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Nimal Senanayake
Researcher at University of Peradeniya
Publications - 52
Citations - 3082
Nimal Senanayake is an academic researcher from University of Peradeniya. The author has contributed to research in topics: Epilepsy & Poison control. The author has an hindex of 24, co-authored 51 publications receiving 2935 citations.
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Neurotoxic effects of organophosphorus insecticides. An intermediate syndrome.
TL;DR: Patients appeared to have a distinct clinical entity that developed after the acute cholinergic crisis and before the expected onset of the delayed neuropathy, and this neuromuscular junctional defect may have been the predominant cause of the paralytic symptoms.
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Pesticide poisoning in the developing world—a minimum pesticides list
Michael Eddleston,Lakshman Karalliedde,Nicholas A. Buckley,Ravindra Fernando,Gerard Hutchinson,Geoff Isbister,Flemming Konradsen,Douglas L. Murray,Juan Carlos Piola,Nimal Senanayake,Rezvi Sheriff,Surjit Singh,S. B. Siwach,Lidwien A.M. Smit +13 more
TL;DR: Use of safer pesticides should result in fewer deaths, just as the change from barbiturates to benzodiazepines has reduced the number of deaths from pharmaceutical self-poisoning.
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Does pralidoxime affect outcome of management in acute organophosphorus poisoning
TL;DR: Atropine alone for treatment of moderate to severe OP poisoning with atropine plus pralixodime casts doubt on the necessity of cholinesterase reactivator pralidoxime chloride.
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Organophosphorus insecticide poisoning
TL;DR: This paper reviews OPI poisoning in man emphasising the clinical, biochemical, and electrophysiological studies done at Peradeniya over the past two decades to suggest a triphasic effect of OP intoxication.
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Acute Polyneuropathy after Poisoning by a New Organophosphate Insecticide
TL;DR: Ten isolated cases of acute polyneuropathy seen over three years in Sri Lanka developed after poisoning by formulations of technical-grade Tamaron, whose main ingredient is methamidophos (0,S .