M M D Fonseka
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Kasturiratne A, Pathmeswaran A, Fonseka M, Lalloo D, Brooker S, de Silva H
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health
. 2005 Aug;
36(3):733-40.
PMID: 16124448
Snake bite is a common cause of hospital admission in Sri Lanka. Despite this, there have been no countrywide studies or national estimates of disease burden due to snake bites...
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de Silva H, Fonseka M, Pathmeswaran A, Alahakone D, Ratnatilake G, Gunatilake S, et al.
Lancet
. 2003 Jun;
361(9373):1935-8.
PMID: 12801736
Background: Deliberate self-poisoning with yellow oleander seeds is common in Sri Lanka and is associated with severe cardiac toxicity and a mortality rate of about 10%. Specialised treatment with antidigoxin...
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Fonseka M, Medagoda K, Tillakaratna Y, Gunatilake S, de Silva H
Hum Exp Toxicol
. 2003 Apr;
22(2):107-9.
PMID: 12693837
Deliberate self-harm by ingestion of organophosphate insecticides is a common health problem in Sri Lanka. The poisoning results in an initial life-threatening cholinergic crisis and several intermediate and late neurological...
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de Silva H, Saparamadu P, Thabrew M, Pathmeswaran A, Fonseka M, de Silva H
J Ethnopharmacol
. 2002 Dec;
84(1):47-50.
PMID: 12499076
Liv.52, a hepatoprotective agent of herbal origin, is used empirically for the treatment of alcoholic liver disease in Sri Lanka. We conducted a controlled trial to assess the efficacy of...
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Fonseka M, Seneviratne S, De Silva C, Gunatilake S, de Silva H
Hum Exp Toxicol
. 2002 Aug;
21(6):293-5.
PMID: 12195932
Cardiac toxicity after self-poisoning from ingestion of yellow oleander seeds is common in Sri Lanka. We studied all patients with yellow oleander poisoning (YOP) admitted to a secondary care hospital...
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Seneviratne S, De Silva C, Fonseka M, Pathmeswaran A, Gunatilake S, de Silva H
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg
. 2002 Aug;
96(3):272-4.
PMID: 12174776
No abstract available.
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Dassanayake A, Karunanayake P, Kasturiratne K, Fonseka M, Wijesiriwardena B, Gunatilake S, et al.
Ceylon Med J
. 2002 Jul;
47(2):48-9.
PMID: 12140877
Objectives: To study the safety of low dose subcutaneous adrenaline given as prophylaxis against acute adverse reactions to anti-venom serum (AVS) in patients bitten by snakes. Methods: Patients admitted with...
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de Silva H, Fonseka M, Gunatilake S, Kularatne S, Sellahewa K
Ceylon Med J
. 2002 Jul;
47(2):43-5.
PMID: 12140875
No abstract available.