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Hemantha Chandrasekara

Consultant Physician
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Ketoacidosis is not always due to diabetes

H Chandrasekara, P Fernando, M Danjuma… - Case …, 2014 - casereports.bmj.com
Chronic alcoholism is a frequently unrecognised cause of ketoacidosis. Most patients with
alcoholic ketoacidosis present with normal or low glucose, but this condition can present with …

[PDF][PDF] Management of hyperglycaemia in people with acute coronary syndromes (NICE Clinical Guideline 130): uncertainty persists

H Chandrasekara, C Brough, N Goenka… - Practical …, 2012 - researchgate.net
Discussion Prior to the publication of this guideline, there was only limited guidance on
management of hyperglycaemia in ACS. The Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) …

Emergency medical readmission: long-term trends and impact on mortality

H Chandrasekara, J Marsh, S O'brien, K Hardy - Clinical Medicine, 2011 - rcpjournals.org
In 2002–03, we undertook an audit of 28-day emergency readmissions from 14 general
medical (including care of the elderly) wards in our 800-bedded acute trust serving a …

[PDF][PDF] PETER WILMSHURST

H CHANDRASEKARA - Postgrad Med J, 1981 - Citeseer
In 2002–03, we undertook an audit of 28-day emergency readmissions from 14 general
medical (including care of the elderly) wards in our 800-bedded acute trust serving a …

The tubercular diabetic

H Chandrasekara, K Hardy - Clinical Medicine, 2011 - rcpjournals.org
We thank Quantrill and Webbe for their response, and agree completely both that an
important role of pharmacists is to educate, and that better systems are needed for providing …

Oxygen therapy in acute coronary syndrome: current NICE recommendations

P Garg - Clinical Medicine, 2011 - rcpjournals.org
… We read with appreciation the comments of Chandrasekara and Hardy. The management
of concomitant tuberculosis and diabetes mellitus remains challenging and highlights two …

How do I manage a patient with suspected acute pulmonary embolism?

JJ Glazier - Clinical Medicine, 2011 - rcpjournals.org
In 2002–03, we undertook an audit of 28-day emergency readmissions from 14 general
medical (including care of the elderly) wards in our 800-bedded acute trust serving a …

Including pharmacists on consultant-led ward rounds

S Quantrill, D Webbe - Clinical Medicine, 2011 - rcpjournals.org
… We read with appreciation the comments of Chandrasekara and Hardy. The management
of concomitant tuberculosis and diabetes mellitus remains challenging and highlights two …

Angina without 'strangling and anxiety of the breast'

P Wilmshurst - Clinical Medicine, 2011 - rcpjournals.org
Editor–Sandilands and Bateman raise an important point in regard to the safety of induced
emesis and rightly remind us that it is no longer routinely recommended in cases of poisoning…

A Study on the applicability of centrifuge filtration for production of ayurvedic arishta and asava

KDMA Chandrasekara - 2019 - dl.lib.mrt.ac.lk
Arishta and Asava are kind of herbal wines which are manufactured by natural alcoholic
fermentation process, and used in the countries where traditional Ayurveda or indigenous …