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2024, 'Clinical toxicology of acute glyphosate self-poisoning: impact of plasma concentrations of glyphosate, its metabolite and polyethoxylated tallow amine surfactants on the toxicity', Clinical Toxicology, 62, pp. 483 - 496, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15563650.2024.2375584
,2023, 'Trends in the Intentional and Non-intentional Poisoning-related Calls among Adolescents Reported to the Malaysia National Poison Centre (2010-2020)', Universal Journal of Public Health, 11, pp. 573 - 583, http://dx.doi.org/10.13189/ujph.2023.110505
,2023, 'A prospective study of snakebite in a tertiary care hospital in south-western Nepal', Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 117, pp. 435 - 443, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trac127
,2023, 'Mothers’ ability to determine and measure paracetamol doses for children—a contrived observational study', Journal of Child Health Care, 27, pp. 105 - 115, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/13674935211046101
,2023, 'Rapid determination of polyethoxylated tallow amine surfactants in human plasma by LC-MSMS', Talanta, 254, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.talanta.2022.124115
,2023, 'Impact of a clinical pharmacist on optimising the quality use of medicines according to the acute coronary syndrome (ACS) secondary prevention guidelines and medication adherence following discharge in patients with ACS in Sri Lanka: A prospective non-randomised controlled trial study protocol', BMJ Open, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-059413
,2023, 'Dose ingested, vomiting, and outcome in patients ingesting a standard paraquat 20SL formulation', Clinical Toxicology, 61, pp. 29 - 38, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15563650.2022.2142601
,2023, 'Measurement of an intestinal biomarker during poisonings from select toxicants and toxins', Clinical Toxicology, 61, pp. 693 - 696, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15563650.2023.2265051
,2023, 'Relationship between Alcohol Co-Ingestion and Clinical Outcome in Pesticide Self-Poisoning: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis', Alcohol and Alcoholism, 58, pp. 4 - 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/alcalc/agac045
,2023, 'Duplication errors due to brand name confusion; It is not always the name-Short case series.', Clin Case Rep, 11, pp. e7795, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.7795
,2022, 'Epidemiology and renal injury following 2-methyl-4-chlorophenoxyacetic acid (MCPA) poisoning', Scientific Reports, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-25313-z
,2022, 'Involvement of alcohol in injury cases in rural Sri Lanka: prevalence and associated factors among in-patients in three primary care hospitals', BMC Public Health, 22, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-12958-8
,2022, 'Two decades of chronic kidney disease of unknown aetiology (CKDu) research: Existing evidence and persistent gaps from epidemiological studies in Sri Lanka', Nephrology, 27, pp. 238 - 247, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/nep.13989
,2022, 'Osmolal and anion gaps after acute self-poisoning with agricultural formulations of the organophosphorus insecticides profenofos and diazinon: A pilot study', Basic and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, 130, pp. 320 - 327, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bcpt.13686
,2022, 'Acute fungicide self-poisoning - a prospective case series', Clinical Toxicology, 60, pp. 1106 - 1112, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15563650.2022.2105710
,2022, 'Acute phenthoate self-poisoning: a prospective case series', Clinical Toxicology, 60, pp. 214 - 220, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15563650.2021.1917596
,2022, 'Circulating intestinal fatty acid binding protein and intestinal toxicity in Russell’s viper envenomation', Clinical Toxicology, 60, pp. 311 - 318, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15563650.2021.1965160
,2021, 'Serum and urinary biomarkers for early detection of acute kidney injury following Hypnale spp. envenoming', PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010011
,2021, 'Urinary microRNAs as non-invasive biomarkers for toxic acute kidney injury in humans', Scientific Reports, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-87918-0
,2021, 'Case fatality of agricultural pesticides after self-poisoning in Sri Lanka: a prospective cohort study', The Lancet Global Health, 9, pp. e854 - e862, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(21)00086-3
,2021, 'MicroRNAs in toxic acute kidney injury: Systematic scoping review of the current status', Pharmacology Research and Perspectives, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/prp2.695
,2021, 'POS-084 THE ROLE OF SERUM AND URINARY BIOMARKERS IN PREDICTING ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY FOLLOWING SRI LANKAN HUMP-NOSED PIT VIPER ENVENOMING', Kidney International Reports, 6, pp. S35 - S36, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ekir.2021.03.091
,2020, 'Cellular injury leading to oxidative stress in acute poisoning with potassium permanganate/oxalic acid, paraquat, and glyphosate surfactant herbicide', Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology, 80, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.etap.2020.103510
,2020, 'Urinary versus serum microRNAs in human oxalic acid poisoning: Contrasting signals and performance', Toxicology Letters, 334, pp. 21 - 26, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.toxlet.2020.09.003
,2020, 'A pilot clinical study of the neuromuscular blocker rocuronium to reduce the duration of ventilation after organophosphorus insecticide poisoning', Clinical Toxicology, 58, pp. 254 - 261, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15563650.2019.1643467
