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Availability of facilities and equipment, in ambulances that provide care in pre hospital set up

Nandasena, L.G.S.; Abeysena, C. (College of Community Physicians of Sri Lanka, 2009)

OBJECTIVE: To describe available facilities and equipment, in ambulances that provide care in pre hospital set up. METHODS: A descriptive cross sectional hospital based study was carried out at the National Hospital of Sri ...
Causes for recurrent abdominal pain in children and adolescents: a classification according to rome ii criteria

Devanarayana, N.M.; de Silva, D.G.H.; de Silva, H.J. (Sri Lanka College of Paediatricians, 2007)

BACKGROUND: Recurrent abdominal pain (RAP) among children and adolescents is defined as "at least three bouts of abdominal pain, severe enough to affect activities, over a period of not less than 3 months". RAP has ...
Association between recurrent abdominal pain in sri lankan school children and exposure to stressful life events

Devanarayana, N.M.; de Silva, D.G.H. (Sri Lanka College of Paediatricians, 2007)

BACKGROUND: Approximately one tenth of school children around the world suffer from recurrent abdominal pain (RAP). It is found to be significantly higher among children exposed to emotional stress. Patients can sometimes ...
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 ...
Association between faecal incontinence, child abuse, somatisation and health related quality of life

Rajindrajith, S.; Devanarayana, N.M.; Benninga, M.A. (Belgian Society of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (BeSPGHAN), 2013)

AIMS : Faecal incontinence (FI) is an important lower gastrointestinal disease. Bad aroma around children with FI leads to rejection by peers, psychosocial isolation and learning difficulties. Aim of this study was to ...
A review on contributory factors to role strain among working mothers

Nilaweera, R.I.W.; Jayawardana, P. (College of Community Physicians of Sri Lanka, 2009)

INTRODUCTION: Despite being employed, women's primary role in life is attending to household chores and rearing children. Therefore, women today have to play multiple roles as a mother, a housewife and as an employee. The ...
Epidemiology of cyclical vomiting syndrome in a cohort of Sri Lankan children

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

BACKGROUND/AIMS: Cyclic vomiting syndrome (CVS) is characterised by recurrent episodes of intense nausea and vomiting or unremitting retelling lasting for hours to days. Very little is known of its epidemiology in paediatric ...
Gastric motility in children with aerophagia.

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

BACKGROUND/AIMS: Aerophagia is a functional gastrointestinal disease characterized by repetitive air swallowing, abdominal distension, belching and flatulence. When severe, it can lead to pneumoperitonium, volvulus and ...
Quality of life and somatic symptoms in children with constipation

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

BACKGROUND/AIMS: Chronic constipation is a common problem among Sri Lankan school children. We assessed the Health Related Quality of Life (HRQOL) and somatisation in school children with constipation. METHODS: This cross ...
Socio-demographic characteristics and principal cooking fuel type in Sri Lanka: comparison of data from two Demographic and Health Surveys

Nandasena, Y.L.S.; Wickremasinghe, A.R.; Sathiakumar, N. (College of Community Physicians of Sri Lanka, 2009)

INTRODUCTION: Indoor air pollution is a growing public health concern due to its well documented ill effects. Biomass- cooking fuel is the main source of indoor air pollution in the majority of households in the developing ...
Fine particle air pollution due to secondhand smoke in selected public places in Colombo

Nandasena, Y.L.S.; Wickremasinghe, A.R.; Lee, K.; Sathiakumar, N. (College of Community Physicians of Sri Lanka, 2009)

INTRODUCTION: Globally, about five million deaths per year are attributed to tobacco smoke. Secondhand smoke accounts for a substantial proportion of these deaths. Most countries including Sri Lanka have legislation banning ...
Anal incontinence during postpartum period: a community based cross sectional study

Rajeshkannnan, N.; Pathmeswaran, A. (College of Community Physicians of Sri Lanka, 2009)

INTRODUCTION: Anal incontinence is regarded as the "unvoiced symptom". It has a negative impact on the quality of life of the sufferer. The commonest cause in women in the reproductive age group is child birth and it is ...
Quality of ambulance care available for transfer of emergency patients to the National Hospital of Sri Lanka

Nandasena, L.G.S.; Abeysena, C. (College of Community Physicians of Sri Lanka, 2009)

OBJECTIVE: To describe quality of ambulance care available for transfer of emergency patients to the National Hospital of Sri Lanka. METHODS: A descriptive cross sectional hospital based study was carried out at the National ...
The quality of reporting of case control studies published in selected Sri Lankan medical journals

Abeysena, C.; Poddalgoda, I. (College of Community Physicians of Sri Lanka, 2009)

BACKGROUND: Incomplete and inadequate reporting of research hampers the assessment of strengths and weaknesses of the studies published in the medical literature. OBJECTIVE: To assess the quality of reporting of case control ...
Knowledge and practices regarding selected aspects of sexual abuse among mothers of adolescent children in the Medical Officer of Health area, Udubaddawa

Makawita, M.U.M.; Jayawardana, P. (College of Community Physicians of Sri Lanka, 2009)

INTRODUCTION: Emergence of child sexual abuse of adolescents is one of the major issues encountered globally. Inadequacy of preventive measures undertaken by mothers as a result of poor knowledge would make their children ...
Age, sex and hyperlipidemia: Is it a simple association?

Pathmeswaran, A.; Pinidiyapathirage, J.; Kasturiratne, A.; Wickremasinghe, A.R. (College of Community Physicians of Sri Lanka, 2009)

INTRODUCTION: Hyperlipidemia is a known cardiovascular disease risk factor. There are effective lifestyle, dietary and pharmacological interventions to treat hyperlipidemia. It is important to target testing for hyperlidemia ...
Knowledge and practices on selected non communicable diseases among GCE Advanced Level students in state schools, Maharagama

Gamage, A.U.; Jayawardana, P. (College of Community Physicians of Sri Lanka, 2009)

OBJECTIVE: To assess the knowledge on selected non communicable diseases (NCDs) and practices related to prevention of selected NCDs among GCE Advanced Level (A/L) students attending government schools in the Maharagama ...
Prevalence of asthma and comparison of ventilator capacity of asthmatics (when free of asthma) and non asthmatics among workers in selected garment factories

Abeysena, C.; Jayawardana, P.; Wickramasinha, W.P.K.; Dassanayake, I.S. (College of the Community Physicians of Sri Lanka, 2009)

INTRODUCTION: Asthma has been reported to be common among garment factory workers. Objective: To determine the prevalence of asthma and to compare the lung functions among asthmatics and non asthmatics among garment factory ...
A Coordinated national plan of action in child protection in Sri Lanka

de Silva, H. (Sri Lanka College of Paediatricians, 2007)

Child abuse is a phenomenon that has prevailed for centuries but has only captured worldwide attention in the past few decades. After many years of denial, Sri Lanka, too, has recognized the existence of many forms of ...
Paediatric rotavirus diarrhoea in Sri Lanka: a preliminary report

Chandrasena, T.G.A.N.; Rajindrajith, S.; Ahmed, K.; Pathmeswaran, A.; Abeyewickreme, W.; Nakagomi, O. (Sri Lanka College of Paediatricians, 2007)

BACKGROUND: Group A rotavirus is the leading cause of acute gastroenteritis in children. Serotypes Gl, G2, G3 and G4 are mainly responsible for human infections. Strain characterization and serotype distribution of rotavirus ...

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