Problems in the Rheumatic Diseases

Lessons from Patients

R.A. Asherson, S.H. Morgan, G.R.V. Hughes (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

224 Seiten

2011 | Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1988
Springer (Verlag)
978-94-010-7050-8 (ISBN)

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Any physician travelling to other centres throughout the world must be struck by the similarity of the problems in diagnosis and management faced by fellow colleagues in rheumatology. Despite the international spread of journals and of standard textbooks, the same practical questions constantly appear - how do you manage the psychotic patient with cerebral lupus, or the patient with intractable polymyositis, or the rheumatoid patient who has failed on almost all known therapeutic agents. Is it worth differentiating various 'overlap' syndromes? How can one improve on the classification and treatment "i}f.vasculitis? Two questions - what is the patient telling us? and what can we do for the patient? are always central to the discussion. Although these high-minded ideals are often not fulfilled, frequently something new appears to come from individual case presentations. These cases, discussed at our weekly conferences, were contributed by a number of different staff members. Where possible, a standard format has been use in each case presentation and a comment added where indicated. A short list of relevant references has been included with each case. The aim of this book is to provide examples of these clinical problems and our own clinical approach to them - sometimes successfu~ sometimes not.

Section 1 Systemic lupus erythematosus and related disorders.- Section 2 Sjögren’s syndrome.- Section 3 Rheumatoid disease.- Section 4 The vasculitides.- Section 5 Polymyositis.- Section 6 Scleroderma.- Section 7 Seronegative disease.- Section 8 Crystal arthritis.- Section 9 Miscellaneous.- Appendix Commonly used tests in rheumatology and abbreviations (where applicable).

Zusatzinfo	224 p.
Verlagsort	Dordrecht
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Garten
Themenwelt	Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Innere Medizin ► Rheumatologie
ISBN-10	94-010-7050-4 / 9401070504
ISBN-13	978-94-010-7050-8 / 9789401070508
Zustand	Neuware