2023
Incorporating early pregnancy mental health screening and management into routine maternal care: experience from the Rajarata Pregnancy Cohort (RaPCo), Sri Lanka
Agampodi T, Amarasinghe G, Wickramasinghe A, Wickramasinghe N, Warnasekara J, Jayasinghe I, Hettiarachchi A, Nimesha D, Dilshani T, Senadheera S, Agampodi S. Incorporating early pregnancy mental health screening and management into routine maternal care: experience from the Rajarata Pregnancy Cohort (RaPCo), Sri Lanka. BMJ Global Health 2023, 8: e012852. PMID: 37748792, PMCID: PMC10533714, DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2023-012852.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEdinburgh Postnatal Depression ScaleMental health screeningMental health problemsPregnancy cohortSecond trimesterEarly pregnancyHealth screeningClinical InterviewHealth problemsPregnancy care programsRoutine maternal careTertiary care hospitalMental health service provisionPrimary healthcare levelHigher EPDS scoresPostnatal Depression ScaleWeeks of periodPregnancy-associated conditionsMental health gapPatient-centered careHealth service provisionHealth surveillance systemsCare hospitalMiddle-income countriesPregnant womenSerum creatinine and estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) in early pregnancy and changes during the pregnancy
Agampodi S, Agampodi T, Amarasinghe G, Warnasekara J, Hettiarachchi A, Jayasinghe I, Koralegedara I, Abeyrathna P, Srimantha S, de Silva F, Gunarathne S, Wickramasinghe N. Serum creatinine and estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) in early pregnancy and changes during the pregnancy. PLOS Global Public Health 2023, 3: e0000443. PMID: 36962935, PMCID: PMC10021427, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0000443.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchGlomerular filtration rateWeeks of gestationRenal functionPregnant womenNonpregnant womenSerum creatinineSecond trimesterEarly pregnancyFiltration rateClinical practiceCommunity-based prospective cohort studyProspective population-based studyPre-existing medical conditionsProspective cohort studyHealthy pregnant womenCommunity-based cohortPopulation-based studyDifferent age strataMean eGFRCohort studyNewborn outcomesNonpregnant groupPregnancy cohortFirst trimesterMean SCr
2022
Asthma in a prospective cohort of rural pregnant women from Sri Lanka: Need for better care during the pre-conceptional and antenatal period
Rajapakse S, Wickramasinghe N, Warnasekara J, Abeyrathna P, Amarasinghe G, Hettiarachchi AU, Jayasinghe IU, Koralegedara I, Agampodi TC, Agampodi SB. Asthma in a prospective cohort of rural pregnant women from Sri Lanka: Need for better care during the pre-conceptional and antenatal period. PLOS ONE 2022, 17: e0269888. PMID: 35834567, PMCID: PMC9282538, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0269888.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNew-onset wheezePregnant womenSecond trimesterAsthmatic womenPregnancy outcomesPregnant asthmatic womenEligible pregnant womenProspective cohort studyLow birth weightPrevalence of wheezeEffect of asthmaRural pregnant womenMaternal care programmeCohort studyProspective cohortHospital admissionAntenatal periodAsthma prevalenceFirst trimesterBirth weightClinical assessmentHigh prevalenceWheezeAsthmaTrimester
2021
Can Homocysteine Be Used to Identify Vitamin B12 or Folate Deficiencies During Pregnancy in Low Resource Settings?
Amarasinghe G, Jayasinghe I, Hettiarachchi A, Koralegedara I, Kappagoda C, Mendis W, Agampodi T, Agampodi S. Can Homocysteine Be Used to Identify Vitamin B12 or Folate Deficiencies During Pregnancy in Low Resource Settings? Current Developments In Nutrition 2021, 5: 5140707. PMCID: PMC8181706, DOI: 10.1093/cdn/nzab046_004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAnemic pregnant womenPregnant womenHomocysteine levelsFolate deficiencyB12 levelsB12 deficiencyVitamin B12Folate levelsVitamin B12/folate deficiencyMedian hemoglobin levelSerum homocysteine levelsSerum total homocysteineWeeks of gestationRole of homocysteineUniversal iron supplementationElevated homocysteine levelsLow-resource settingsMiddle-income settingsHemoglobin levelsPregnancy cohortSecond trimesterHospital clinicIron supplementationTotal homocysteineNegative test