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Rheumatology in Practice (eBook)

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2010 | 2010
XIV, 516 Seiten
Springer London (Verlag)
978-1-84882-581-9 (ISBN)

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Rheumatology in Practice - J.A. Pereira da Silva, Anthony D. Woolf
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Rheumatology in Practice offers chapters which are organised and built around anatomical and regional syndromes, so reinforcing the evidence-based approach. As readers progress through the text they are given more demanding and challenging questions, encouraging them to use their diagnostic skills to identify the main syndromes and the underlying diseases responsible for the disorders in question. The text is lavishly illustrated in full colour, with detailed photos of patient examinations, complemented by radiographs and full colour line illustrations. The text also benefits from the use of summaries using coloured boxing to identify key points in diagnosis and management. Written by two of the most respected clinicians in the discipline, this book will be essential reading for rheumatologists in practice and training.



Professor Jose Antonio da Silva MD, PhD: Professor of Rheumatology, University of Coimbra, Portugual; Editor of Acta Reumatologica Portuguesa (1998-2002). Prof da Silva is currently a member of the Editorial board of Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology and Clinical Rheumatology and chairman of the EULAR Standing Committee for Education and Training. He is also former president of EULAR.

Professor Anthony D Woolf, BSc, MB BS, FRCP: Consultant Rheumatologist, Rheumatology Unit, Royal Cornwall Hospital, Truro, UK. Prof Woolf is also President at UEMS Section of Rheumatology and European Board of Rheumatology and a member of the Bone & Joint Decade Education Task Force.


Rheumatology in Practice offers chapters which are organised and built around anatomical and regional syndromes, so reinforcing the evidence-based approach. As readers progress through the text they are given more demanding and challenging questions, encouraging them to use their diagnostic skills to identify the main syndromes and the underlying diseases responsible for the disorders in question. The text is lavishly illustrated in full colour, with detailed photos of patient examinations, complemented by radiographs and full colour line illustrations. The text also benefits from the use of summaries using coloured boxing to identify key points in diagnosis and management. Written by two of the most respected clinicians in the discipline, this book will be essential reading for rheumatologists in practice and training.

Professor Jose Antonio da Silva MD, PhD: Professor of Rheumatology, University of Coimbra, Portugual; Editor of Acta Reumatologica Portuguesa (1998-2002). Prof da Silva is currently a member of the Editorial board of Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology and Clinical Rheumatology and chairman of the EULAR Standing Committee for Education and Training. He is also former president of EULAR. Professor Anthony D Woolf, BSc, MB BS, FRCP: Consultant Rheumatologist, Rheumatology Unit, Royal Cornwall Hospital, Truro, UK. Prof Woolf is also President at UEMS Section of Rheumatology and European Board of Rheumatology and a member of the Bone & Joint Decade Education Task Force.

