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Prevalence and correlates of noise induced hearing loss among traffic policemen in the city of Colombo

Nagodawithana, N.S.; Pathmeswaran, A.; Pannila, A.S.; Sathiakumar, N.; Wickremasinghe, A.R. (College of the Community Physicians of Sri Lanka, 2013)

INTRODUCTION: Noise induced hearing loss (NIHL) is a high frequency sensory-neural hearing loss in subjects who are exposed to environmental noise, but this diagnosis is made only after excluding other reasons for the ...
Viral Zoonoses in Sri Lanka and Public Health Implications

Sunil-Chandra, N.P. (2007)

Zoonoses have been defined as "those diseases and infections (the agents of) which are naturally transmitted between (other) vertebrate animals and man". These diseases have been in the past and continue to remain in the ...
Scrub typhus in Sri Lanka

Premaratna, R. (2007)

Rickettsial infections are prevalent worldwide but are seen mainly in the Asia Pacific region. These infections include epidemic typhus, endemic (murine) typhus, scrub typhus, and spotted fever group (SFG) rickettsial ...
Aetiology of cirrhosis in a tertiary referral centre in Sri Lanka

Dassanayake, A.S.; Mettananda, K.C.D.; de Silva, A.P.; de Silva, H.J. (Wiley Blackwell Scientific Publications, 2005)

INTRODUCTION: Alcoholic liver disease is widely believed to be the commonest cause of cirrhosis in Sri Lanka. However, with the rising prevalence of obesity and diabetes, non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is increasingly ...
Lamivudine for hepatitis B infection in post-renal transplant patients: 36 month follow-up

de Silva, H.J.; Herath, C.A.; Sheriff, M.H.R. (Wiley Blackwell Scientific Publications, 2004)

INTRODUCTION: Therapy with interferon-alpha is inappropriate for post-renal transplant Hepatitis B infection, as it may result in graft rejection. We assessed the efficacy of lamivudine in HBV infection among post-renal ...
The value of brunt scoring in predicting the short term outcome of non-alcohlic steatohepatitis

Hewavisenthi, S.J.de S.; Pathmeswaran, A.; de Silva, H.J. (Wiley Blackwell Scientific Publications, 2004)

BACKGROUND: Brunt scoring is currently used in the grading and staging of liver biopsies in non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). Its value in predicting the outcome of patients following modifications in lifestyle, the ...
Comparison of one and two weeks of triple therapy for eradication of H. pylori: a randomized, controlled study in a tropical country

de Silva, H.A.; Hewavisenthi, J.; Pathmeswaran, A.; Navarathne, N.M.M; Peiris, R.; Dassanayake, A.S.; de Silva, H.J. (Wiley Blackwell Scientific Publications, 2004)

INTRODUCTION: Resistance of H. pylori to antibiotics may be particularly high in parts of the tropics. Infection may prove difficult to eradicate in such situations, and there is some evidence of benefit in increasing ...
Assessment of colorectal transit by radiopaque marker excretion -A Sri Lankan study

Ferdinandis, H.C.; de Silva, H.J. (Wiley Blackwell Scientific Publications, 2007)

INTRODUCTION: Information about colorectal transit is obtained by counting ingested radiopaque markers on plain abdominal x-ray films. A person who expels at least 80% of the ingested markers by day 5 is considered to have ...
Diagnosis of achalasia, A Sri Lankan study

Ferdinandis, H.C.; de Silva, H.J. (Wiley Blackwell Scientific Publications, 2007)

BACKGROUND :A definitive diagnosis of achalasia is usually provided by oesophageal manometry. Though stationary oesophageal manometry is available in Sri Lanka as a diagnostic tool since 1998, the diagnosis of achalasia ...
Validation of a clinical scoring system to detect gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GERD) in epidemiological surveys

Amarasiri, L; Pathmeswaran, A.; Ranasinghe, C.; de Silva, H.J. (Wiley Blackwell Scientific Publications, 2006)

BACKGROUND: The prevalence of GERD is increasing worldwide. Community prevalence in Sri Lanka is unknown. OBJECTIVES: To develop a clinical score to screen for GERD in the community and assess whether a score using symptom ...
Quality of life of inflammatory bowel disease at diagnosis in 8 countries in Asia: The ACCESS study

Ng, S.C.; Tang, W.; de Silva, H.J.; Mettananda, K.C.D.; Weerasinghe, S.K.; Ling, K.L.; Ho, L.; Ong, D.; Ooi, C.J.; Hilmi, I.; Goh, K.L.; Manatsathit, S.; Aniwan, S.; Pisespongsa, P.; Abdullah, M.; Zeng, Z.; Hu, P.; Chen, M.; Ouyang, Q.; Wang, Y.F.; WU, K.; Ng, K.K.; Yu, H.H.; Ching, J.; Sung, J.; Chan, F.K. (Wiley Blackwell Scientific Publications, 2013)