,2020, 'An LC-MS/MS method for creatine and creatinine analysis in paraquat-intoxicated patients', Journal of Environmental Science and Health - Part B Pesticides, Food Contaminants, and Agricultural Wastes, 55, pp. 273 - 282, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03601234.2019.1690342
,2020, 'Assessing Limitations and Solutions in Developing Clinical Pharmacy Services in Sri Lankan Government Hospitals: A Report from a Hospital Pharmacists’ Workshop', Pharmaceutical Journal of Sri Lanka, 9, pp. 52 - 52, http://dx.doi.org/10.4038/pjsl.v9i1.47
,2019, 'Epidemiology, toxicokinetics and biomarkers after self-poisoning with Gloriosa superba', Clinical Toxicology, 57, pp. 1080 - 1086, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15563650.2019.1581939
,2019, 'Early identification of acute kidney injury in Russell’s viper (Daboia russelii) envenoming using renal biomarkers', PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007486
,2019, 'Relationship between access to piped water and CKDu: a conditional autoregressive model', Environmental Epidemiology, 3, pp. 297 - 297, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/01.ee9.0000609212.53151.ab
,2018, 'Albuminuria and other renal damage biomarkers detect acute kidney injury soon after acute ingestion of oxalic acid and potassium permanganate', Toxicology Letters, 299, pp. 182 - 190, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.toxlet.2018.10.002
,2018, 'Paediatric poisoning in rural Sri Lanka: An epidemiological study', BMC Public Health, 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-018-6259-y
,2018, 'Opportunities for medication review and reconciliation by a clinical pharmacist to prevent drug-related hospital re-admissions: evidence from a case series in Sri Lanka', Pharmaceutical Journal of Sri Lanka, 8, pp. 61 - 61, http://dx.doi.org/10.4038/pjsl.v8i1.38
,2018, 'Investigating knowledge regarding antibiotics among pharmacy and allied health sciences students in a Sri Lankan university', Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 12, pp. 726 - 732, http://dx.doi.org/10.3855/jidc.10388
,2018, 'High-dose immunosuppression to prevent death after paraquat self-poisoning–a randomised controlled trial', Clinical Toxicology, 56, pp. 633 - 639, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15563650.2017.1394465
,2018, 'Relationship between alcohol co-ingestion and outcome in profenofos self-poisoning – A prospective case series', PLoS ONE, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0200133
,2018, 'Investigating knowledge regarding antibiotics and antimicrobial resistance among pharmacy students in Sri Lankan universities', BMC Infectious Diseases, 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-018-3107-8
,2018, 'The plasma concentration of MUC5B is associated with clinical outcomes in paraquat-poisoned patients', American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 197, pp. 663 - 665, http://dx.doi.org/10.1164/rccm.201705-0866LE
,2018, 'Ward-based clinical pharmacists and hospital readmission: A non-randomized controlled trial in Sri Lanka', Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 96, pp. 155 - 164, http://dx.doi.org/10.2471/BLT.17.198366
,2018, 'Effect of rocuronium on duration of ventilation after organophosphorus insecticide poisoning – A pilot randomised controlled trial', Toxicology Letters, 295, pp. S109 - S109, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.toxlet.2018.06.633
,2017, 'Serum creatinine and cystatin C provide conflicting evidence of acute kidney injury following acute ingestion of potassium permanganate and oxalic acid', Clinical Toxicology, 55, pp. 970 - 976, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15563650.2017.1326607
,2017, 'Effective, polyvalent, affordable antivenom needed to treat snakebite in Nepal', Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 95, pp. 718 - 719, http://dx.doi.org/10.2471/BLT.17.195453
,2017, 'Nephrotoxicity-induced proteinuria increases biomarker diagnostic thresholds in acute kidney injury', BMC Nephrology, 18, pp. 122, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12882-017-0532-7
,2017, 'A randomized controlled trial of fresh frozen plasma for coagulopathy in Russell's viper (Daboia russelii) envenoming', Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis, 15, pp. 645 - 654, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jth.13628
,2017, 'Opportunities for pharmacists to optimise quality use of medicines in a Sri Lankan hospital: An observational, prospective, cohort study', Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Research, 47, pp. 121 - 130, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jppr.1302
,2017, 'Dexamethasone Modifies Cystatin C-Based Diagnosis of Acute Kidney Injury During Cisplatin-Based Chemotherapy', Kidney and Blood Pressure Research, 42, pp. 62 - 75, http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000469715
,2017, 'Is socioeconomic position associated with risk of attempted suicide in rural Sri Lanka? A cross-sectional study of 165 000 individuals', BMJ Open, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2016-014006
,2016, 'High lethality and minimal variation after acute self-poisoning with carbamate insecticides in Sri Lanka – implications for global suicide prevention', Clinical Toxicology, 54, pp. 624 - 631, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15563650.2016.1187735
,2016, 'Mechanism-specific injury biomarkers predict nephrotoxicity early following glyphosate surfactant herbicide (GPSH) poisoning', Toxicology Letters, 258, pp. 1 - 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.toxlet.2016.06.001
,2015, 'Kidney damage biomarkers detect acute kidney injury but only functional markers predict mortality after paraquat ingestion', Toxicology Letters, 237, pp. 140 - 150, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.toxlet.2015.06.008
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