TABLE OF CONTENTS 6
THE IMPORTANCE OF RHEUMATIC DISEASES 16
1. THE IMPORTANCE OF RHEUMATIC DISEASES THE SATISFACTION OF CARING FOR THESE PATIENTS 17
PAIN, DISEASE AND SUFFERING AN INTEGRATED PERSPECTIVE 19
2. PAIN, DISEASE AND SUFFERING AN INTEGRATED PERSPECTIVE 20
UNDERSTANDING PAIN 20
PAIN AS A BIOPSYCHOSOCIAL EXPERIENCE 21
OBJECTIVES OF DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT 22
PARTICULARITIES OF CHRONIC DISEASE 22
THE STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF THE MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM SOURCES OF PAIN 24
3. THE STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF THE MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM SOURCES OF PAIN 25
THE PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF RHEUMATIC PAIN 29
DIAGNOSTIC STRATEGY THE MAIN SYNDROMES IN RHEUMATOLOGY 33
4. DIAGNOSTIC STRATEGY THE MAIN SYNDROMES IN RHEUMATOLOGY 34
Two-step diagnosis 34
The main syndromes in rheumatology 38
REGIONAL SYNDROMES 38
GENERALIZED PAIN SYNDROME 42
BACK AND NECK PAIN 43
ARTICULAR SYNDROME 43
THE OSTEOPOROSIS “SYNDROME” 45
BONE SYNDROME 46
MUSCULAR SYNDROME 47
SYSTEMIC SYNDROME 47
THE STANDARD ENQUIRY IN RHEUMATOLOGY 49
5. THE STANDARD ENQUIRY IN RHEUMATOLOGY 50
SYSTEMATIC ENQUIRY 59
THE GENERAL CLINICAL EXAMINATION 65
6. THE GENERAL CLINICAL EXAMINATION 66
PART I 67
PART II 69
PART III 71
PART IV 72
PART V 76
REGIONAL SYNDROMES NECK PAIN 77
7. REGIONAL SYNDROMES NECK PAIN 78
FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY 78
COMMON CAUSES OF NECK PAIN 81
THE ENQUIRY 82
REGIONAL CLINICAL EXAMINATION 82
DIAGNOSTIC TESTS 91
TREATMENT 92
ADDITIONAL PRACTICE 94
REGIONAL SYNDROMES THE PAINFUL SHOULDER 95
8. REGIONAL SYNDROMES THE PAINFUL SHOULDER 96
FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY 96
COMMON CAUSES OF SHOULDER PAIN 99
THE ENQUIRY 100
REGIONAL EXAMINATION 101
SPECIAL SITUATIONS 114
DIAGNOSTIC TESTS 116
TREATMENT 117
ADDITIONAL PRACTICE 118
REGIONAL SYNDROMES THE ELBOW AND FOREARM 119
9. REGIONAL SYNDROMES THE ELBOW AND FOREARM 120
COMMON CAUSES OF PAIN IN THE ELBOW AND FOREARM 122
THE ENQUIRY 123
REGIONAL CLINICAL EXAMINATION 123
SPECIAL SITUATIONS 130
DIAGNOSTIC TESTS 131
TREATMENT 131
REGIONAL SYNDROMES THE WRIST AND HAND 132
10. REGIONAL SYNDROMES THE WRIST AND HAND 133
FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY 133
COMMON CAUSES OF PAIN IN THE WRIST AND HAND 137
THE ENQUIRY 138
REGIONAL EXAMINATION 140
SPECIAL SITUATIONS 159
DIAGNOSTIC TESTS 162
TREATMENT 166
ADDITIONAL PRACTICE 167
REGIONAL SYNDROMES LOW BACK PAIN 168
11. REGIONAL SYNDROMES LOW BACK PAIN 169
FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY 169
COMMON CAUSES OF LOW BACK PAIN 171
THE ENQUIRY 172
THE REGIONAL CLINICAL EXAMINATION 175
SPECIAL SITUATIONS 192
DIAGNOSTIC TESTS 195
TREATMENT 196
REGIONAL SYNDROMES. LOW BACK PAIN 200
REGIONAL SYNDROMES THE HIP 201
12. REGIONAL SYNDROMES THE HIP 202
FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY 202
COMMON CAUSES OF PAIN IN THE HIP AREA 205
THE ENQUIRY 206
THE REGIONAL EXAMINATION 207
SPECIAL SITUATIONS 216
DIAGNOSTIC TESTS 218
TREATMENT 219
REGIONAL SYNDROMES THE KNEE 221
13. REGIONAL SYNDROMES THE KNEE 222
FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY 222
COMMON CAUSES OF KNEE PAIN 224
THE ENQUIRY 225
REGIONAL EXAMINATION 226
SPECIAL SITUATIONS 237
DIAGNOSTIC TESTS 238
ADDITIONAL PRACTICE 240
REGIONAL SYNDROMES THE FOOT AND ANKLE 241
14. REGIONAL SYNDROMES THE FOOT AND ANKLE 242
FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY 242
COMMON CAUSES OF PAIN IN THE FOOT AND ANKLE 244
THE ENQUIRY 245
THE LOCAL AND REGIONAL EXAMINATION 247
SPECIAL SITUATIONS 259
TREATMENT 262
ADDITIONAL PRACTICE 263
GENERALIZED PAIN SYNDROME FIBROMYALGIA 264
15. GENERALIZED PAIN SYNDROME FIBROMYALGIA 265
CLINICAL PRESENTATION 265
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS 269
TREATMENT 274
ADDITIONAL PRACTICE 275
OSTEOARTHRITIS 276
16. OSTEOARTHRITIS 277
PRACTICAL POINTS 279
CLINICAL SUBTYPES 280
ADDITIONAL TESTS 291
TREATMENT OF OSTEOARTHRITIS 291
ADDITIONAL PRACTICE 295
INFLAMMATORY ARTHRITIDES DIAGNOSTIC STRATEGIES 296
17. INFLAMMATORY ARTHRITIDES DIAGNOSTIC STRATEGIES 297
