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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 ...
30-year cardiovascular risk prediction of medical undergraduates of university of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka

Mettananda, K.C.D.; Gunarathna, M.R.T.A.; Gunasekara, M.D.S.D.; Gunasekara, P.; Gunasekara, T.N.A.S.; Gunasekara, W.S.M.T.M.; Thampoe, R.S. (Sri Lanka College of Internal Medicine, 2019)

BACKGROUND: Medical students could be at high risk of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) due to lack of exercises, increased mental stresses, unhealthy dietary practices. However, there are no reported data on this from Sri ...
6379 Pre-admission management of children presenting with febrile illness in a tertiary hospital of Sri Lanka

Arunath, V.; Mettananda, S. (BMJ, 2024)

OBJECTIVES To describe the symptoms and pre-admission management of children presenting with febrile illness to the Colombo North Teaching Hospital, Ragama, Sri Lanka.METHODS A retrospective descriptive study was conducted ...
6460 Children’s perception of the health effects of climate change – a mixed-method study in urban Sri Lanka

Dayasiri, K.; Anand, G. (BMJ, 2024)

OBJECTIVES While children bear the least responsibility for global climate change, they suffer the most from its consequences, including a higher incidence of non-communicable diseases and exposure to natural disasters. ...
6503 Using anthropometric data to investigate the nutritional status of children included on the Sri Lankan cerebral palsy register.

Sumanasena, S.; Fernando, R.; Kurukulaarachchi, S.; Heiyanthuduwage, T.M.; Sheedy, H.S.; Wijesekara, S.; Jagoda, J.; Muttiah, N. (BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, 2024)

OBJECTIVES The nutritional data from children with cerebral palsy (CP) in low and middle income countries (LMIC) is sparse. In high income countries (HICs) well established nutritional care plans, commercial products and ...
6542 Clinical profiles of children less than 5 years presenting with or high risk of cerebral palsy in the Western Province of Sri Lanka

Sumanasena, S.; Heiyanthuduwage, T.M.; Fernando, R.; Sheedy, H.S.; Jagoda, J.; Wijesekara, S.; Wanigasinghe, J.; Muttiah, N.; Rathnayake, P.; Kitnasamy, G.; Khandaker, G. (BMJ, 2024)

OBJECTIVES Cerebral palsy (CP) is the commonest physical disability in children globally.1 It is a clinical diagnosis based on clinical and neurological findings. International clinical practice guidelines recommend early ...
Abdominal bloating in children: association with functional gastrointestinal diseases and adverse life events.

Rajindrajith, S.; Devanarayana, N.M. (The Korean Society of Neurogastroenterology and Motility, 2013)

BACKGROUND/AIMS: Abdominal bloating is a common symptom among children with functional gastrointestinal diseases (FGDs). It can lead to significant distress among affected children. However, its epidemiology, risk factors ...
Abdominal pain predominant functional gastrointestinal diseases in children and adolescents: prevalence, symptomatology and association with emotional stress

Devanarayana, N.M.; Mettananda, S.; Rajindrajith, S. (Sri Lanka Medical Association, 2011)

INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES: To assess the prevalence of abdominal pain predominant functional gastrointestinal diseases (FGD) in Sri Lankan children, their symptomatology, and predisposing factors. METHODS: A cross sectional ...
Abdominal pain predominant functional gastrointestinal diseases: association with child abuse, traumatic life events and quality of life

Devanarayana, N.M.; Rajindrajith, S.; Karunanayake, A.; Nishanthini, S.; Perera, M.S.; Benninga, M.A. (Wiley Blackwell Scientific Publications, 2012)

BACKGROUND/AIMS: Abdominal pain predominant functional gastrointestinal diseases (AP-FGD) have significant repercussions on affected individuals. Aims of this study were to assess its association with traumatic life events ...
Abdominal suture rectopexy without large bowel resection for rectal prolapse does not result in constipation: data from prospective bowel function evaluation, anorectal physiology and transit studies

Sabaratnam, V. Y.; Rathnayake, G.; Deen, K.I. (The College of Surgeons of Sri Lanka and SAARC Surgical Care Society, 2003)

INTRODUCTION: Traditionally, suture rectopexy has been combined with sigmoid resection for rectal prolapse to prevent postoperative constipation. Furthermore, preservation of lateral ligaments will not result in ...
Abnormal personality traits in children with aerophagia

