Articles

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  Leading articles

  Iodination - the need to enforce quality assurance

  
  

  Channa Ratnatunga

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  16 Jun 2020

  25 ( 2 ) : 1-3
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  Editorial

  The pandemic and beyond; ethical challenges, racial disparities

  Satish K. Goonesinghe, Eisha I. Waidyarathne

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  16 Jun 2020

  25 ( 2 )
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  Case reports

  Severe rhabdomyolysis without acute kidney injury in a female with acute dengue fever; an uncommon complication of a common disease

  H. M. Senarathna, A. N. Abayagunawardana, T. P. Weerarathna

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  16 Jun 2020

  25 ( 2 ) : 64-66
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  Leading articles

  The elusive parathyroids

  
  

  Ranil Fernando

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  16 Jun 2020

  25 ( 2 ) : 4-5
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  Perspective

  Why is COVID-19 killing more African Americans than Whites in the United States?

  Soma Hewa

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  16 Jun 2020

  25 ( 2 ) : 7-11
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  Perspective

  Ethical dilemmas in pandemics - lessons from COVID -19

  
  

  Mohamed Rifdy Mohideen, Felicity Mishan Ng Yiwey

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  16 Jun 2020

  25 ( 2 ) : 12-18
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  Reviews

  Bone strength beyond bone mass

  
  

  G. Alwis

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  16 Jun 2020

  25 ( 2 ) : 19-29
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  Original articles

  Demographic influences on the performance of three memory tests by Sri Lankan older adults

  C. Senadheera, K. D. Pathirana, K. M. S. A. K. Jayasekara, P. W. Kodituwakku, M. L. K. de Silva

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  16 Jun 2020

  25 ( 2 ) : 31-37
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  Original articles

  Development and assessment of the psychometric properties of a new scale (15 item PSB-CL) to monitor the psychosocial burden of chronic lymphoedema in filariasis

  J. Ruben, T. C. Yahathugoda, M. V. Weerasooriya, M. W. Punchihewa, C. Senadheera, K. G. Somasiri, B. Perera

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  16 Jun 2020

  25 ( 2 ) : 38-47
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  Original articles

  Maternal competencies among mothers with infants at early infancy in Sri Lanka; a qualitative evaluation

  A. D. S. S. Karunanayaka, C. J. Wijesinghe, K. G. Somasiri

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  16 Jun 2020

  25 ( 2 ) : 48-54
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  Case reports

  A brutal case of physical child abuse

  
  

  R. H. A. I. Rathnaweera, E. G. U. N. Gunarathna

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  16 Jun 2020

  25 ( 2 ) : 55-60
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  Case reports

  The story of adult veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) in Sri Lanka; a case report of leptospirosis-associated severe pulmonary haemorrhagic syndrome (SPHS)

  D. V. T. Harischandra, W. A. U. K. Withanaarachchi, R. K. Firmin

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  16 Jun 2020

  25 ( 2 ) : 61-63
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  Editorial

  All humanity in peril …..

  
  

  Satish K Goonesinghe, Eisha I Waidyarathne

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  10 Apr 2020

  25 ( 1 ) : i-ii
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  Leading articles

  Profile of a global contagion: SARS-CoV-2

  
  

  Sunethra Gunasena

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  10 Apr 2020

  25 ( 1 ) : 1-3
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  Leading articles

  COVID-19 Pandemic; a call for a reality check

  
  

  Ranil Fernando

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  10 Apr 2020

  25 ( 1 ) : 4-5
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  Original articles

  Skin closure with Pfannenstiel incision in lower segment caesarean section; comparison of wound outcome with interrupted vs. subcuticular techniques

  D. L. W. Dasanayake, A. K. Jodhi, K.U.G.A Roomadu, G. K. R. Saumya

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  10 Apr 2020

  25 ( 1 ) : 7-11
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  Original articles

  Evaluation of bipolar lengths of the kidneys in healthy Sri Lankan adults in view of assessing the need for nomograms

  I. Kodikara, D. Gamage, G. Nanayakkara, I Ilayperuma

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  10 Apr 2020

  25 ( 1 ) : 12-18
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  Original articles

  Prevalence of low vision among adults in Galle District, Sri Lanka

  H. A. Ubeysekara, W. M. D. G. B Wijayaratne, P. Fonseka, S. Wimalasundara

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  10 Apr 2020

  25 ( 1 ) : 19-26
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  Case reports

  Unpreventable maternal death despite the advances in antenatal care

  J. Warushahennadi, S. K. Kularathne, N. Ranawaka

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  10 Apr 2020

  25 ( 1 ) : 27-29
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  Case reports

  Sympathetic crashing acute pulmonary oedema (SCAPE), dealing with the worst heart failure

  A. M. Ranasinghe, G. L. A Lakruwan, K. K. J. Kumara

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  10 Apr 2020

  25 ( 1 ) : 30-31
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  Case reports

  A sigmoidovesical fistula due to colonic tuberculosis

  
  

  T. Matheesan, S. Thoufeek, I. Mahindawansa, A. M. L. C. Ambegoda, M. S. G. R. Kumara, C. P. Sosai, A. M. Abeygunasekera

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  08 Oct 2019

  24 ( 2 ) : 33-36
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  Reviews

  Tropical disease and imperial medicine in colonial Sri Lanka

  Soma Hewa

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  08 Oct 2019

  24 ( 2 ) : 25-32
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  Original articles

  Service quality of psychiatric care from patients perspective; a descriptive cross sectional study conducted in National Hospital, Sri Lanka

  P. H. Wijenayake, V. Kumarapeli, Y. J. Samarasinghe, M. D. U. Gunathilake

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  08 Oct 2019

  24 ( 2 ) : 17-23
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  Original articles

  Screening for Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase deficiency using quantitative analysis of G6PD activity: A pilot study to expand the newborn screening panel in Sri Lanka

  M. Hettiarachchi, S. Amarasena

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  08 Oct 2019

  24 ( 2 ) : 11-16
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  Original articles

  Non-communicable disease burden and quality of life of selected group of older people in Galle, Sri Lanka

  B. Perera, N. Fernando, R. Perera, B. Wickramarachchi

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  08 Oct 2019

  24 ( 2 ) : 5-10