Aruni Jayatilleke

rheumatologist, advocate, educator, person

[Aruni Jayatilleke @rheumed]

@realcc @ACRheum @AFAdvocacy @CreakyJoints @ArthritisFdn This is insane!

[Aruni Jayatilleke @rheumed]

@rheum_cat @kristenyoung @SuAnnYeoh1 @rheum_covid 🤩

[Aruni Jayatilleke @rheumed]

@YaFavTrashman @AbbottElemABC @quintabrunson @thesherylralph Seems worse now with everything packaged individually
Both the trash and the food waste

[Aruni Jayatilleke @rheumed]

@AngusWorthing When, if ever, does karaoke come back?

[Aruni Jayatilleke @rheumed]

@kristenyoung unfortunately not banned in every state. It’s hard enough to understand copays and co-insurance…how can you explain this?

[Aruni Jayatilleke @rheumed]

@Drbeckyg @EBRheum Was it GATE? (I remember there was a quip about hanging this frame on a gate.) https://t.co/c9f2jfYlQS

[Aruni Jayatilleke @rheumed]

@AliciaRPla @TerrierBen @NihalM_Nice @cmukhtyar @DamanLangguth @RheumNow @BolekBerqui @jeffsparks I would agree, basically on all of the meds associated with EGPA, Kawasaki, cryoglobulinemia, Behcet’s. Also rituximab as a cause of GPA?

I don’t know what happens to the reports that I’m asked to respond to, but I hope I’m not part of the problem here!

[Aruni Jayatilleke @rheumed]

@cmukhtyar @AliciaRPla @DamanLangguth @RheumNow @BolekBerqui @jeffsparks It seems like there is some missing information here in (for example) thinking about a link between ledipasvir/sofosbuvir (aka harvoni, hep C therapy) and cryoglobulinemia

[Aruni Jayatilleke @rheumed]

@jasonsknight @robertpdickson Cool! Looks like an Erdos number map

[Aruni Jayatilleke @rheumed]

@sally_oh_brien @DrTimony One of my worries too. Kutztown and others have online MLIS but even with in-state tuition it's super expensive, as are other online ALA-certified programs around the country. PA leaves room for on-the-job training or taking the exam but seems very limited.

[Aruni Jayatilleke @rheumed]

saving this for next time I'm on service, just to prove that someone outside rheum believes it

[Casey Albin, MD @caseyalbin]

13/
Many of these neuropsychiatric symptoms have no MRI findings.

Cerebrovascular dz is a notable exception.

If “lupus cerebritis” shows up in an imaging report the likely pathophysiology is cerebrovascular disease.

Lupus Cerebritis = Stroke until Proven Otherwise

[Aruni Jayatilleke @rheumed]

@laureningeno @whyy Congrats Lauren!

[Aruni Jayatilleke @rheumed]

@YaFavTrashman 10! Maybe we should have a system like nyc’s one against idling cars—residents who get video evidence of illegal dumping by commercial vehicles get a 25% cut of the fine
The heavy fines that city council imposes don’t do anything unless people are caught

[Aruni Jayatilleke @rheumed]

@rfrmd And after work hours

Somehow the meetings must happen ASAP and the regular work shouldn’t be rescheduled

And “committee work” is “necessary for promotion”

So we seem to end up meeting 6-8pm or weekends

[Aruni Jayatilleke @rheumed]

Reminds me of observations we’ve all made in people who have had a stroke or have post polio syndrome and develop RA.

Interesting animal model of nerve ligation in inflamm arthritis but I can’t find the one from 12-13 yrs ago. This one is close though: https://t.co/Llaf2Zh0IV

[Janet Pope @Janetbirdope]

#ClinicalPearl Is this pt with #rheumatoid #arthritis Right or Left handed and WHY?

[Latika @LatikaGupta_]

Looking forward to this event! @digital_rheuma @eular_org @eularHPR @EULAR_Press @APLAR_org @GlobalRheum

[Aruni Jayatilleke @rheumed]

@PaulNWilliamz sometimes I want an MRI non-joint lower extremity, but I don't know why the order exists since the response is always "knee MRI denied"

[Aruni Jayatilleke @rheumed]

@bikemamadelphia 2. Lena, comes in two sizes

[Billy Penn @billy_penn]

An art-filled exhibit on racial segregation and swimming is finally open at Fairmount Water Works https://t.co/Tdw5X8VoKa

[Aruni Jayatilleke @rheumed]

Seems to build off work (https://t.co/6A1sXPllhH, https://t.co/rf6Zo7EJw0) on nurse-led education + comorbidity mgt in inflammatory arthritis, but let us not forget the impressive outcomes of nurse-led care in gout.
https://t.co/kmbkestgLq

Counseling and self-management are key

[Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases @eular_ARD]

📋 Nurse-led patient education is useful to help manage safety issue with bDMARDs such as dealing with infections or willingness for vaccination✔️ Shown in this multicentre, open-labelled, randomised controlled trial https://t.co/VHuyiwPNjR