. Therefore, the aim of this study was to identify whether persons with a previous history of KOA pain fluctuations have ...
Polypills for the prevention of cardiovascular disease: a framework for wider use

Patel, A.; Ojji, D.; de Silva, H.A.; MacMahon, S.; Rodgers, A. (Nature Publishing Company, 2022)

No abstract available
Asian Pacific association for the study of liver (APASL) guidelines: hepatitis B virus in pregnancy

Kumar, M.; Abbas, Z.; Azami, M.; Belopolskaya, M.; Dokmeci, A.K.; Ghazinyan, H.; Jia, J.; Jindal, A.; Lee, H.C.; Lei, W.; Lim, S.G.; Liu, C.J.; Li, Q.; Mahtab, M.A.; Muljono, D.H.; Niriella, M.A.; Omata, M.; Payawal, D.A.; Sarin, S.K.; Ségéral, O.; Tanwandee, T.; Trehanpati, N.; Visvanathan, K.; Yang, J.M.; Yuen, M.F.; Zheng, Y.; Zhou, Y.H. (Springer,New York, 2022)

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection still remains a major public health issue in the Asia-Pacific region. Most of the burden of HBV-related disease results from infections acquired in infancy through perinatal or early ...
/t/ before /ʈ/ or /ʈ/ before /t/: Emerging trends from a preliminary study of consonant acquisition in typically developing sinhala-speaking children aged 3 to 6 years

Hettiarachchi, S.; Ranaweera, M.; Rajapaksha, R.M.W. (Ubiquity Press., 2021)

Purpose: Speech and language therapists use developmental norms established for consonant acquisition to determine whether a child has age-appropriate, delayed or disordered speech skills. There are currently no established ...
A Systematic review on diagnostic methods of red cell membrane disorders in Asia

Silva, R.; Amarasinghe, D.; Perera, S.; Premawardhena, A. (Blackwell Scientific Publications, 2022)

Membranopathies are a group of inherited blood disorders where the diagnosis could form a challenge due to phenotype-genotype heterogeneity. In this review, the usage and limitations of diagnostic methods for membranopathies ...
Physicians’ response to the COVID-19 pandemic: A view from Sri Lanka

Wanigasuriya, K.; Dassanayake, S.; de Silva, S.; Jayasinghe, S. (Ceylon College of Physicians, 2021)

No abstract available
Risk factors for deliberate self-harm in young people in rural Sri Lanka: a prospective cohort study of 22,000 individuals

Fernando, K.; Jayamanna, S.; Weerasinghe, M.; Priyadarshana, C.; Ratnayake, R.; Pearson, M.; Gunnell, D.; Dawson, A.; Hawton, K.; Konradsen, F.; Eddleston, M.; Metcalfe, C.; Knipe, D. (Sri Lanka Medical Association, 2021)

Background: Over 90% of youth suicide deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries. Despite this relatively little is known about risk factors in this context. Aims: Investigate risk factors for deliberate self-harm ...
Global trends of machine learning applications in psychiatric research over 30 years: A bibliometric analysis

Baminiwatta, A. (Elsevier Ltd, 2022)

This bibliometric analysis aimed to identify active research areas and trends in machine learning applications within the psychiatric literature. An exponential growth in the number of related publications indexed in Web ...
Gastric motility and pulmonary function in children with functional abdominal pain disorders and asthma: A pathophysiological study

Kumari, M.V.; Amarasiri, L.; Rajindrajith, S.; Devanarayana, N.M. (Public Library of Science,San Francisco, 2022)

Background: An association has been shown between functional abdominal pain disorders (FAPDs) and asthma. However, the exact reason for this association is obscured. The main objective of this study is to identify the ...
Triple therapy prevention of recurrent intracerebral disease events trial: rationale, design and progress

Anderson, C.S.; Rodgers, A.; de Silva, H.A.; Martins, S.O.; Klijn, C.J.; Senanayake, B.; Freed, R.; Billot, L.; Arima, H.; Thang, N.H.; Zaidi, W.A.W.; Kherkheulidze, T.; Wahab, K.; Fisher, U.; Lee, T.H.; Chen, C.; Pontes-Neto, O.; Robinson, T.; Wang, J.; Naismith, S.; Song, L.; Schreuder, F.H.; Lindley, R.I.; Woodward, M.; MacMahon, S.; Salman, R.A.; Chow, C.K.; Chalmers, J. (Blackwell Publishing, 2022)

