10 research outputs found
Brief reports Banding of oesophageal varices using locally improvised materials
No full textBleeding from oesophageal varices is the commonest cause of significant upper gastrointestinal bleeding in Sri Lanka. Endoscopic band ligation is an effective method in the management of varices. But the cost of banding equipment is high, unaffordable for a majority of our patients. We have devised a cheap method to carry out banding of varices. Banding of varices using this technique was carried out in 235 patients. In the patients who were followed up, there was a reduction in the size of varices across all grades of varices. No complications due to banding were noted, and only 10 patients developed re-bleeding. Since the initial experience on efficacy and safety of this technique is encouraging, we believe that its widesprea
Reoperation after mitral valve repair in viewpoints of kidney injury as well as hemolytic anemia
No full textScreening for chronic kidney disease of uncertain aetiology in Sri Lanka: usability of surrogate biomarkers over dipstick proteinuria
No full textAttributable causes of chronic kidney disease in adults: a five-year retrospective study in a tertiary-care hospital in the northeast of the Malaysian Peninsula
No full textRisk, Predictors, and Outcomes of Acute Kidney Injury in Patients Admitted to Intensive Care Units in Egypt
No full textPesticide exposures and chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology: an epidemiologic review
No full textChronic kidney disease of uncertain aetiology: prevalence and causative factors in a developing country
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