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Traditional Cardio vascular Risk factor prevalance and cardiovascular events among CKDu patients: Case control study

W.M.R.S. Wijekoon1, P.B. Subasinghe1, R.P.G.K.S. Weerakoon1, N. Nanayakkara2 1St. Thomas’ College (National School), Matale 2Kandy Teaching Hospital, Kandy   Introduction Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) is a condition characterized by a gradual and irreversible loss of kidney functions over time. Cardiovascular mortality is known to be high in patients with CKD and at least 50% of […]

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INTRODUCTION OF CHRONIC AMBULATORY PERITONEAL DIALYSIS (CAPD) TO RURAL CKD-U ENDEMIC AREAS

Nanayakkara N, Wazil AWM, Ratnayake RMCSB, Rope R, Dickovita DKSS, Gunerathne EDL, Sexana A, Anand S   Affiliations – None Introduction and Objectives Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) has been a major burden for Sri Lanka, with a high prevalence among young, otherwise healthy, paddy farming population. Majority of CKD of unknown etiology (CKD-u) patients reach

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A Novel Use for Used CAPD Bags

RajithaAbeysekara1, Abdul Wazil1 , Lishanthe Gunarathne2 , Sewmini Dickowita1 , Charaka Rathnayake1 , Nishamani Karunasena1 , Maithri Fernando1 ,Nishantha Nanayakkara1 1Teaching Hospital, Kandy , 2Renal Clinic Girandurukotte , Sri Lanka   Abstract : Used effluent dialysate bags are thrown away which adds burden to the environment. Here CAPD patient from Srilanka describes the use of used

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A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY ON CLINICAL AND HISTOLOGICAL PATTERN OF PRESENTATION IN LUPUS NEPHRITIS PATIENTS – A SINGLE CENTRE EXPERIENCE IN SRI LANKA

Duminda Basnayake1 , Abdul Wazil2 , Nishantha Nanayakkara3 , Buddhisha Mahanama4 , Neelakanthi Ratnatunga2 , Kushangi Dissanayake5 , Pradeep Priyadarshana5 1 No 315, Williumgopallawa Road, Suduhumpola, Kandy, Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka, 2 Aniwattha, Kandy, Sri Lanka, 3 Heerassagala, Kandy, Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka, 4 Hanthana, Kandy, Sri Lanka and 5 Kandy, Kandy, Sri Lanka  

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Characteristics of Chronic Renal Failures in Giradurukotte Sri Lanka

Nayanamali M.A.A.1*, Hettiarachchi T.W.2, Gunarathne L.3, Elladeniya N.1, Sonnadara T.1, Liyadipitiya M.3, Nanayakkara N.1 1Nephrology and Transplant Unit, National Hospital, Kandy 2Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya 3Renal Unit, Provincial Hospital, Giradurukotte *[email protected]   Introduction: Prevalence of Chronic kidney disease (CKD) depends on the abundance of risk factors in a community. Hence,

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Epidemiology, Risk Factors and Major Outcomes of Hospitalization requiring Post Kidney Transplant Infections in National Hospital Kandy: A Pilot Study

M.A.A. Nayanamali2*, A.M.M.P. Athapaththu1, B.M.D.B. Basnayake2, T.G.N.S. Gunarathne4, A.W.M. Wazil2, R.M.B.S.S. Mahanama2, B.M.D.B. Basnayake2, B.U.E.W.D.R. Thangarajah3, N. Nanayakkara2       1Department of Nursing, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, University of Peradeniya 2Nephrology and Transplant Unit, National Hospital, Kandy 3Nephrology unit, Teaching Hospital, Vavuniya 4University of Malaya, Kuala Lampur, Malaysia *[email protected] Background: Post kidney transplant (PKT) infections are

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ASSOCIATION BETWEEN FLUID AND DIETARY NON-ADHERENCE WITH MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY IN HAEMODIALYSIS PATIENTS ATTENDING TO NEPHROLOGY UNIT, NATIONAL HOSPITAL, KANDY

Proceedings of the 9th YSF Symposium – 2020 228 ASSOCIATION BETWEEN FLUID AND DIETARY NON-ADHERENCE WITH MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY IN HAEMODIALYSIS PATIENTS ATTENDING TO NEPHROLOGY UNIT, NATIONAL HOSPITAL, KANDY H.G.N. Erandika1 , N. Nanayakkara2 , M.D.M.L.D.K. Yatawara*3 1Department of Nursing, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, 2Nephrology and Transplant Unit, Teaching

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Life with Covid-19

කොවිඩ් සමග ජීවිතේ…

ආයුබෝවන්, හිතාදර මවුතුමියනි, පියතුමනි,  සොහොයුරනි, සොහොයුරියනි, ඔබලාගේ ඥාතිවර…………………….. මයා/මිය කෝවිඩ් 19   වෛරස රෝගයට බඳුන් වී සුව වී නැවත නිවසට පැමිණෙන මෙම අවස්ථාවේ දී ඔබ සැමට මෙම රෝගය සහ එහි බලපෑම ගැන  සහ ඔබ සැම විසින් මේ අවස්ථාවේ පිළිපැදිය යුතු කරුණු සම්බන්ධව දැනුවත් කිරිම අපගේ යුතුකමක් ලෙස සලකමු.  මෙම රෝගය වැළදීම කිසිසේත් ම ඔබ ඥාතියාගේ අඩුපාඩුවක්

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PCR ! PCR !! …………හැම එකටම PCR ද ?

විශේෂඥ වෛද්‍ය මහේන් කොතලාවල, ක්ෂුද්‍ර ජිවය සහ ආසාදන පාලනය පිලිබඳ විශේෂඥ වෛද්‍ය. පැතිර යමින් පවතින් COVID-19 ලෝක වසංගත තත්වය යටතේ යම් රටක් තමන් සතු සම්පත් නිසියාකාරව කළ මනාකරණය කර ගනිමින් මුහුණ දීම ඉතා වැදගත් වේ. මෙහිදී රෝගය පැතිර යාමේ ස්වභාවය අනුව පාලනය කිරීමේ ක්‍රමවේද යාවත්කාලීන කිරීමට සිදු වනු ඇත. මේ සඳහා සමාජයේ රෝග අවදානම තක්සේරු

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What is the true nature of reality

May be it’s not what you see: The String Theory

  What is the true nature of reality? In order to find an answer, humans come developed various stories to explain the world itself. Scientists test those stories again and again and learn what needs to be kept for further discoveries and what to throw away. But the more we learn about the universe the

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