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Age‑dependent assessment thresholds to optimize patient care in a resource‑limited setting: an analysis based on the Sri Lankan FRAX model

Lekamwasam, S.; Abeygunasekara, T.; Rathnayake, N.; Liyanage, P.L.G.C.; Subasinghe, S. (Springer Link, 2022-05-12)

Summary Age-dependent upper and lower assessment thresholds help categorizing women aged 40 years or more according to their fracture risk, independent of BMD information. Introduction Age-dependent assessment thresholds ...
Age‑dependent assessment thresholds to optimize patient care in a resource‑limited setting: an analysis based on the Sri Lankan FRAX model

Lekamwasam, S.; Abeygunasekara, T.; Rathnayake, N.; Liyanage, G.; Subasinghe, S. (Springer Link, 2022-05-12)

Summary Age-dependent upper and lower assessment thresholds help categorizing women aged 40 years or more according to their fracture risk, independent of BMD information. Introduction Age-dependent assessment thresholds ...
Assessment of care given to patients with incident fragility hip fracture admitted to a tertiary care facility in Sri Lanka

Abeygunasekara, T.; Lekamwasam, S.; Sabapathippillai, S. (Springer, 2021-12-02)

Objective: This study assessed the state of current care given to patients admitted with low energy hip fracture to a tertiary care center in Southern Sri Lanka. Material and Methods: Consecutive patients with an ...
Burden on caregivers of hip fracture survivors; A systematic Review

Dias, H.K.; Rathnayake, N.; Abeygunasekara, T.; Lekamwasam, S. (World Congress on Osteoporosis, Osteoarthritis and Musculoskeletal Diseases (WCO-IOF-ESCEO 2021), 2021-08-26)

Objective: To assess safety and efficacy of sublaminar mersilene tape augmented pedicle screws fixation as a novel and low cost modality of spinal instrumentation for osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures treat ...
Current incidence and future projections of fragility hip fractures in Sri Lanka

Abeygunasekara, T.; Lekamwasam, S.; Lenora, J.; Alwis, G. (Springer, 2020-11-09)

Summary In Sri Lanka, the crude and standardized hip fracture rates in 2018 were 88.3 and 115.5 per 100,000 person-years, respectively. In 2018, 3824 hip fractures would have occurred in the country and this is likely to ...
Factors associated with one-year mortality of patients admitted with fragility hip fracture: a follow-up study in Southern Sri Lanka

Abeygunasekara, T.; Lekamwasam, Sarath; Alwis, Gayani; Lenora, Janaka (Springer, 2020-06-25)

Summary One hundred and eighty patients with incident fragility hip fracture admitted to a tertiary care center in Sri Lanka were followed up for 12 months. When compared with those survived, patients who died were older ...
Knowledge on Safety Measures Regarding Hospital Acquired Infections among Sanitary Workers at the Teaching Hospital, Karapitiya

Asiri, H. S.; Abeygunasekara, T. (Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, University of Ruhuna, Galle, Sri Lanka, 2022-08-26)

Background: Hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) are a primary health concern in the hospital sector. HAIs are a significant cause of morbidity and mortality around the world. Hospital sanitary workers are a high-risk ...
Quality of Life and Functional Independence of Hip Fracture Patients: Data from a Single Center Follow-Up Study in Sri Lanka

Abeygunasekara, T.; Lekamwasam, S.; Lenora, J.; Alwis, G. (Ann Geriatr Med Res., 2021-06)

Background Data on the functional outcomes of hip fracture patients in Sri Lanka are limited. As this information is required for the design of long-term care plans, we assessed the physical activities (activities of daily ...
Risk Factors and Comorbidities Associated with Fragility Hip Fracture among Fragility Hip Fracture Patients Admitted to Teaching Hospital Karapitiya

Abeygunasekara, T.; Lekamwasam, S.; Lenora, J.; Alwis, G. (Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, University of Ruhuna, Galle, Sri Lanka, 2021-08-26)

Background: Hip fracture, the most sinister clinical outcome of osteoporosis, is associated with disability, hospitalization, multi-morbidity and death. Many Asian countries lack an effective and coordinated system to ...
Utilization pattern of Self Medication among Allied Health Undergraduates with focus on Knowledge and Attitudes

Rathnayake, N.; Imendra, K. G.; Abeygunasekara, T.; De Silva, K.; Karunanayake, S. (KDU, 2016)

Self-medication (SM) is a common practice among university students as a part of self-care. Allied Health Science (AHS) students may have different behaviors and views on SM, as they expose to medication knowledge more ...

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