Devanarayana, N.M.; Jayawickrama, N.; Gulegoda, I.C.; Rajindrajith, S. (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2015)

OBJECTIVE: The main objective of this study is to study the personality types in children with aerophagia. METHODS: A cross sectional survey was conducted in 8 randomly selected schools in 4 randomly selected provinces Sri ...
Accidental scrotal burns due to paraquat while handling a patient with deliberate self-harm

Premaratna, R.; Rathnasena, B.G.N.; de Silva, H.J. (Sri Lanka Medical Association, 2007)

INTRODUCTION: The main risk of paraquat poisoning is from deliberate ingestion. Serious accidental or occupational poisoning is comparatively rare. We report two patients who had accidental exposure to paraquat resulting ...
Accumulation of toxic metals in ectopic endometrial tissue

Silva, N.; Senanayaka, H.; Peiris-John, R.; Wickremasinghe, R.; Waduge, V. (Sri Lanka Medical Association, 2011)

INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES: Aim of this study was to determine the association between heavy metals and endometriosis. METHODS: A case-control study was conducted in a tertiary care hospital comparing 50 cases of endometriosis ...
Accuracy of histopathology reporting in colorectalcancer (crc): we need a proforma

Siriwardana, P.N.; Rathnayaka, G.; Deen, K.I. (The College of Surgeons of Sri Lanka and SAARC Surgical Care Society, 2003)

INTRODUCTION: The quality of a histopathology report in CRC will determine prognosis and the need for adjuvant therapy. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the completeness of pathology reports in colorectal cancer.METHODS: ...
Achieving millennium development goal 4 in 2015: are we really on track?

Mettananda, S.; Rajindrajith, S.; Warnakulasuriya, T.; Fernando, M.; Devanarayana, N.M.; Gunawardena, N.K. (Sri Lanka College of Paediatricians, 2011)

INTRODUCTION: Millennium development goal (MDG) 4 aims to reduce under 5 mortality by two thirds from 1990 (22.2 per 1000 live births) to 2015 (7.4 per 1000 live births). In achieving this, proper and accurate description ...
Acute febrile illness: Epidemiology versus clinical judgement

Premaratna, R. (Elsevier, 2012)

Both epidemiology and clinical judgment are teachings by the father of medicine, the Greek physician. Hippocrates The term Epidemiology derives from the Greek: epi “upon/among” demos “people/district”, logos “study/disclosure”, ...
Acute hearing loss in febrile patients: a predictor of scrub typhus

Premaratna, R.; Chandrasena, T.G.A.N.; Dassanayake, A.S.; Loftis, A.; Dasch, G.A.; de Silva, H.J. (Sri Lanka Medical Association, 2005)

INTRODUCTION: Rickettsial infections are re-emerging in Sri Lanka. Complications such as pneumonitis, myocarditis and encephalitis can occur late in the disease, and result in a high mortality. Early diagnosis reduces ...
Acute poisoning in the paediatric age group in North-Central province of Sri Lanka

Dayasiri, M.B.K.C.; Jayamanne, S.F.; Jayasinghe, Y.C. (Sri Lanka Medical Association, 2013)

INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES: There is little data on poisoning in the paediatric age group in the North Central Province (NCP) of Sri Lanka. Objective of this study was to identify characteristics, risk factors and outcome ...
The Adaptation and Validation of Stroke and Aphasia Quality of Life (SAQOL-39) Scale for the Sinhala Language in the Sri Lankan Context.

Karunathilake, K.M.M.G.S.L.; Rathnayake, S.; Ranawaka, U.K. (19th Conference on Postgraduate Research, International Postgraduate Research Conference 2018, Faculty of Graduate Studies,University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)

Stroke and aphasia rehabilitation aims to improve the quality of life of the individuals affected. Aphasia is a disturbance of the language. Most of scales for measuring health-related quality of life in stroke exclude ...
Adaptation of "Medical Interview Satisfaction Scale" (MISS-21) for Sri Lankan general practice

de Silva, A.H.W.; Kasturiratne, K.T.A.A.; Seneviratne, A.L.P.; Wickremasinghe, A.R. (Sri Lanka Medical Association, 2019)

INTRODUCTION & OBJECTIVES: Patient satisfaction is an important clinical outcome and a validated Sinhalese tool to measure it is essential. MISS 21 is a tool validated in the British general practice. Objective was to ...

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