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PREVALENCE OF ANAEMIA AND ITS ASSOCIATED FACTORS AMONG PATIENTS ON MAINTENANCE HAEMODIALYSIS TREATMENT.

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Samarasekara SDBPP 1#, Nandasena HMRKG1, Pathirathne  ML1, Basnayake  BMDB2, Erandika  HGN2 ,        Nayanamali MAA2, Kumari UGDA 2,  Nanayakkara N2 1 Department of Nursing, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka 2 Nephrology and Transplant Unit, National Hospital Kandy, Sri Lanka # <[email protected] > Asia Pacific Consortium for Public Health Introduction and objectives -Anaemia […]

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fluoride on chronic kidney disease of uncertain aetiology

The Influence of fluoride on chronic kidney disease of uncertain aetiology (CKDu) in Sri Lanka

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Shanika Nanayakkara a, b, *, S.T.M.L.D. Senevirathna c, Kouji H. Harada d,Rohana Chandrajith e, Nishantha Nanayakkara f, Akio Koizumi g a  School of Dentistry, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia b  Institute of Dental Research, Westmead Centre for Oral Health, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, Australia c  Faculty of Business, Justice and

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Anemia

Anemia Overview

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What is anemia? Anemia is the most common blood disorder that occurs due to a lack of enough healthy red blood cells (RBCs) or improper functioning of existing RBCs. RBCs contain a special functional protein called hemoglobin (Hb), essential to carry oxygen throughout your body. Anemia is clinically identified through a routine blood test and

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The Medical Mystery continues........ Wilgamuwa the newest hotspot of CKDu in Sri Lanka

The Medical Mystery continues……. Wilgamuwa the newest hotspot of CKDu in Sri Lanka?

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Chronic kidney disease of uncertain etiology (CKDu) or Rajarata kidney disease is a progressive disease that causes irreversible kidney failure and eventually death. Unlike chronic kidney diseases (CKD), which in most cases are linked to known causes such as, hypertension, diabetes, and chronic glomerular nephritis, the causative factors of this mysterious disease are obscure. Over

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Knowledge, Attitudes and Practice Behaviour of Midwives Concerning Periodontal Health of Pregnant Patients

Knowledge, Attitudes and Practice Behaviour of Midwives Concerning Periodontal Health of Pregnant Patients

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Jennifer Gia-linh Nguyen,1,* Shanika Nanayakkara,2 and Alexander C. L. Holden2 Abstract Maternal gum disease is associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes such as preterm birth and low birthweight. This study aims to evaluate the knowledge, attitudes and practice behaviour of Australian midwives regarding the periodontal health of pregnant women to inform interprofessional antenatal care. This was an observational, cross-sectional

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2021 KiPP symposium

Kidney Progression Project (KiPP) Symposium -April 2021

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The Kidney Progression Project (KiPP) research team would like to invite you to our NIH-Fogarty International Project Symposium. This event will summarize the major findings and outcomes of our R21 project which followed a cohort of 296 patients with chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology (CKDu). We would greatly appreciate that you register for the

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විශ්මිත මිනිස් මනසින් බිහිවූ, …………………………. කොරෝනාව නිශ්චිතවම මැඩලන එන්නත

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    “The conversation” උපුටා ගැනීමකි   COVID-19 වසංගතය ආරම්භ වී වසරක් ගතවීමටත්  මත්තෙන්  එන්නත් කිහිපයක්ම භාවිත මට්ටමට පැමිණ තිබීම මානව ඉතිහාසයේ සුවිශේෂී ජයග්‍රහණයක් වේ. මේ සුවිශේෂී ක්‍රියා දාමයෙහි නියැලුණු  ඔක්ස්ෆර්ඩ් විද්යාඥයන් ඔව්නගේ අත්දැකීම විස්තර කරන්නේ මෙලසිනි.   අපගේ හවුල්කරු ඇස්ට්‍රාසෙනෙකා සමඟ අපි, එන්නතෙහි ක්‍රියාකාරිභාවය හා සුරක්ෂිතතාව යන කරුණු දෙකටම අදාළ   දත්ත, ස්වාධීන පරීක්ෂාව සහ

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Exposure to Hantavirus is a Risk Factor Associated with Kidney Diseases in Sri Lanka: A Cross Sectional Study

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Yomani D. Sarathkumara 1, Chandika D. Gamage 1, Sithumini Lokupathirage 2, Devinda S. Muthusinghe 3, Nishantha Nanayakkara 4, Lishanthe Gunarathne 5, Kenta Shimizu 2, Yoshimi Tsuda 2, Jiro Arikawa 2 and Kumiko Yoshimatsu 2,3,* 1 Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya 20400, Sri Lanka 2 Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty

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A study of lipid profile and glycemic status in patients with chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology in Sri Lanka.

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Duminda B. Basnayake1*, W. G. H. Sandamali2 , Ayesha Nayanamali1 , Abdul W. M. Wazil1 , R. M. P. A. Siriwardena2 , T. M. C. I. Thennakoon2 , Thilak Dharmasiri1 , Nishantha Nanayakkara1 1Department of Nephrology and Renal Transplant, 2Department of Bio-chemistry, National Hospital, Kandy, Sri Lanka.   ABSTRACT Background: Dyslipidemia and impaired glucose tolerance

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