Full Description
Clinical Primer of Rheumatology is designed as a concise, essential reference to aid practitioners in diagnosing and treating rheumatoid diseases. More than 200 photographs and many tables and charts provide easy access to information necessary to identify the cause of a patient's complaint and plan a course of therapy. Recommendations on when to refer a patient to a specialist are clearly indicated in the text. Comprehensive coverage of specific rheumatoid diseases is included along with information on sports and occupational-related pain syndromes.
Contents
PART IDISEASESEvaluation of Patients with RheumaticDisorders 3Gustavo R. HeudebertPART II: SPORT-RELATED, OCCUPATIONAL,AND OTHER REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROMESCervical Spine Pain 11Joe G. Hardin and James T. HallaLow Back Pain and Lumbar Stenosis 22J. D. BartlesonThe Painful Shoulder 43Dennis W. BoulwarePainful Feet 48Joseph J. Biundo and Perry J. RushMechanical Disorders of the Knee 62Dennis W. BoulwareNerve Entrapment Disorders 70Kenneth K. NakanoTemporomandibular Disorders 79M. Franklin DolwickFibrosing Syndromes 86Wilmer L. Sibbitt, Jr., and Randy R. SibbittPART III: SPECIFIC RHEUMATIC DISEASES:DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENTRheumatoid Arthritis: Clinical Aspects 97James R. O'DellJuvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (Juvenile RheumatoidArthritis) 116Robert W. Warren, Andrew P. Wilking, Maria D.Perez, Martha R. Curry, and Barry L. MyonesThe Seronegative Spondyloarthropathies 127Dennis W. Boulware, Frank C. Arnett, Jr., John J.Cush, Peter E. Lipsky, Robert M. Bennett, HermanMielants, Filip De Keyser, and Eric M. VeysSystemic Lupus Erythematosus 164Michelle PetriSystemic Sclerosis and Raynaud Syndrome 171Thomas A. Medsger, Jr.Inflammatory Myopathies: Polymyositis,Dermatomyositis, and Related Conditions 182Frederick W. MillerVasculitis 199Kenneth E. SackPolymyalgia Rheumatica and Temporal Arteritis206Ramesh KumarUnclassified or Undifferentiated Connective TissueDisease 213Graciela S. AlarconRheumatic Fever, Sjoegren Syndrome, andRelapsing Polychondritis 220Yusuf Yazici and Allan GibofskyFibromyalgia 226Graciela S. AlarconPregnancy and Rheumatic Diseases 236Michael D. LockshinPART IV: OSTEOARTHRITIS AND METABOLICBONE AND JOINT DISEASEOsteoarthritis 245Carlos J. Lozada and Roy D. AltmanGout and Crystal-Induced Synovitis 262Dennis W. Boulware, Michael A. Becker, andN. Lawrence EdwardsOsteopenic Bone Diseases 278Kenneth G. Saag, Sarah L. Morgan, andBruce A. JulianOsteonecrosis 296Kenneth A. JaffeArthropathies Associated with Systemic Diseases304Janet M. KimPART V: INFECTIOUS ARTHRITISBacterial Arthritis 315Arthur KavanaughArthritis Due to Mycobacteria, Fungi, andParasites 321Maren Lawson MahowaldLyme Disease 342Stephanie Ann CallViral Arthritis 350Marta L. Cuellar and Luis R. EspinozaPART VI: SPECIAL THERAPEUTICCONSIDERATIONSTechniques of Arthrocentesis and InjectionTherapy 357Gerald F. MooreMonitoring of Patients on Antirheumatic Therapy368W. Winn ChathamSubject Index 381
