Comorbidity in rheumatic diseases

✍ Scribed by El Miedany, Yasser

• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 2017
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 439
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book explores comorbidity in patients with rheumatic diseases and details both care and treatment options in standard clinical practice.Patients with rheumatic diseases are clinically complex, and the interplay of their disease activity with associated conditions may lead to increased morbidity and mortality. Recently there have been major advances in the management of rheumatic diseases, however, without addressing the potential comorbid conditions, including cardiovascular disease; pulmonary disease; and depression; outcomes remain poor. With its 19 chapters, covering the management of major rheumatic diseases (e.g. rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus , and osteoarthritis), potential comorbidities and treatment recommendations, as well as possible interactions between conditions; this book addresses the gap between textbook medicine and day to day patients' care. Authors also discuss the new hot issue of the comorbidity index, comparing the standard tools to the recently developed indices and how they can assist the rheumatologists in determining disease burden, prognosis, and comorbidity probability. This book is an ideal clinical guide and reference that enables rheumatologists, internal medicine physicians, and residents to address the full clinical expression of these rheumatic diseases with views towards prevention or early management of comorbid conditions. . Read more...

Abstract: This book explores comorbidity in patients with rheumatic diseases and details both care and treatment options in standard clinical practice.Patients with rheumatic diseases are clinically complex, and the interplay of their disease activity with associated conditions may lead to increased morbidity and mortality. Recently there have been major advances in the management of rheumatic diseases, however, without addressing the potential comorbid conditions, including cardiovascular disease; pulmonary disease; and depression; outcomes remain poor. With its 19 chapters, covering the management of major rheumatic diseases (e.g. rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus , and osteoarthritis), potential comorbidities and treatment recommendations, as well as possible interactions between conditions; this book addresses the gap between textbook medicine and day to day patients' care. Authors also discuss the new hot issue of the comorbidity index, comparing the standard tools to the recently developed indices and how they can assist the rheumatologists in determining disease burden, prognosis, and comorbidity probability. This book is an ideal clinical guide and reference that enables rheumatologists, internal medicine physicians, and residents to address the full clinical expression of these rheumatic diseases with views towards prevention or early management of comorbid conditions

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter ....Pages i-xv
Comorbidity in Rheumatic Diseases (Rajesh Gopalarathinam, Mais Arwani, Mary Chester M. Wasko, Tarun S. Sharma)....Pages 1-31
Impact of Comorbidity (Maha Azeez, Peter C. Taylor)....Pages 33-52
Rheumatoid Arthritis (Andrew Rutherford, Elena Nikiphorou, James Galloway)....Pages 53-79
Psoriasis (Anna Chapman, Yasser El Miedany)....Pages 81-124
Ankylosing Spondylitis (U. Kiltz, X. Baraliakos, J. Braun)....Pages 125-143
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (Isabel Castrejon, Ailda Nika, Winston Sequeira, Meenakshi Jolly)....Pages 145-163
Systemic Sclerosis (Frank A. Wollheim)....Pages 165-178
Gout (Lisa K. Stamp, Peter T. Chapman)....Pages 179-195
Osteoarthritis (Cristina Hernández-Díaz, Natasja van Schoor, Adham Aboul Fotouh Khalil)....Pages 197-206
Sjögren’s Syndrome (Sadik A. Khuder, Ibtisam Al-Hashimi, Anand B. Mutgi)....Pages 207-224
Fibromyalgia (Mohamed Osama Hegazi, Mihaela Comina Micu)....Pages 225-244
Vasculitis (Yair Molad)....Pages 245-264
Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (Emanuela Del Giudice, Joost F. Swart, N. M. Wulffraat)....Pages 265-288
Targeting Comorbidity in Routine Rheumatology Care (Tuulikki Sokka)....Pages 289-306
Comorbidity and Physical Therapy (Nadia El Aroussy, Yasser El Miedany)....Pages 307-321
Comorbidity Index (Yasser El Miedany)....Pages 323-344
Anti-Rheumatic Therapy and Comorbidity (J. Steuart Richards, Sharon Dowell, Mercedes Quinones)....Pages 345-380
Comorbidity and Patient-Reported Outcomes (Deborah Palmer, Yasser El Miedany)....Pages 381-403
e-Comorbidity and Information Technology (Yasser El Miedany)....Pages 405-424
Back Matter ....Pages 425-433

✦ Subjects

Rheumatism;Comorbidity;HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases / General;MEDICAL / Clinical Medicine;MEDICAL / Diseases;MEDICAL / Evidence-Based Medicine;MEDICAL / Internal Medicine;Medicine & Public Health;Rheumatology;Orthopedics;Rehabilitation Medicine;Cardiology;Pneumology/Respiratory System