Clinical primer of rheumatology / editors, William J. Koopman, Dennis W. Boulware, Gustavo R. Heudebert.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Koopman, William J.

Boulware, Dennis W.

Heudebert, Gustavo.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rheumatism.

Rheumatology.

Rheumatic Diseases.

Arthritis, Infectious.

Complex Regional Pain Syndromes.

Medical Subjects:

Rheumatic Diseases.

Arthritis, Infectious.

Complex Regional Pain Syndromes.

Physical Description:

xi, 393 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, [2003]

Summary:

Clinical Primer of Rheumatology is designed as a concise, essential reference to aid practitioners in diagnosing and treating rheumatoid diseases. More than 200 photographs and many tables and charts provide easy access to information necessary to identify the cause of a patient's complaint and plan a course of therapy. Recommendations on when to refer a patient to a specialist are clearly indicated in the text. Comprehensive coverage of specific rheumatoid diseases is included along with information on sports and occupational-related pain syndromes.

Contents:

Part I Introduction to the Rheumatic Diseases

1 Evaluation of Patients with Rheumatic Disorders / Gustavo R. Heudebert 3

Part II Sport-Related, Occupational, and other Regional Pain Syndromes

2 Cervical Spine Pain / Joe G. Hardin, James T. Halla 11

3 Low Back Pain and Lumbar Stenosis / J. D. Bartleson 22

4 The Painful Shoulder / Dennis W. Boulware 43

5 Painful Feet / Joseph J. Biundo, Perry J. Rush 48

6 Mechanical Disorders of the Knee / Dennis W. Boulware 62

7 Nerve Entrapment Disorders / Kenneth K. Nakano 70

8 Temporomandibular Disorders / M. Franklin Dolwick 79

9 Fibrosing Syndromes / Wilmer L. Sibbitt, Jr., Randy R. Sibbitt 86

Part III Specific Rheumatic Diseases: Diagnosis and Treatment

10 Rheumatoid Arthritis: Clinical Aspects / James R. O'Dell 97

11 Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis) / Robert W. Warren, Andrew P. Wilking, Maria D. Perez, Martha R. Curry, Barry L. Myones 116

12 The Seronegative Spondyloarthropathies / Dennis W. Boulware, Frank C. Arnett, Jr., John J. Cush, Peter E. Lipsky, Robert M. Bennett, Herman Mielants, Filip De Keyser, Eric M. Veys 127

13 Systemic Lupus Erythematosus / Michelle Petri 164

14 Systemic Sclerosis and Raynaud Syndrome / Thomas A. Medsger, Jr. 171

15 Inflammatory Myopathies: Polymyositis, Dermatomyositis, and Related Conditions / Frederick W. Miller 182

16 Vasculitis / Kenneth E. Sack 199

17 Polymyalgia Rheumatica and Temporal Arteritis / Ramesh Kumar 206

18 Unclassified or Undifferentiated Connective Tissue Disease / Graciela S. Alarcon 213

19 Rheumatic Fever, Sjogren Syndrome, and Relapsing Polychondritis / Yusuf Yazici, Allan Gibofsky 220

20 Fibromyalgia / Graciela S. Alarcon 226

21 Pregnancy and Rheumatic Diseases / Michael D. Lockshin 236

Part IV Osteoarthritis and Metabolic Bone and Joint Disease

22 Osteoarthritis / Carlos J. Lozada, Roy D. Altman 245

23 Gout and Crystal-Induced Synovitis / Dennis W. Boulware, Michael A. Becker, N. Lawrence Edwards 262

24 Osteopenic Bone Diseases / Kenneth G. Saag, Sarah L. Morgan, Bruce A. Julian 278

25 Osteonecrosis / Kenneth A. Jaffe 296

26 Arthropathies Associated with Systemic Diseases / Janet M. Kim 304

Part V Infectious Arthritis

27 Bacterial Arthritis / Arthur Kavanaugh 315

28 Arthritis Due to Mycobacteria, Fungi, and Parasites / Maren Lawson Mahowald 321

29 Lyme Disease / Stephanie Ann Call 342

30 Viral Arthritis / Marta L. Cuellar, Luis R. Espinoza 350

Part VI Special Therapeutic Considerations

31 Techniques of Arthrocentesis and Injection Therapy / Gerald F. Moore 357

32 Monitoring of Patients on Antirheumatic Therapy / W. Winn Chatham 368.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0683306480

OCLC:

50554872