Table of Contents
Editorial
| Accreditation of medical laboratories | |
| Sampath Gunawardena, TB Wimalasena |
Leading Article
Research Papers
| Transfers to a general medical ward at National Hospital of Sri Lanka: a descriptive study | |
| KH Sellahewa, SP Lamabadusuriya, EASK Edirisinghe | 5-9 |
| A retrospective observational study on the sputum samples received by the Department of Microbiology, Teaching Hospital, Karapitiya in the year 2007 | |
| LU Edirisinghe, Pankaja Kalukottage, MNN Maziama, PV de Silva | 10-14 |
| Prediction of personal stature based on the hand length | |
| Isurani Ilayperuma, Ganananda Nanayakkara, Nadeeka Palahepitiya | 15-18 |
| Hand, foot and mouth disease; a report of recent epidemic and review of literature | |
| RW Ragunathan, RLM Pushparani | 19-21 |
| Gross anatomical study on the gender differences in the corpus callosum | |
| Isurani Ilayperuma, Ganananda Nanayakkara, Nadeeka Palahepitiya | 22-25 |
| Atropine therapy in acute anticholinesterase (Organophosphorus/carbamate) poisoning; adherence to current guidelines | |
| SS Jayasinghe, A Fernando, KD Pathirana, K Kishanthi Gunasinghe | 26-30 |
| Branching pattern of the femoral artery at the femoral triangle: a cadaver study | |
| MB Samarawickrama, BG Nanayakkara, KWR Wimalagunarathna, DG Nishantha, UB Walawage | 31-34 |
| Thyroiditis: can we depend on the clinical features to diagnose? | |
| MB Samarawickrama, BL Perera | 35-38 |
| Factors associated with sexual behavior among Sri Lankan adolescents | |
| Nilusha Fernando, Bilesha Perera, Nayana Fernando, Malik Gunawardana, Truls Østbye | 39-44 |
| Diabetic care provided at a Diabetes Clinic at the largest Tertiary Care Hospital in Southern Sri Lanka: an audit | |
| Sandini Wijeweera, Chaminda Hettige, MK Ragunathan | 45-47 |
Reviews
| Psychiatry of sexuality - Basics for clinicians | |
| Chandani G Hewage | 48-51 |
| Burnout: an emerging occupational health problem | |
| PV De Silva, CG Hewage, P Fonseka | 52-55 |
Point of View
| Litigation against medical practitioners: facts and myths | |
| Rohan Ruwanpura | 56-58 |
| Settimg up a regional network to screen newborns for congenital hypothyroidism in Southern province in Sri Lanka | |
| Manjula Hettiarachchi | 59-61 |
Case Reports
| A case of fulminant liver failure in dengue haemorrhagic fever | |
| SCJ Wijeweera, K Senevirathna, MK Ragunathan | 62-63 |
| A patient with recurrent aseptic meningitis (Mollaret's meningitis) due to herpes simplex type I infection | |
| DAJ Chandrika, KD Pathirana, LAA Abeywickrema | 64-65 |
| Laparoscopic excision of left phaeochromocytoma | |
| KB Galketiya, V Pinto | 66 |
| A case of follicular carcinoma of thyroid with renal metastasis | |
| SK Kodisinghe, SCR Perera | 67-68 |
| Breast tuberculosis: a rare manifestation of extrapulmonary tuberculosis | |
| MTM Ashfaq, Wasantha Kodikara Arachchi | 69-70 |
| Congenital dyskeratosis: Zinsser-Cole-Engmann syndrome; a rare cause of aplastic anaemia | |
| SCJ Wijeweera, MK Ragunathan | 71-72 |
| Nitrofurantoin-induced lung disease: a case report | |
| GNN Fernando, KHPUD de Silva | 73-75 |
| An unusually late presentation of polycystic kidney disease with epilepsia partialis continua | |
| PGCJ Nanayakkara, KD Pathirana, LAA Abeywickrema | 76-78 |
| A rare case of jejunal diverticulitis | |
| S Tilakaratne, W Coomaraswamy, SD Ratnapala | 79-80 |
| A case of para-urethral leiomyoma | |
| Anuruddha M Abeygunasekera, LU Gihan, Chamini de Silva | 81-82 |
| Psoas haematoma complicating dengue haemorrhagic fever: a case report | |
| AM Ameer, W Kodikara Arachchi, PA Jayasingha | 83-84 |
| Xanthogranulomatous Pyelonephritis: a case report | |
| GBL Samarasekera, Satish Goonesinghe, JDVC Lekamwasam | 85-86 |
| Application of Forensic Engineering | |
| M Vidanapathirana, KS Dahanayake, RRGS Amararatne | 87-88 |
| 'Rebirth' of a lost limb | |
| M Vidanapathirana, VGM Sanjeewa | 89-90 |
| An alleged case of assault and murder turned out to be a run over accident | |
| RHAI Rathnaweera, M Vidanapathirana | 91 |
| Atypical shotgun injury: wide dispersion of pellets inappropriate to intermediate range of fire | |
| Rohan Ruwanpura | 92-94 |
Abstracts
| Scientific Sessions 2009 | |
| 95-110 |
Galle Medical Journal ISSN: 1391-7072
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