OBJECTIVE: Health-related quality of life (QOL) is an important outcome measure in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). QOL of Asian patients with IBD at presentation has not been studied. AIM: This study evaluates the QOL ...
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) ...
Profile of gastric varices among Sri Lankan cirrhotics

Ranawaka, C.K.; Mettananda, K.C.D.; de Alwis, R.; Miththinda, J.K.N.D.; Wijewantha, H.S.; Niriella, M.A.; Dassanayake, A.S.; de Silva, A.P.; de Silva, H.J. (Wiley Blackwell Scientific Publications, 2012)

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Gastric varices (GV) can result in life threatening bleeding with a higher mortality than esophageal varices. There have been no studies on the characteristics of GV among Sri Lankan cirrhotics. Aim ...
Prevalence of eosinophilic oesophagitis among adult Sri Lankan patients with refractory upper gastrointestinal symptoms: a prospective study

Ranawaka, C.K.; de Silva, A.P.; de Alwis, R.; Waraketiya, P.R.; Jayathilake, T.M.A.H.; Niriella, M.A.; Dassanayake, A.S.; Hewavisenthi, S.J.de S.; de Silva, H.J. (Wiley Blackwell Scientific Publications, 2012)

BACKGROUND AND AIM: Eosinophilic oesophagitis (EoE) is increasing in the West (community prevalence 0.02–1%). It is especially prevalent among patients with refractory upper gastrointestinal (UGI) symptoms (8.8–48%). ...
Predicting acute liver failure in dengue infection

Ranawaka, C.K.; Kumarasena, R.S.; Niriella, M.A.; Miththinda, J.K.N.D.; Pathmeswaran, A.; Dassanayake, A.S.; de Silva, A.P.; Premaratna, R.; de Silva, H.J. (Wiley Blackwell Scientific Publications, 2012)

BACKGROUND AND AIM: Dengue infections (DI) have a diverse clinical spectrum ranging from asymptomatic illness to severe dengue. Unusual manifestations such as encephalitis, myocarditis, and acute liver failure (ALF) are ...
Development and validation of sinhala version of the chronic liver disease questionnaire (CLDQ) for assessment of quality of life among cirrhotics

Ranawaka, C.K.; Pathmeswaran, A.; Senanayake, S.M.; de Alwis, R.; Mufeena, M.N.F.; Niriella, M.A.; Dassanayake, A.S.; de Silva, A.P.; de Silva, H.J. (Wiley Blackwell Scientific Publications, 2012)

BACKGROUND AND AIM: Chronic liver disease (CLD) has a negative impact on patient quality of life (QOL). The Chronic Liver Disease Questionnaire (CLDQ) is a validated tool which measures the Health Related Quality of Life ...
Effects of body mass index on gastric motility in children with abdominal pain-predominant functional gastrointestinal disorders

Karunanayake, A.; Devanarayana, N.M.; Rajindrajith, S. (The Physiological Society of Sri Lanka, 2015)

INTRODUCTION: Objective of this study was to assess the effects of body mass index (BM1) on gastric motility abnormalities in children with abdominal pain-predominant FGIDs (AP- FGIDs). METHODS: Gastric motility parameters ...
Therapeutic effects of domperidone on abdominal pain-predominant functional gastrointestinal disorders in children: randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

Karunanayake, A.; Devanarayana, N.M.; Rajindrajith, S. (The Physiological Society of Sri Lanka, 2015)

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Association between road accidents and minimal hepatic encephalopathy in a cohort of Sri Lankan cirrhotic drivers

Subasinghe, S.K.C.E.; Nandamuni, Y.; Ranasinghe, S.; Kodisinghe, K.; Niriella, M.A.; de Silva, A.P.; de Silva, H.J. (Wiley Blackwell Scientific Publications, 2014)

OBJECTIVE: Minimal hepatic encephalopathy (MHE) has no recognizable clinical symptoms of hepatic encephalopathy (HE) but has mild cognitive and psychomotor deficits which can interfere with executive decision making and ...
Frequency, pattern and short-term outcome of chronic renal dysfunction in patients with cirrhosis

Perera, K.R.P.; de Silva, S.T.; Niriella, M.A.; Pathmeswaran, A.; de Silva, H.J. (Wiley Blackwell Scientific Publications, 2013)

OBJECTIVE: Current criteria fail to detect milder degrees of renal dysfunction in cirrhosis, and exclude hepatorenal syndrome (HRS1, HRS2) in patients with structural kidney disease. Definitions addressing this have been ...

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