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Chathurika Samudani Dhanasekara

Research Assistant Professor
Verified email at ttuhsc.edu
Cited by 972

Determining dietary patterns accompanying egg intake and its impact on glucose homeostasis and satiety hormones

CS Dhanasekara - 2019 - ttu-ir.tdl.org
Recent studies have shown that under free-living conditions higher egg consumption is
associated with poor glycemic control and an increased risk of developing diabetes. However, …

Severity and case fatality rates of COVID-19: A systematic review, meta-analysis and an exploratory meta-regression of risk factors

CS Dhanasekara, SH Chin… - … and Critical Care …, 2021 - pulmonarychronicles.com
Background: We aimed to estimate prevalence of severe or critical illness and case fatality
of COVID-19 in a systematic review and meta-analysis and to examine clinical, biochemical …

Simple suture whipstitch closure is a reasonable option for many patients requiring temporary abdominal closure for blunt or penetrating trauma

R Collins, CS Dhanasekara, E Morris… - Trauma Surgery & …, 2022 - tsaco.bmj.com
Objectives Multiple temporary abdominal closure (TAC) techniques are currently used to
manage the open abdomen (OA) in severely injured trauma patients, with variability in efficacy …

Imaging intimal macrophages in atherosclerotic lesions using cd36-targeted nanoparticles

CS Dhanasekara - 2016 - ttu-ir.tdl.org
Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in the United States.
Intimal macrophages are the lesion-determinant cells in the blood vessel wall, which …

Detection of Intimal Macrophages in Atherosclerotic Lesions Using Biocompatible CD36‐Targeted Ligand Containing Nanoparticle

CS Dhanasekara, J Zhang, S Nie… - The FASEB Journal, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Atherosclerosis provides the pathological background for cardiovascular disease, which is
the leading cause of death in the United States. Intimal macrophages are determinant cells in …

Can Variation in Insulin Requirements Be an Early Indicator of Sepsis in Burn Patients?

SR Singh, CS Dhanasekara, N Tello… - Journal of the …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
METHODS: A retrospective chart review was performed on nondiabetic burn patients
admitted between 2010 and 2018, with> 20% total body surface area (TBSA), who obtained a …

[PDF][PDF] Abstracts for a student research week for March 2021

L Shen - The Southwest Respiratory and Critical Care …, 2021 - pulmonarychronicles.com
The abstracts in this supplement were presented during student research week at Texas
Tech University Health Sciences Center in Lubbock in March 2021. The students involved in …

[DOC][DOC] Appendix S2–GlobalSurg-CovidSurg Week Authorship Writing group

D Nepogodiev, JFF Simoes, E Li, M Picciochi… - openaccess.sgul.ac.uk
GlobalSurg-CovidSurg Week Authorship Appendix S2 – GlobalSurg-CovidSurg Week
Authorship Writing group: Dmitri Nepogodiev* (UK), Joana FF Simoes* (Portugal), Elizabeth Li* (…