The Ceylon medical journal
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Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical Trial
Intermittent oral iron supplementation during pregnancy.
It has been suggested that in pregnant women weekly iron supplements are as effective as daily supplements in preventing iron deficiency anaemia (IDA). ⋯ Prophylactic oral iron supplements when given intermittently were not effective in preventing iron deficiency anaemia in pregnancy.
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Review Case Reports
Dengue fever associated with a haematoma of the rectus abdominis muscle.
We describe a patient with dengue fever with a haematoma of the rectus abdominis muscle, due to a tear in the inferior epigastric artery following episodes of retching. From the literature reviewed, we noted that there are no previous reports of dengue fever associated with muscle haematomas.
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Data on stroke subtypes in Sri Lanka are limited, mainly due to the unavailability of brain imaging facilities in most government hospitals. In two leading private hospitals in Colombo, a high proportion of stroke patients have computerised tomography (CT) scanning. Hence we studied stroke patients admitted to these two hospitals to determine the stroke subtypes. ⋯ Direct comparisons with stroke subtypes seen in other countries are not valid due to differences in methodology. In developed countries in the West cerebral infarcts account for about 80% of all first ever strokes and of these 13 to 21% are lacunar strokes. Countries in the East (e.g. Japan and Hong Kong) have reported a higher proportion of haemorrhages (27% of first ever strokes in Hong Kong). In Sri Lanka the proportion of stroke subtypes seem to be intermediate between these countries in the West and East. Lacunar strokes are commoner in Sri Lanka than in other countries.