Main description:

The most accessible, current coverage of rheumatologic disorders

Offers assessment and management solutions for rheumatologic diseases, ranging from soft-tissue problems such as bursitis to complex, multi-organ conditions such as ANCA-associated vasculitis
Provides expert guidance on the medications used in the treatment of rheumatic disease, including the latest biologic therapies
Delivers concise, practical guidance for internists, family physicians, rheumatologists, trainees, and medical students
Updated to reflect the latest research and findings
NEW chapters on genetics and musculoskeletal ultrasound
Expanded chapter on laboratory diagnosis

Contents:

CURRENT DIAGNOSIS & TREATMENT RHEUMATOLOGY 4E

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SECTION I Approach to the Patient with Rheumatic Disease

1. Physical Examination of the Musculoskeletal System

2. Joint Aspiration & Injection

3. Laboratory Diagnosis

4. Approach to the Patient with Arthritis

5. Approach to the Adolescent with Arthritis

6. Approach to the Patient with Hand, Wrist, or Elbow Pain

7. Approach to the Patient with Foot & Ankle Pain

8. Approach to the Patient with Painful Shoulder

9. Approach to the Patient with Neck Pain

10. Approach to the Patient with Low Back Pain

11. Approach to the Patient with Hip Pain

12. Approach to the Patient with Knee Pain

13. Approach to the Patient with a Painful Prosthetic Hip or Knee

14. The Patient with Diffuse Pain

SECTION II Rheumatoid Arthritis & Spondyloarthropathies

15. Rheumatoid Arthritis

16. Adult-Onset Still Disease

17. Ankylosing Spondylitis & the Arthritis of Inflammatory Bowel Disease

18. Reactive Arthritis

19. Psoriatic Arthritis

20. Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis

SECTION III Lupus & Related Autoimmune Disorders

21. Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

22. Treatment of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

23. Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome

24. Raynaud Phenomenon

25. Scleroderma

26. Primary Sjoegren Syndrome

27. Dermatomyositis, Polymyositis, & Immune-Mediated Necrotizing Myopathy

28. Relapsing Polychondritis

SECTION IV Vasculitis29. Introduction to Vasculitis: Classification & Clinical Clues30. Giant Cell Arteritis & Polymyalgia Rheumatica31. Takayasu Arteritis

32. Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (Wegener Granulomatosis)

33. Microscopic Polyangiitis

34. Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (Churg-Strauss Syndrome)

35. Polyarteritis Nodosa

36. Mixed Cryoglobulinemia

37. Hypersensitivity Vasculitis

38. Behcet Disease

39. Henoch-Schoenlein Purpura

40. Vasculitis of the Central Nervous System

41. Buerger Disease

42. Miscellaneous Forms of Vasculitis

SECTION V Degenerative Joint Disease & Crystal-Induced Arthritis

43. Osteoarthritis

44. Gout

45. Pseudogout: Calcium Pyrophosphate Dihydrate Crystal Deposition Disease

SECTION VI Infection46. Disseminated Gonococcal Infection47. Septic Arthritis

48. Lyme Disease

49. Mycobacterial & Fungal Infections of Bone & Joints

50. Rheumatic Manifestations of Acute & Chronic Viral Arthritis51. Evaluation of Rheumatic Complaints in Patients with HIV

52. RHEUMATIC FEVER

53. Whipple Disease

SECTION VII Rheumatic Manifestations of Systemic Disease

54. Sarcoidosis

55. Endocrine & Metabolic Disorders

56. Rheumatic Manifestations of Malignancy

57. Amyloidosis

SECTION VIII Disorders of Bone58. Osteoporosis & Glucocorticoid-Induced Osteoporosis

59. Osteonecrosis

60. Paget Disease of Bone

SECTION IX Special Topics61. Common Rheumatologic Problems Encountered by the Hospitalist: Pearls & Myths

62. Perioperative Management of the Patient with Rheumatic Disease

63. Pulmonary Hypertension

64. Connective Tissue Disease-Associated Interstitial Lung Disease

65. Musculoskeletal Magnetic Resonance Imaging

66. Musculoskeletal Ultrasound

67. Ocular Inflammatory Diseases for Rheumatologists

68. Sensorineural Hearing Loss (Immune-mediated Inner Ear Disease)

69. Pregnancy & Rheumatic Diseases

70. Complex Regional Pain Syndromes (Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy) & Posttraumatic Neuralgia

71. IgG4-Related Disease

72. Common Injuries from Running

73. Selected Topics in Neurology for the Rheumatologist

74. Complementary & Alternative Therapies

NEW! Genetics

NEW! General Principles of Biological Therapy

New! Drug-Induced Autoimmune Syndrome