Prof. Duminda Yasaratne
Professor in Respiratory Medicine
 
Publications / National Guidelines
  1. Member of editorial committee – “COVID-19 management guidelines 2020”  by Sri Lanka College of Pulmonologists
  2. Member of editorial committee – “National Manual for Tuberculosis Control” by National Programme for tuberculosis control and chest diseases, Sri Lanka
  3. Member of editorial committee – “Management of Common Non Communicable Chronic Respiratory Diseases; Guidelines for Primary Health Care Providers” by Non-Communicable Disease Unit, Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka
  4. Chapter Editor – “Management of Respiratory Emergencies” in publication “KSM Public Health Booklet” by Kandy Society of Medicine
  5. Editorial assistance – “Extra-pulmonary tuberculosis; A guideline for the chest clinics and other health settings” by National programme for tuberculosis control and chest diseases, Ministry of Health.
  6. Editorial assistance – Chapter on “Epidemiology and risk factors of pneumonia” in publication “World Clinics; pulmonary and critical care medicine”
Research publications
Published full articles – local and international journals
  1. BMGD Yasaratne, SNR Wijesinghe, RMD Madegedara. Spinal tuberculosis; A Sri Lankan study of the disease pattern, dilemmas in diagnosis and treatment outcome. Indian Journal of Tuberculosis 2013;60:208-216. (Original article)

  2. SNR Wijesinghe, BMGD Yasaratne, RMD Madegedara. Silent rupture of aortic aneurysm mimicking lung malignancy; A case report. Indian Journal of Chest Diseases and Allied Sciences 2012; (Case report)

  3. RMD Madegedara, BMGD Yasaratne. Do doctors know enough on tuberculosis? A survey among government medical officers in the curative health sector. SAARC Journal of Tuberculosis, Lung Diseases and HIV/AIDS  2011; VIII(2): 1-5. (Original article)

  4. BMGD Yasaratne, RMD Madegedara. Tuberculosis of skin; A brief review. Journal of Ceylon College of Physicians 2010; 41:83-88.(Review)

  5. BMGD Yasaratne, D Madegedara, NS Senanayake, T Senaratne. A case series of symptomatic ocular tuberculosis and the response to anti-tubercular therapy. Ceylon Medical Journal 2010;55(1):16-19. (Original article)

  6. CK Abeysekera, BMGD Yasaratne, AS Abeyagunawardena. Long term clinical follow up of children with primary vesico-ureteric reflux. Indian Paediatrics 2006;43:150-154. (Original article)

  7. BMGD Yasaratne, YN Harischandra, DADS Gurusinghe. Autoimmune polyendocrine syndrome – Type I: A case with an atypical presentation. Sri Lanka Journal of Medicine 2008;17(2):26-29. (Case report)

  8. BMGD Yasaratne, WCH Nagahatenna, RMD Madegedara. Symptoms, triggers and control of childhood bronchial asthma in Central Sri Lanka. Accepted to Sri Lanka Journal of Medicine on May 2011. (Original article – in print)
Abstract published in peer-reviewed journals
  1. D Madegedara, M Weerakoon, D Yasaratne, D Nandadeva, H Kumara. Short term outcome of isolated tuberculous lymphadenitis; a series of 152 cases. European Respiratory Journal 2013; 42: Suppl.57, 594s.

  2. D Madegedara, D Yasaratne, H Nagahatenna, D Kosgallana, R Kumara, D Nandadeva. Preliminary screening for respiratory disease among workers in a garment factory. European Respiratory Journal 2013; 42: Suppl.57, 201s.

  3. D Madegedara, D Yasaratne, D Nandadeva, M Wattegama, S Dhanasekara. Rising burden of lung cancer in non-smoking females in Kandy, Sri Lanka. European Respiratory Journal 2013; 42: Suppl.57, 969s.

  4. D Yasaratne, D Madegedara, S Selvaratnam, P Kalukottage, P Rathnayake, L Gamage. Epidemiology and aetiology of chronic rhinosinusitis in Central Sri Lanka. Respirology 2012; 17. Suppl.2, 59.

  5. D Yasaratne, D Nandadeva, D Madegedara. A survey on respiratory health among  traffic control officers in Kandy, Sri Lanka. Respirology 2012; 17. Suppl.2, 72.

  6. D Nandadeva, D Madegedara, D Yasaratne, N Dissanayake, V Weerasinghe. Unilateral Diaphragmatic Paralysis: How Far to Investigate? Respirology 2012; 17. Suppl.2, 60.

