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https://read.qxmd.com/read/38421232/reducing-maternal-deaths-in-sri-lanka-radical-changes-are-needed
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Hemantha Senanayake, Chathura Ratnayake
No abstract text is available yet for this article.
December 31, 2022: Ceylon Medical Journal
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38421256/main-title-socio-economic-effects-on-informal-caregivers-of-long-term-hospitalized-adult-patients-a-cross-sectional-study
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
U P de Silva, S Varun, S T Kariyawasam, M D Jayawardane, M A Lakmal, M D Kariyawasam, M S Nandasena, A A Pathirana, D D Weerasekera
INTRODUCTION: A significant proportion of patients are being treated at hospitals in the government sector in Sri Lanka. Informal caregivers play a major role in taking care of hospitalized surgical patients while facing physical, social, and psychological challenges. OBJECTIVE: To describe the socio-economic effects on informal caregivers of long-term hospitalized adult patients. METHODS: A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted among 202 informal caregivers of long-term hospitalized patients in a tertiary care hospital in Sri Lanka, using an interviewer-administered questionnaire...
November 30, 2022: Ceylon Medical Journal
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37934020/blindness-and-autonomic-instability-following-russell-s-viper-bite-a-case-report
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Kingsley Rajivasan Francis, Shaluka Jayamanne, Anuja Premawardhena
Autonomic instability is a rare complication following elapid bites. Blindness too is a rare complication following Russell's viper bite and is most likely due to cerebral infarction or direct ocular toxicity. We report a case of a young male from Sri Lanka who developed both transient blindness and autonomic instability following severe envenomation by a Russell's viper bite.
November 30, 2022: Ceylon Medical Journal
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37933995/effect-of-intra-dialytic-parenteral-nutrition-idpn-on-malnourished-maintenance-haemodialysis-patients-case-series
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Amarathunga Hashan Kawshalya, Jayamini Kumari Pathiraja, Duminda Basnayaka
No abstract text is available yet for this article.
November 30, 2022: Ceylon Medical Journal
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37933994/awareness-attitude-and-willingness-regards-cadaveric-organ-donation-and-awaness-of-brain-death-among-sarawakians-in-kuching-malaysia
#25
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Kean Ghee Lim, Aaron Sk Tan, Sai Chin Wong, Elaine Gk Tee, Ismail As Burud
No abstract text is available yet for this article.
November 30, 2022: Ceylon Medical Journal
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37933880/association-between-mammographic-breast-density-and-breast-carcinoma
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MULTICENTER STUDY
Dilini Nanayakkara, Chathurika Batuwitage, Pubudu Chulasiri, Dilupani Abeywardhana, Subhashini Samaraweera
INTRODUCTION: Breast cancer has a high incidence and is showing a rising trend in Sri Lanka. Mammographic breast density is a radiologically measurable risk factor which has been found to be significantly associated with breast cancer risk in women with minor variations between ethnicities. However, the Asian populations studied in previous international studies were of Japanese, Chinese and Filipino ethnicities and not Sri Lankan or other South Asian ethnicities. Also, a previous Sri Lankan study found no significant association between breast density and breast cancer...
November 30, 2022: Ceylon Medical Journal
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37933633/-a-quantitative-approach-to-assess-the-correlation-of-mammographic-breast-density-with-selected-affecting-factors
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Lakmini Chandrasiri, Badra Hewavithana, Ayesh Jayasinghe, Weerakoon Bimali, Prabhath Gunathilake, Sachith Abeysundara
INTRODUCTION: Breast density plays a significant role in increasing an individual's risk of breast cancer and its mortality rate. OBJECTIVES: We aimed to assess the correlations of mammographic breast density with age, body mass index, weight, height and parity for the first time in Sri Lankan women. METHODS: 52 participants who underwent diagnostic mammographic examinations at a tertiary care hospital in Sri Lanka were selected for the study...
November 30, 2022: Ceylon Medical Journal
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37933632/a-descriptive-study-of-anaemia-in-the-elderly-at-a-tertiary-care-institute-in-sri-lanka
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Chethana Chathurangani, Thamal Darshana, Rusiru Premathilaka, Yasintha Costa, Deepa Amarasekara, Anuja Premawardhena
INTRODUCTION: Anaemia is a commonly encountered condition among the elderly population which calls for further evaluation to identify the cause and to prevent complications. OBJECTIVES: To determine the prevalence, causes and complications related to anaemia among elderly patients admitted to two medical wards (15/16) of Colombo North (Teaching) Hospital, Ragama, Sri Lanka. METHODS: Patients aged over>65 years admitted to the above wards between April -Sep 2020 and who had anaemia were included in the study...
