Feasibility of implementing a communication board to improve communication interactions of mechanically ventilated patients in intensive care units at one Sri Lankan hospital - A pilot randomised controlled trial.

Objective: To evaluate the feasibility of implementing a communication board in intensive care units in terms of participant recruitment and retention, intervention fidelity, and ability to collect patient outcome data.

Design: A prospective, two-arm, unblinded, pilot randomised controlled trial.

Research Methodology: Adult, conscious, mechanically ventilated intensive care patients were recruited between August and November 2023.

Translation, cross-cultural adaptation, and validation of the Duke Activity Status Index (DASI) to Sinhala language.

Background: Duke Activity Status Index (DASI) is a widely used tool to assess functional capacity among patients, but there is no Sinhala version validated for patients in Sri Lanka. This study aimed to cross-culturally adapt and test the validity and reliability of the Sinhala version of DASI (DASI-S).

Methods: The translation and cross-cultural adaptation of the DASI questionnaire were conducted following the standard guidelines.

Facilitators, barriers and acceptability of implementing a communication board in Sri Lankan intensive care units: A qualitative descriptive study.

Objectives: To explore patients' and nurses' views of potential facilitators, barriers, and prospective acceptability of implementing a communication board in Sri Lankan intensive care units.

Design: A qualitative, descriptive study.

Research Methodology: Eight patients who received mechanical ventilation and nine nurses who worked in adult medical and surgical intensive care units were purposively selected.

Augmentative and alternative communication tools for mechanically ventilated patients in intensive care units: A scoping review.

Objectives: The aim of this scoping review was to understand the extent and type of evidence on augmentative and alternative communication tools used with mechanically ventilated patients in the intensive care unit.

Review Method Used: This scoping review was conducted using Arksey and O'Malley's methodological framework, followed by PAGER (Patterns, Advances, Gaps, Evidence for practice and Research recommendations) framework to provide a structured approach to analysis of reviews.

Data Sources: In December 2021, six electronic databases-CENTRAL, CINAHL, Embase, Medline (Ebscohost), PyscINFO, and Web of Science-were searched.

A report of haploidentical allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplantation for inherited bone marrow failure in Sri Lanka.

Bone marrow failure (BMF) in children can be idiopathic (70-80%) or inherited. Haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) is the only cure for both causes. Allogeneic HSCT requires a suitable donor.