  7. D Madegedara, D Yasaratne, C Kulathunga, S Wijesinghe, S Alwis. Safety and benefit of adjunctive systemic corticosteroid therapy in managing severe, smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis (SSP-PTB); An interim analysis of a randomized controlled trial. European Respiratory Journal 2012; 40: Suppl. 56, 477s.

  8. C Wirasinghe, D Yasaratne, P Wijeratne, D Madegedara. Use and comparison of a fibreoptic bronchoscope as an alternate to a purpose built thoracoscope. European Respiratory Journal 2012; 40: Suppl. 56, 602s.

  9. N Dissanayake, D Madegedara, D MaganaArachchi, U Karunarathna, D Yasaratne, C De Silva, C Kulathunga, S. Nakandala, P. Wijerathne, C. Wirasinghe. High burden of rapidly growing non-tuberculosis mycobacteria in patients with respiratory disease undergoing elective bronchoscopy. European Respiratory Journal 2011; 38: Suppl. 55, 601s.

  10. D Madegedara, C Wirasinghe, L Monerangala, B Yasaratne, A Wijerathne, N Dissanayake. Two cases of pulmonary mucormycosis: similarities and differences in presentation and treatment strategies. Respirology 2011; 16: Suppl. 2, 64-65. 

  11. BMGD Yasaratne, RMD Madegedara, KS Weerawardhana, AACP Wijerathne, KMC Nishantha, S Nakandala, NLA Dissanayake, C Wirasinghe. Practicing empirical anti-tuberculosis treatment (ATT) in suspected spinal tuberculosis (STB): Follow up of 33 cases from Sri Lanka, a limited resource setting with an intermediate disease burden. European Respiratory Journal 2011; 38: Suppl. 55, 493s. 

  12. D. Madegedara, N. Dissanayake, D. Yasaratne, C. Kulathunga, S. Nakandala, P. Wijerathne, C. Wirasinghe. Role of medical thoracoscopy in a developing country: A single unit experience from Sri Lanka. European Respiratory Journal 2011; 38: Suppl. 55, 666s. 

  13. D. Madegedara, P. Wijerathne, L. Monaragala, D. Yasaratne, N. Dissanayake. An analysis of mortality among patients with tuberculosis (TB) in Sri Lanka. European Respiratory Journal 2011; 38: Suppl. 55, 485s.

  14. Yasaratne BMGD, Gawarammana IB, Goonasekara CDA, Kularatne KS, Dawson AH. Predictors of successful extubation and ventilatory outcome in organophosphate poisoning. Proceedings of the 7th annual congress of Asia Pacific Association of Medical Toxicology (APAMT), Chandigarh, India. Book of abstracts. December 2008; 41-42.
Oral presentations at national congresses
  1. Madegedara RMD, Yasaratne BMGD, Dissanayake NLA, Wijeratne AACP, Wiracinghe C, Nagahatenna WCH, Weerawardena KSS, Moneragala LM. A survey on respiratory health of traffic control officers in Kandy division. Proceedings of the 33rd Annual Academic Sessions of The Kandy Society of Medicine. February 2012

  2. BMGD Yasaratne, KSS Weerawardena, SNR Wijesinghe, RMD Madegedara. Radiological feature of spinal tuberculosis with a limited clinical correlation; A descriptive case series. Proceedings of the 33rd Annual Academic Sessions of The Kandy Society of Medicine. Book of Abstracts 2011;33:8-9.

  3. KSS Weerawardena, BMGD Yasaratne, JMRP Bandara, RMD Madegedara. Tuberculosis of the spine; Demography, clinical characteristics and treatment outcome. Proceedings of the 33rd Annual Academic Sessions of The Kandy Society of Medicine. Book of Abstracts 2011;33:12.

  4. K Weerawardena, CN Kulathunga, S Kapilawansa, SC Nakandala, NLA Dissanayake, P Wijeratne, D Yasaratne, C Wirasinghe, D Madegedara. A description of histology and cytology findings of bronchoscopic material related to malignancy. Proceedings of the 33rd Annual Academic Sessions of The Kandy Society of Medicine. Book of Abstracts 2011;33:25.

  5. NLA Dissanayake, KMCN Kulathunga, S Kapilawansa, SC Nakandala, , P Wijeratne, D Yasaratne, D Madegedara. Fibreoptic pleuroscopy as a diagnostic and a therapeutic modality – The local experience. Proceedings of the 33rd Annual Academic Sessions of The Kandy Society of Medicine. Book of Abstracts 2011;33:26-27.

  6. D Madegedara, BMGD Yasaratne, KMC Nishantha, , SN Senanayake, TD Senaratne. Pattern of tuberculous eye disease in an endemic setting. Proceedings of the 31st Annual Academic Sessions of The Kandy Society of Medicine. Book of Abstracts. February 2009;31:111-112.