November 30, 2022: Ceylon Medical Journal
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37933631/the-long-term-quality-of-life-following-liver-transplantation-in-a-developing-country-with-a-free-health-care-system
#29
JOURNAL ARTICLE
R Siriwardana, B Gunetilleke, S Jayatunge, A Weerasooriya, M Niriella, A Dassanayake, S Ranaweera, S Tillakaratne
INTRODUCTION: Developing countries with limited resources are yet to establish universal liver transplant (LT) services to cater to their population free of charge. In this unique setting, no data are published on the long-term Quality of life (QOL) of LT survivors. OBJECTIVES: Compare the long-term quality of life of post-liver transplant patients with a matching cohort of pretransplant cirrhotic patients and a matching non cirrhotic control group. Methods: Of the 45 liver transplants that were performed there were 24 patients who completed over 6 months of follow-up...
November 30, 2022: Ceylon Medical Journal
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37932215/demographics-pathological-characteristics-and-survival-in-urothelial-bladder-cancer-in-a-cohort-of-sri-lankan-patients
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Ajith Peiris Malalasekera, Dileepa Ediriweera, Serozsha Goonewardena, Neville Perera, Anuruddha Abeygunasekara, Rohan Jayasekara, Kalum Wettasinghe, Vajira Dissanayake, Dilani Lokuhetty
INTRODUCTION: Bladder cancer has the 9th highest incidence among Sri Lankan males. This study describes the demographic profiles and survival in bladder cancer patients at two tertiary care centres in Sri Lanka. METHODS: A group of patients with urothelial bladder cancer, presenting for the first time for definitive treatment, were prospectively enrolled from 2013 to 2017. RESULTS: There were sixty-six patients, with median age of 65 years and male to female ratio of 7:1...
November 30, 2022: Ceylon Medical Journal
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37930153/postmortem-clots-pmc-of-the-heart-is-it-merely-an-artifact-or-a-predictor-of-cause-of-death
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Senanayake Kumara, Amerasinghe Ishanka, Warnasekara Janith
BACKGROUND: Post Mortem Clots (PMC) are considered as artifacts observed during forensic autopsies; hence, their medico legal importance has not been evaluated at length in the past. This study was designed with the intent of finding the association of age, gender, cause of death (COD) and postmortem interval (PI) with PMC formation. METHODS: Secondary data of all postmortems performed by the 1st author from June,2015 to June,2018 at Teaching Hospital Anuradhapura were extracted...
November 30, 2022: Ceylon Medical Journal
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37930131/-changing-paradigm-in-the-management-of-type-2-diabetes-changing-paradigm-in-the-management-of-type-2-diabetes-changing-paradigm-in-the-management-of-type-2-diabetes-changing-paradigm-in-the-management-of-type-2-diabetes-changing-paradigm-in-the-management
#32
JOURNAL ARTICLE
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37609823/physical-activity-among-undergraduates-in-university-of-peradeniya
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Esther Liyanage, Ishendra Ridmi Fernando, Sumagi Isuru Seya Aththanayaka, Hashini Madhurangi Wijayasinghe, Nipuni Nimanthi Maheshika, Prarthana Sandakelum, Chathurika Lumbini Gunatilaka, Iresha Dilhari Senarath
No abstract text is available yet for this article.
June 30, 2022: Ceylon Medical Journal
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37609801/transient-cerebral-salt-wasting-following-scrub-typhus-infection-a-case-report
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Kingsley Rajivasan Francis, Ranjan Premarathna
Cerebral salt wasting (hyponatraemia associated with renal sodium loss and hypovolumia) has been reported secondary to intra-cerebral pathology and following certain infections. Cerebral salt wasting following typhus infection has been reported rarely. We report a case of transient cerebral salt wasting that occurred during the convalescent phase of scrub typhus infection resulting in severe symptomatic hyponatraemia.
June 30, 2022: Ceylon Medical Journal
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37609712/incidental-thyroid-cancer-in-the-pyramidal-lobe-implications-for-thyroidectomy
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Diluka Pinto, Gayana Mahendra, Ranil Fernando
The Embryological remnants (ERs) must be removed to achieve a safe and complete 'total' thyroidectomy. Residual ERs, after thyroidectomy, may cause recurrence of the initial pathology. This poses management dilemmas, including a difficult reoperation. Active search and removal of the ERs intraoperatively is essential. Primary overt malignancy is rare in ERs. Literature reports several cohort studies of same. The incidence of a Micropapillary Carcinoma in an ER has not been reported and this brief report describes two patients with Incidental Micropapillary Carcinoma in the Pyramidal lobe, reiterating the need to make removal of ERs the accepted norm in total thyroidectomies...
