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Availability of essential medicines in selected public, primary and secondary health care institutions of a rural Sri Lankan district: a spot survey
Additional file 1: of Availability of essential medicines in selected public, primary and secondary health care institutions of a rural Sri Lankan district: a spot survey
Availability of essential medicines in a rural Sri Lankan district, 2016. This provides the results of the entire survey with data for each essential medicine. (XLS 187ĂÂ kb
Applicability of Western protocols in resourceâlimited setting: Realâworld data of longâterm outcome of intensive treatment of adult acute myeloid leukaemia in Sri Lanka
Abstract There are no published data on longâterm survival and applicability of treatment protocols from developed countries in acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) in Sri Lanka. Eightyâseven AML patients were reviewed; there were 56 newly diagnosed patients between 18 and 65Â years. Thirtyâone out of 33 who started treatment achieved complete remission after first cycle of treatment. The induction mortality was one of 33. Twelve out of 20 patients who completed treatment are alive at the time of analysis. The estimated 5âyear overall survival rate is 0.629. Strict infection control and treatment and superior clinical experience may have contributed towards better outcome