  7. D Madegedara, BMGD Yasaratne, KMC Nishantha, , SN Senanayake, TD Senaratne. Ocular tuberculosis: clinical outcome following standard anti-tubercular therapy. Proceedings of the 31st Annual Academic Sessions of The Kandy Society of Medicine. Book of Abstracts. February 2009,31:109-110.

  8. Wickramasinghe RS, Kularatne SAM, Jayasinghe C, Jayalath WATA, Yasaratne BMGD, Gunasena S, Somaratne P. Unraveling deadly haemorrhagic fever in Kandy, 2007. Proceedings of the 30th Annual Academic Sessions of The Kandy Society of Medicine. Book of Abstracts. February 2008;30:20-21.

  9. Yasaratne BMGD, Abeysinghe CK, Manuwickrama TD, Abeysekera CK, Abeyagunawardena AS. Long term follow up of children with vesico-ureteric reflux. Proceedings of the eighth annual scientific congress of the Sri Lanka College of Paediatricians 2004;2(5):35-36.

  10. Abeysinghe CK, Manuwickrama TD, Yasaratne BMGD, Abeysekera CK, Abeyagunawardena AS. Testing the validity and cost-effectiveness of the heat test and strip test against the sulphosalicylic acid test in detecting proteinuria. Proceedings of the eighth annual scientific congress of the Sri Lanka College of Paediatricians 2004;2(5):33-34.

  11. Manuwickrama TD, Abeysinghe CK, Yasaratne BMGD, Abeysekera CK, Abeyagunawardena AS. Antibiotic sensitivity patterns in childhood urinary tract infections. Proceedings of the eighth annual scientific congress of the Sri Lanka College of Paediatricians 2004;2(5):48.
Poster presentations at national congresses
  1. Yasaratne BMGD, Nandadeva D, Nagahatenna H, Madegedara RMD. Insight to the burden of allergic diseases in Central Sri Lanka; Initial experience of the newly-introduced diagnostic skin prick testing (SPT). Proceedings of the 34th Annual Academic Sessions of The Kandy Society of Medicine. February 2013.

  2. Madegedara RMD, Yasaratne BMGD, Kulathunge KMC, Ranabahu CS, Wijesinghe SNR, Alwis S. Safety and benefit of adjunctive systemic corticosteroid therapy in the management of severe, smear positive pulomonary tuberculosis; an interim analysis of a randomized control trial. Proceedings of the 33rd Annual Academic Sessions of The Kandy Society of Medicine. February 2012.

  3. Madegedara RMD, Yasaratne BMGD, Wijerathne AACP, Selvaratnam S, Kalukottage P, Rathnayake P, Gamage L. Demography and aetiology of chronic rhinosinusitisin Central Sri Lanka. Proceedings of the 33rd Annual Academic Sessions of The Kandy Society of Medicine. February 2012.

  4. Wijesinghe SNR, Madegedara RMD, Yasaratne BMGD, Wijerathne AACP, Wirasinghe C, Gamage L. Silent rupture of aortic aneurysm mimicking a lung malignancy; A case report. Proceedings of the 33rd Annual Academic Sessions of The Kandy Society of Medicine. February 2012.

  5. Yasaratne BMGD, Wirasinghe C, Madegedara RMD. Non-traumatic chylothorax; a description of four cases with different aetiologies. Proceedings of the 3rd Annual Academic Sessions of The Association of Pulmunologists, Sri Lanka. October 2011.

  6. Yasaratne BMGD, Wijerathne P, Madegedara RMD. Isolated splenic tuberculosis in a non-HIV positive male; a case report. Proceedings of the 3rd Annual Academic Sessions of The Association of Pulmunologists, Sri Lanka. October 2011.

  7. BMGD Yasaratne, P Wijerathne, RMD Madegedara. Secondary thrombocytopenia; A rare presenting manifestation of primary tuberculosis. A case report. Proceedings of the 33rd Annual Academic Sessions of The Kandy Society of Medicine. Book of Abstracts 2011;33:115.

  8. Samankantha HS, Nandadeva D, Nishantha KMC, Weerawardena KCC, Rodrigo G, Yasaratne D, Madegedara D. Screening for respiratory disease among workers in a silica factory. Proceedings of the 31st Annual Academic Sessions of The Kandy Society of Medicine. Book of Abstracts 2009;31:193.

  9. Guneratne PS, Rifsy MTM. Samarasinha S, Pathirana GK, Yasaratne BMGD. CNS Toxoplasmosis in an immunocompetent adolescent. Book of abstracts of the 39th Annual Sessions of Ceylon College of Physicians; September, 2006.
 
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