Select Publications
Journal articles
2015, 'Role of biomarkers of nephrotoxic acute kidney injury in deliberate poisoning and envenomation in less developed countries', British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 80, pp. 3 - 19, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bcp.12601
,2015, 'Mechanisms Underlying Early Rapid Increases in Creatinine in Paraquat Poisoning', PLoS One, 10, pp. e0122357, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0122357
,2015, 'Population pharmacokinetics of an Indian F (ab')
2015, 'Venom concentrations and clotting factor levels in a prospective cohort of russell’s viper bites with coagulopathy', PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0003968
,2014, 'Detection of Venom after Antivenom Is Not Associated with Persistent Coagulopathy in a Prospective Cohort of Russell’s Viper (Daboia russelii) Envenomings', PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0003304
,2013, 'Hump-nosed pit viper (Hypnale hypnale) envenoming causes mild coagulopathy with incomplete clotting factor consumption', Clinical Toxicology, 51, pp. 527 - 531, http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/15563650.2013.811589
,2013, 'Diagnostic 20-min whole blood clotting test in Russell's viper envenoming delays antivenom administration', QJM: An International Journal of Medicine, 106, pp. 925 - 932, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/qjmed/hct102
,2013, 'Immune Response to Snake Envenoming and Treatment with Antivenom; Complement Activation, Cytokine Production and Mast Cell Degranulation', PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002326
,2012, 'Diurnal variation in probability of death following self-poisoning in sri lanka-evidence for chronotoxicity in humans', International Journal of Epidemiology, 41, pp. 1821 - 1828, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ije/dys191
,2012, 'A randomised controlled trial of two infusion rates to decrease reactions to antivenom', PLoS ONE, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0038739
,2012, 'Is hair analysis for dialkyl phosphate metabolites a suitable biomarker for assessing past acute exposure to organophosphate pesticides?', Human and Experimental Toxicology, 31, pp. 266 - 273, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0960327111403171
,2012, 'Effects of a provincial ban of two toxic organophosphorus insecticides on pesticide poisoning hospital admissions', Clinical Toxicology, 50, pp. 202 - 209, http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/15563650.2012.660573
,2011, 'A community-based cluster randomised trial of safe storage to reduce pesticide self-poisoning in rural Sri Lanka: Study protocol', BMC Public Health, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-11-879
,2011, 'Changes in the concentrations of creatinine, cystatin C and NGAL in patients with acute paraquat self-poisoning', Toxicology Letters, 202, pp. 69 - 74, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.toxlet.2011.01.024
,2011, 'The prevalence of previous self-harm amongst self-poisoning patients in Sri Lanka', Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 46, pp. 517 - 520, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00127-010-0217-z
,2011, 'Toxicokinetics, including saturable protein binding, of 4-chloro-2-methyl phenoxyacetic acid (MCPA) in patients with acute poisoning', Toxicology Letters, 201, pp. 270 - 276, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.toxlet.2011.01.011
,2010, 'Fructose-1, 6-diphosphate (FDP) as a novel antidote for yellow oleander-induced cardiac toxicity: A randomized controlled double blind study', BMC Emergency Medicine, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-227X-10-15
,2010, 'Acute human self-poisoning with bispyribac-containing herbicide Nominee®: A prospective observational study', Clinical Toxicology, 48, pp. 198 - 202, http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/15563651003660000
,2010, 'A prospective observational study of the clinical toxicology of glyphosate-containing herbicides in adults with acute self-poisoning', Clinical Toxicology (Philadelphia, Pa.), 48, pp. 129 - 136, http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/15563650903476491
,2010, 'Acute human lethal toxicity of agricultural pesticides: A prospective cohort study', PLOS Medicine, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1000357
,2009, 'Pattern of pesticide storage before pesticide self-poisoning in rural Sri Lanka', BMC Public Health, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-9-405
,2009, 'Factors influencing variability in clinical outcomes from imidacloprid self-poisoning', Clinical Toxicology, 47, pp. 836 - 837, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15563650903210416
,2009, 'Acute human self-poisoning with imidacloprid compound: A neonicotinoid insecticide', PLoS One, 4
,2009, 'Acute intentional self-poisoning with a herbicide product containing fenoxaprop-P-ethyl, ethoxysulfuron, and isoxadifen ethyl: a prospective observational study', Clinical Toxicology (Philadelphia, Pa.), 47, pp. 792 - 797, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15563650903174810
,2009, 'Clinical Outcomes and Kinetics of Propanil Following Acute Self-Poisoning: a prospective case series', BMC Clinical Pharmacology, 9, pp. 1 - 3, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6904-9-3
,2009, 'Pralidoxime chloride in acute organophosphorus insecticide self-poisoning - a randomised controlled trial', PLOS Medicine, 6, pp. e1000104 - e1000104, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1000104
,2008, 'Multiple-dose activited charcoal in acute self-poisoning: a randomised controlled trial', Lancet, 371, pp. 579 - 587
,2008, 'Pharmacodynamic interaction of warfarin with cranberry but not with garlic in healthy subjects', British Journal of Pharmacology, 154, pp. 1691 - 1700
,2007, 'Compliance for single and multiple dose regimens of superactivated charcoal: a prospective study of patients in a clinical trial', Clinical Toxicology (Philadelphia, Pa.), 45, pp. 132 - 135
,2006, 'Respiratory Failure in Acute Organophosphorus Pesticide Self-Poisoning', Quarterly Journal of Medicine, 8, pp. 513 - 522
,2005, 'Differences between Organophosphorus Insecticides in Human Self-Poisoning – A Prospective Cohort study', Lancet, 366, pp. 1452 - 1459
,2004, 'Acute Human Self-Poisoning with the N-Phenylpyrazole Insecticide Fipronil – a GABAA-Gated Chloride Channel Blocker', Journal of Toxicology: Clinical Toxicology, 42, pp. 955 - 963
,2004, 'Speed of initial atropinisation in significant organophosphorus pesticide poisoning - a comparison of recommended regimens', Journal of Toxicology: Clinical Toxicology, 6, pp. 865 - 875
,2003, 'Deaths due to a lack of an affordable antitoxin for plant poisoning', Lancet, 362, pp. 1041 - 1044
,Conference Papers
2018, 'Can we do better with paracetamol poisoning in rural Asia? - A model based approach to reduce cost of management of paracetamol poisoning in Sri Lanka', in TOXICOLOGY LETTERS, ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD, BELGIUM, Brussels, pp. S225 - S225, presented at 54th Congress of the European-Societies-of-Toxicology (EUROTOX) - Toxicology Out of the Box, BELGIUM, Brussels, 02 September 2018 - 05 September 2018, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.toxlet.2018.06.956
,Conference Abstracts
2021, 'The clinical toxicity of imidacloprid self-poisoning following the introduction of newer formulations', in Clinical Toxicology, Vol. 59, pp. 347 - 350, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15563650.2020.1815760
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