Oxford American handbook of rheumatology [E-Book]

Adapted from: Oxford handbook of rheumatology / Alan J. Hakim, Gavin P.R. Clunie, Inam Haq. 3rd ed. 2011.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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The second edition of the Oxford American Handbook of Rheumatology offers practical, point of care guidance on the diagnosis and management of acute and chronic rheumatologic problems. Holding a large amount of information in a compact pocket book, this remarkably comprehensive resource covers the full range of the discipline, from new biologic therapies used in the treatment of inflammatory arthritis, to new information on drugs, chronic widespread pain, shoulder/neck pain, and complementary medicine. Its easy-to-use format and organization allows easy access to precise, prescriptive informat.

Cover; Contents; List of color plates; Symbols and abbreviations; Part 1 The presentation of rheumatic disease; 1 Evaluating musculoskeletal pain; Introduction; Localization of pain and pain patterns; Changes in pain on examination; The assessment of pain in young children; 2 Regional musculoskeletal conditions: making a working diagnosis; Introduction; Neck pain; Shoulder pain; Pain around the elbow; Wrist pain; Symptoms in the hand; Upper limb peripheral nerve lesions; Thoracic back and chest pain; Low back pain and disorders in adults; Spinal disorders in children and adolescents.

Pelvic, groin, and thigh painKnee pain; Lower leg and foot disorders (adults); Child and adolescent foot disorders; Corticosteroid injection therapy; Principles of rehabilitation; 3 Patterns of disease presentation: making a working diagnosis; Monoarticular pains in adults; Oligoarticular pains in adults; Oligoarticular pains in children and adolescents; Widespread pain in adults; Widespread pain in children and adolescents; 4 The spectrum of presentation of rheumatic disease; Skin disorders and rheumatic disease; Skin vasculitis in adults; Skin vasculitis in children and adolescents.

Cardiac manifestationsPulmonary manifestations; Renal manifestations; Endocrine manifestations; Gut and hepatobiliary manifestations; Malignancy; Part 2 The clinical features and management of rheumatic diseases; 5 Rheumatoid arthritis (RA); Disease criteria and epidemiology; Incidence, prevalence, and morbidity; The clinical features of rheumatoid arthritis; Organ disease in rheumatoid arthritis; The evaluation and treatment of rheumatoid arthritis; Rheumatoid factor positive polyarthritis in childhood; 6 Osteoarthritis (OA); Introduction; Clinical features of OA; The investigation of OA.

The management of OA7 The crystal arthropathies; Gout and hyperuricemia; Calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate (CPPD) disease; Basic calcium phosphate (BCP) associated disease; Calcium oxalate arthritis; 8 The spondyloarthridities; Introduction; Diagnostic criteria and clinical subsets; Ankylosing spondylitis; Psoriatic arthritis; Reactive arthropathy; Enteric arthropathy; Undifferentiated spondyloarthritis; SAPHO; Spondyloarthridities in childhood; 9 Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA); Introduction; Oligoarthritis; Systemic arthritis; Rheumatoid factor negative polyarthritis in childhood.

Rheumatoid factor negative polyarticular JIARheumatoid factor positive polyarticular JIA; Juvenile psoriatic arthritis; Enthesitis related arthritis; Chronic, infantile, neurological, cutaneous, & articular syndrome (CINCA); Still's disease; 10 Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE); Introduction; The clinical features of SLE; Antiphospholipid (antibody) syndrome and SLE; Pregnancy and SLE; Diagnosis and investigation of SLE; Drug-induced lupus erythematosus (DILE); The treatment of SLE; Prognosis and survival in SLE; Childhood SLE; Neonatal SLE; 11 The antiphospholipid (antibody) syndrome (APS).

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