Oxford desk reference : rheumatology / Richard Watts ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Watts, Richard (Consultant rheumatologist)

Series:

Oxford desk reference series.

Oxford desk reference

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rheumatology--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Rheumatology.

Musculoskeletal system--Diseases--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Musculoskeletal system.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (613 p.)

Other Title:

Rheumatology

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Rheumatology is an ever-changing specialty in which the amount of available information is growing daily and spread across a myriad of books, journals and websites. The Oxford Desk Reference: Rheumatology brings this information together in an easy-to-use format. This essential resource combines up-to-date, relevant, evidence-based information with the latest guidelines and the experience of senior consultants. The book is designed such that each subject forms a self-contained topic in its own right, laid out across two or four pages to facilitate the key aim of rapid and easy access to inform

Contents:

Contents; 1 Clinical assessment of rheumatological disease; Rheumatology history taking; Rheumatological examination; Patterns of rheumatological disease: oligoarticular pains in adults; Widespread pain (in adults); 2 Investigation of rheumatic disease; Plain radiography; Ultrasound; Computed tomography; Magnetic resonance imaging; Radionuclide imaging; Autoimmune serology; Synovial fluid analysis; Clinical neurophysiology; 3 Organ involvement in rheumatological disease; The eye; The chest; The heart; The kidney; The gut and hepatobiliary disease; The nervous system; The skin

4 Rheumatological procedures: injection therapyAspiration of joints; Procedure; 5 Regional musculoskeletal anatomy and conditions; The spine; Cervical spine: regional musculoskeletal conditions; Thoracic spine and chest wall: regional musculoskeletal conditions; Lumbar spine: regional musculoskeletal conditions; The shoulder; The shoulder girdle: regional musculoskeletal conditions; The elbow; The elbow: regional musculoskeletal conditions; The hand and wrist; Hand and wrist: regional musculoskeletal conditions; Pelvis, hip, and groin

Pelvis, hip and groin: regional musculoskeletal conditionsThe knee; The knee: regional musculoskeletal conditions; Lower leg and foot; Lower leg and foot: regional musculoskeletal conditions; Conditions of the ankle and hindfoot; Conditions of the mid and forefoot; 6 Rheumatoid arthritis; Guidelines for the management of rheumatoid arthritis; 7 The spondylarthropathies; The spondylarthropathies: disease spectrum (including undifferentiated spondylarthropathy); Ankylosing spondylitis; Psoriatic arthritis; Reactive arthritis; Enteropathic spondylarthropathy

Juvenile spondylarthropathy/enthesitis-related arthritisSAPHO (Le Syndrome Acné, Pustulose, Hyperostose, Ostéite); 8 Autoimmune connective tissue diseases; Systemic lupus erythematosus; Sjögren's syndrome; Systemic sclerosis; Antiphospholipid syndrome; Polymyositis; Dermatomyositis; Juvenile dermatomyositis; Inclusion body myositis; Undifferentiated (autoimmune) connective tissue disease; Mixed connective tissue disease; Overlap syndromes; Eosinophilic fasciitis; 9 Vasculitis; Introduction; Giant cell arteritis; Polymyalgia rheumatica; Takayasu arteritis; Wegener's granulomatosis

Churg-Strauss SyndromeMicroscopic polyangiitis; Treatment of ANCA-associated vasculitis; Polyarteritis nodosa; Cryoglobulinaemia; Primary central nervous system vasculitis; Cogan's syndrome; Behçet's disease; Henoch-Schönlein purpura; Kawasaki disease; Relapsing polychondritis; Thromboangiitis obliterans; 10 Juvenile idiopathic arthritis; Juvenile idiopathic arthritis: overview; Oligoarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis; Rheumatoid factor (RF) negative polyarticular JIA; Rheumatoid factor (RF) positive polyarticular JIA; Systemic onset JIA; Juvenile PsA

11 Pregnancy and the rheumatic diseases

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

0-19-172574-9

1-283-58004-7

9786613892492

0-19-155205-4

OCLC:

801363643