Dakshitha Praneeth Wickramasinghe

Global, regional, and national prevalence of second-hand smoke and attributable disease burden in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023

Luisa S Flor, Jason A Anderson, Brooks W. Morgan, Marie Ng et autres

BACKGROUND: Second-hand smoke (SHS) exposure remains a major source of morbidity and mortality among non-smokers. This study presents the first dedicated Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) publication to systematically quantify SHS prevalence and evaluate its effect as …

Mapping drivers of life expectancy change in Asia from 1990 to 2023

GBD 2023 Asia Life Expectancy Collaborators, Jiseung Kang, Hyeon Jin Kim, Min Seo Kim et autres

Global, regional, and national burden of road injuries 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023

Stephanie C C van der Lubbe, Madeline E Moberg, Dominique Aluquin, Yawen Zhou et autres

BACKGROUND: Road injuries are a leading cause of mortality and morbidity worldwide. Years of international efforts have aimed to strengthen policy engagement, including the 2020 UN General Assembly's proclamation of the Second Decade of Action for Road Safety (2021-30), targeting a 50% …

Enacting deliberate practice in simulation-based surgical training: a mixed-methods study

Dakshitha Praneeth Wickramasinghe, Jonathan Vincent

Introduction: Simulation-based surgical training (SBST) is increasingly used to address reduced operative exposure and patient safety concerns. However, access to simulation alone does not ensure effective learning. Deliberate practice (DP) provides a theoretical framework for structured skill acquisition, yet its enactment within …

Global, regional and national burden of ischemic heart disease attributable to suboptimal diet, 1990–2023: a Global Burden of Disease study

GBD 2023 IHD & Dietary Risk Factors Collaborators, Sooji Lee, Hayeon Lee, Yejun Son et autres

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Global, regional, and national burden of meningitis, its risk factors, and aetiologies, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023

Sarah Brooke Sirota, Rose Grace Bender, Regina-Mae Villanueva Dominguez, Avina Vongpradith et autres

Global Burden of Elevated LDL-C

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IMPORTANCE Elevated low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) is a modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular disease, the leading cause of premature death worldwide. Assessing the LDL-C-related burden is critical for guiding prevention and treatment strategies. OBJECTIVES To estimate the global, regional, and national burden …

Global burden of lower respiratory infections and aetiologies, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023

Rose Grace Bender, Regina-Mae Villanueva Dominguez, Amanda Movo, Lucien R Swetschinski et autres

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Enhancing the Quality of Surgical Documentation Through the Surgical Tool for Auditing Records (STAR): Experience From a Tertiary Care Hospital in South Asia

Omar Mohamed Ozaal Abdul Mubarack, Dakshitha Praneeth Wickramasinghe

Background Effective record-keeping is crucial for safe surgical care worldwide. While structured tools for auditing records exist, evidence from low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) remains limited. This study was conducted to uphold the standard of surgical record-keeping in a tertiary care center …

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Awareness of colorectal cancer symptoms and risk factors: a cross-sectional study at the largest tertiary care centre in Sri Lanka

Dakshitha Wickramasinghe, Thamisha Nugaliyadda, Priyankara Perera, Dharmabandhu Nandadeva Samarasekera et autres

OBJECTIVES: To assess awareness of colorectal cancer (CRC) symptoms and risk factors among adults attending Sri Lanka's largest tertiary care hospital, and to identify sociodemographic predictors of awareness. DESIGN: Descriptive cross-sectional study. SETTING: Outpatient clinics at the National Hospital of Sri Lanka …

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Global, regional, and national sepsis incidence and mortality, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis

Authia P Gray, Erin Chung, Rebecca L. Hsu, Daniel T Araki et autres

BACKGROUND: The global burden of sepsis, a life-threatening dysregulated host response to infection leading to organ dysfunction, remains challenging to quantify. We aimed to comprehensively estimate the global, regional, and national burden of sepsis, including the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and …

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Burden of 375 diseases and injuries, risk-attributable burden of 88 risk factors, and healthy life expectancy in 204 countries and territories, including 660 subnational locations, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023

Kanyin Liane Ong, Damian Francesco Santomauro, A Bhoomadevi, Mohammad Amin Aalipour et autres

BACKGROUND: For more than three decades, the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) has provided a framework to quantify health loss due to diseases, injuries, and associated risk factors. This paper presents GBD 2023 findings on disease and …

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