INTRODUCTION 297
RADIOLOGY 299
DIAGNOSTIC STRATEGY IN INFLAMMATORY ARTHRITIS 301
CHRONIC, ADDITIVE, SYMMETRICAL, PERIPHERAL POLYARTHRITIS 303
MONOARTHRITIS 303
CHRONIC, ASYMMETRICAL OLIGO- OR POLYARTHRITIS 304
PROXIMAL OLIGOARTHRITIS 305
ARTHRITIS OF LIMB GIRDLES 306
ACUTE OLIGO- OR POLYARTHRITIS FEBRILE ARTHRITIS ARTHRITIS WITH MANIFESTATIONS OF THE SKIN AND MUCOUS MEM-BRANES 307
INFLAMMATORY LOW BACK PAIN 308
POLYARTHRITIS WITH SYSTEMIC MANIFESTATIONS 309
ARTHRITIS: BASIC TREATMENT 311
MONOARTHRITIS 312
18. Monoarthritis 313
SEPTIC ARTHRITIS 314
GOUT 316
PSEUDO-GOUT, CHONDROCALCINOSIS 326
CHRONIC MONOARTHRITIS 329
ADDITIONAL PRACTICE 331
CHRONIC, ADDITIVE, SYMMETRICAL, PERIPHERAL POLYARTHRITIS 332
RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS 335
ADDITIONAL PRACTICE 353
CHRONIC, ASYMMETRICAL OLIGO- OR POLYARTHRITIS 354
20. CHRONIC, ASYMMETRICAL OLIGO- OR POLYARTHRITIS 355
PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS 355
ADDITIONAL PRACTICE 367
CHRONIC PROXIMAL OLIGOARTHRITIS 368
21. CHRONIC PROXIMAL OLIGOARTHRITIS 369
UNCLASSIFIED OLIGOARTHRITIS 372
ARTHRITIS OF THE SHOULDER AND PELVIC GIRDLES POLYMYALGIA RHEUMATICA 373
22. ARTHRITIS OF THE SHOULDER AND PELVIC GIRDLES POLYMYALGIA RHEUMATICA 374
POLYMYALGIA RHEUMATICA AND TEMPORAL ARTERITIS 375
ACUTE OLIGO- OR POLYARTHRITIS FEBRILE ARTHRITIS ARTHRITIS WITH MUCOCUTANEOUS MANIFESTATIONS 378
23. ACUTE OLIGO- OR POLYARTHRITIS FEBRILE ARTHRITIS ARTHRITIS WITH MUCOCUTANEOUS MANIFESTATIONS 379
REACTIVE ARTHRITIS 380
VIRAL ARTHRITIS 387
STILL’S DISEASE 389
ADDITIONAL PRACTICE 391
INFLAMMATORY LOW BACK PAIN 392
24. INFLAMMATORY LOW BACK PAIN 393
SERONEGATIVE SPONDYLOARTHROPATHIES 394
DIAGNOSTIC TESTS 402
ADDITIONAL PRACTICE 404
SYSTEMIC SYNDROMES CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASES VASCULITIS RAYNAUD’S PHENOMENON 405
25. SYSTEMIC SYNDROMES CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASES. VASCULITIS. RAYNAUD’S PHENOMENON. 406
SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS 418
PROGRESSIVE SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS 423
TREATMENT 427
MIXED CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE 431
OVERLAP SYNDROMES 431
UNDIFFERENTIATED CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE 431
SJÖGREN’S SYNDROME 432
VASCULITIS 434
RAYNAUD’S PHENOMENON 436
ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODY SYNDROME 441
ADDITIONAL PRACTICE 442
OSTEOPOROTIC SYNDROME OSTEOPOROSIS 443
26. OSTEOPOROTIC SYNDROME OSTEOPOROSIS 444
INTRODUCTION 444
WHEN TO CONSIDER OSTEOPOROSIS 447
STUDYING PATIENTS AT RISK OF OSTEOPOROSIS 451
PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF OSTEOPOROSIS 458
ADDITIONAL PRACTICE 466
BONE SYNDROME BONE DISEASES 467
27. BONE SYNDROME BONE DISEASES 468
PAGET’S DISEASE OF BONE 469
OSTEOMALACIA 472
PRIMARY HYPERPARATHYROIDISM 473
METASTATIC BONE DISEASE 474
PRIMARY BONE TUMORS 475
OSTEONECROSIS 477
OSTEOMYELITIS 478
RHEUMATIC SYMPTOMS IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS 479
28. RHEUMATIC SYMPTOMS IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS 480
REGIONAL SYNDROMES IN CHILDREN 481
DIFFUSE OR GENERALIZED PAIN SYNDROMES 484
JUVENILE IDIOPATHIC ARTHRITIS 485
VIRAL ARTHRITIS 489
RHEUMATIC FEVER 489
TREATING RHEUMATIC DISEASES GENERAL PRINCIPLES 493
29. TREATING RHEUMATIC DISEASES GENERAL PRINCIPLES 494
OBJECTIVES OF THE TREATMENT 494
PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORT 497
PHYSICAL AGENTS AND REHABILITATION 499
SURGERY 505
DRUGS COMMONLY USED IN RHEUMATIC DISEASES 506
30. DRUGS COMMONLY USED IN RHEUMATIC DISEASES 507
ANALGESICS 507
NON-STEROIDAL ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DRUGS 508
GLUCOCORTICOIDS 513
INDEX 518

Erscheint lt. Verlag 19.1.2010
Zusatzinfo XIV, 516 p. 334 illus., 234 illus. in color.
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Themenwelt Medizinische Fachgebiete Innere Medizin Rheumatologie
Schlagworte Arthritis • Osteoarthritis • Osteoporosis • Pain • Rheumatic Diseases • rheumatology
ISBN-10 1-84882-581-1 / 1848825811
ISBN-13 978-1-84882-581-9 / 9781848825819
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