Ranasinghe, Asanga Venura
Somatunga, Lakshmi C.
Kumara, Gardiye Weligamage Gamini Priyantha
Karunarathna, Ranamuka Henayage
De Silva, Ambepitiyawaduge Pubudu
Gunawardena, Jayaprakara Mudiyanselage Chathurik
Kumari, Sembu Kuttige Champika Ruwan
Sarjana, Mohamed Shali Fathima
De Silva, Mannikawadumesthri Vipula Chandu
Article History
Received: 30 June 2023
Accepted: 4 March 2024
First Online: 11 March 2024
Declarations
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: Not applicable.The data used for this study are anonymised aggregated (routinely gathered) secondary data (personally identifiable data were not used). We have obtained this secondary data and conducted the analysis. During our study we have not come in contact with any patients for data gathering as anonymised secondary data were used, therefore consent was not sought since it was impossible to identify the individual persons. Therefore, ethical approval was not sought. All methods were carried out in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations. Most of this data is also available in the Sri Lanka Renal Registry. The aggregate data is accessible to any persons. The approval for the study was obtained from the Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.