Clinical Practice in Rheumatology

✍ Scribed by Maurice Barry MB, FRCPI (auth.)

Publisher: Springer-Verlag London
Year: 2003
Tongue: English
Leaves: 120
Edition: 1
Category: Library

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis

The assessment and management of rheumatic diseases is challenging and many doctors are not confident of their abilities in this area. This book offers practical advice and information for those who need to learn rapidly the essentials of modern clinical rheumatology. Written for senior house officers and residents in general (internal) medicine, health professionals in rheumatology, primary care doctors and medical students will also find it useful. * Up-to-date information about new therapies * Essentials of common and uncommon rheumatic diseases listed * Practical advice on selecting appropriate tests, drug prescribing and patient information * Patient-centred approach to management * Useful rheumatology websites listed * All you need in one handy pocket-sized resource

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
History Taking....Pages 1-2
Locomotor Examination....Pages 3-12
Common New Presentations....Pages 13-16
Clinic Checklist....Pages 17-17
Common Operational Issues....Pages 18-18
Imaging Guidelines....Pages 19-20
Indices, Instruments, Questionnaires....Pages 21-22
How to Manage Patients....Pages 23-41
Soft Tissue Problems....Pages 42-55
Osteoarthritis....Pages 56-57
Rheumatoid Arthritis....Pages 58-62
Seronegative Spondylarthropathy....Pages 63-68
Connective Tissue Diseases (CTD)....Pages 69-82
Infection and Arthritis....Pages 83-86
Pregnancy and Rheumatic Diseases....Pages 87-88
Inheritance and Rheumatic Diseases....Pages 89-89
Crystal Arthritis....Pages 90-92
Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)....Pages 93-94
Osteoporosis....Pages 95-97
Paget’s Disease....Pages 98-99
Osteomalacia....Pages 100-101
Uncommon Rheumatological Conditions....Pages 102-104
Back Matter....Pages 105-110

✦ Subjects

Rheumatology; General Practice / Family Medicine

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