June 30, 2022: Ceylon Medical Journal
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37609673/analysis-of-demographic-factors-clinical-and-investigation-findings-of-patients-with-pancreatic-adenocarcinoma-who-presented-to-a-tertiary-referral-center-in-sri-lanka
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Shehani Lakshika Delwatta, Malaka Jayawardene, Upul De Silva, Nandasena Malith, Ajith Aloka Pathirana
Pancreatic cancer has a high mortality and morbidity and its incidence has increased over the years. Our objective was to analyze the demographic and clinical data among pancreatic adenocarcinoma patients who presented to the University Surgical Unit, CSTH from 2018 to 2021. Of the 103 patients included, majority were males above the age of 60. The commonest presentation was epigastric pain (54%). 46% were resectable at the time of diagnosis but 50% of the study population were lost to follow up due to a multitude of reasons...
June 30, 2022: Ceylon Medical Journal
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37609357/nutrition-related-parameters-of-maintenance-haemodialysis-patients
#37
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Hashan Kawshalya Amarathunga, Jayamini Pathiraja, Ayodya Sadamali Kariyawasam, Duminda Basnayaka
BACKGROUND & AIM: Maintaining good health in haemodialysis patients is a challenging task that helps to reduce morbidity and mortality. The prevalence of nutrition-related complications is uncertain in Sri Lankan maintenance haemodialysis population. This study was carried out as a baseline study to identify the common nutrition-related complications in maintenance haemodialysis patients. METHODS: A single-centre cross-sectional study was carried out on adult patients on maintenance haemodialysis in a tertiary care centre in the central part of Sri Lanka...
June 30, 2022: Ceylon Medical Journal
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37609040/incidence-and-prevalence-of-alcoholic-fatty-liver-disease-a-prospective-community-based-study-among-adult-sri-lankans
#38
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Madunil Anuk Niriella, Anuradhani Kasturiratne, Thulani Beddage, Shamila Thivanshi De Silva, Anuradha Dassanayake, Arunasalam Pathmeswaran, Ananda Rajitha Wickramasinghe, Norihiro Kato, Hithanadura Janaka De Silva
BACKGROUND: Data on the alcoholic fatty liver (AFL) is limited. Therefore, we investigated alcohol use and AFL patterns among urban, adult Sri Lankans. METHODS: The study population (selected by age-stratified random sampling) was screened in 2007 (35-64 years) and re-evaluated in 2014. They were assessed by structured interviews, anthropometric measurements, liver-ultrasound, and biochemical and serological tests. AFL was diagnosed on ultrasound criteria, 'unsafe' alcohol consumption (Asian standards: males>14units, females>7units per week) and absence of hepatitis B/C markers...
June 30, 2022: Ceylon Medical Journal
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37608766/trimester-specific-thyroid-hormone-reference-data-in-sri-lankan-women
#39
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Kamani Dhanushka Liyanarachchi, Dimuthu Tharanga Muthukuda, Udari Apsara Liyanage, Renuka Jayatissa, Lakma Tharindi Subasinghe, Ariyavidana Hareendra Pradeep, Eranga Colombage, Lalana Devi Ranasinghe, Nadun Prabuddha Liyanarachchi, Samantha Ranasinghe, Sarath Lekamwasam, Noel Somasundaram
INTRODUCTION: Regional differences in thyroid hormones are noted, especially during pregnancy. OBJECTIVES: Establish reference values for thyroid function tests for Sri Lankan pregnant women and to determine their comparability with regional data; and determine the prevalence of 2. Thyroid Peroxidase (TPO) antibody positivity and 3. Iodine deficiency among pregnant women with uncomplicated clinical history. METHODS: A cross-sectional study conducted in antenatal clinics of a tertiary care maternity center recruited a minimum of 56 women in each trimester in a multistep approach to derive an "ideal-reference population"; Participants with clinically manifested thyroid disease, followed by subjects with sonographically abnormal thyroids and finally those at high risk for thyroid disease as shown by positive TPO levels and urine iodine deficiency were excluded in sequence...
June 30, 2022: Ceylon Medical Journal
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37608554/outcome-of-transurethral-resection-of-bladder-tumour-under-spinal-anaesthesia-combined-with-obturator-nerve-block
#40
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Madura Ambegoda, Selvanthirajah Shiyanth, Sanjeewa Vidanapathirana, Sagara Kumara, Asoka Gunaratne, Anuruddha Abeygunasekera
No abstract text is available yet for this article.
June 30, 2022: Ceylon Medical Journal
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