Background: Patients who suffer intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) are at very high risk of recurrent ICH and other serious cardiovascular events. A single-pill combination (SPC) of blood pressure (BP) lowering drugs offers a ...
Stakeholders' perspectives on the provision of vocational training for youth with disabilities in Sri Lanka: protocol for a mixed-methods study

Colonne, U.T.; Dharmarathna, I.; Siriwardhana, D.D.; Handy, T.; Gamage, M.H.; Athawuda, N.; Sumanasena, S.P. (BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, 2022)

Introduction: The quality and the range of vocational training (VT) courses offered to youth with disabilities (YwD) in low-middle-income countries are underexplored. This protocol describes a study designed to gather ...
Depressive morbidity among persons with spinal cord injury in Sri Lanka and the diagnostic utility of the Centre for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale

Rathnayake, L.; Baminiwatta, A.; Chandradasa, M.; Fernando, L. (Elsevier Ltd, 2022)

No abstract available
Student usage of open educational resources and social media at a Sri Lanka Medical School

Hettige, S.; Dasanayaka, E.; Ediriweera, D.S. (BioMed Central, London, 2022)

Background: The use of Open Educational Resources (OER) and Social Media (SM) for academic information seeking is common among undergraduates nowadays. There is limited data on OER and SM use for education in Sri Lanka. ...
Chondroblastoma with atypical features

Silva, K.G.H.; Mahendra, B.A.G.G.; Hewavisenthi, S.J.de S. (College of Pathologists of Sri Lanka, 2020)

Chondroblastoma (CB) is a rare bone tumour usually occurring in long bones of males in the second decade. Though these are considered benign, rare cases show aggressive behaviour and metastases. However, there are no defined ...
Leg ulcers: A report in patients with hemoglobin E beta thalassemia and review of the literature in severe beta Thalassemia

Mehta, V.; Kirubarajan, A.; Sabouhanian, A.; Jayawardena, S.M.; Chandrakumaran, P.; Thangavelu, N.; Cader, R.; Mettananda, S.; Bandara, D.; Khan, S.; Weatherall, D.J.; Allen, A.; Premawardhena, A.P.; Olivieri, N.F. (Basel, Karger., 2022)

BACKGROUND: Leg ulcers are a frequent complication in patients with the inherited hemoglobin disorders. In thalassemia, the literature is limited, and factors associated with the development of leg ulcers in HbE beta ...
Sri Lanka's response to prescribed drug misuse: is it enough?

Hapangama, A.; Kuruppuarachchi, K.A.L.A. (Cambridge University Press, 2023)

A wide range of medications are being misused by people the world over and Sri Lanka is no exception. Reasons for this misuse are manyfold. Regulatory bodies, prescribers, dispensers, as well as the general public, have ...
The effect of 6-week core stability training on core endurance and physical performance in professional rugby players: A randomized controlled pilot study

Senavirathna, C.S.; Mallawaarachchi, A.P.; Karunanayake, A.L.; Gunawardena, S. (Nepal Journal online, 2021)

BACKGROUND: Core stability training (CST) is used to enhance sports performance. The relationship between core endurance and physical performance in rugby players had not been evaluated before in Asia. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: ...
Distinct microbiome profiles and biofilms in Leishmania donovani-driven cutaneous leishmaniasis wounds

Kaluarachchi, T.D.J.; Campbell, P.M.; Wickremasinghe, R.; Ranasinghe, S.; Wickremasinghe, R.; Yasawardene, S.; de Silva, H.; Menike, C.; Jayarathne, M.C.K.; Jayathilake, S.; Dilhari, A.; McBain, A.J .; Weerasekera, M.M. (Nature Publishing Group, 2021)

The endemic strain of Leishmania donovani in Sri Lanka causes cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) rather than more common visceral form. We have visualized biofilms and profiled the microbiome of lesions and unaffected skin in ...

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