Problem Solving in Rheumatology > Rheumatology

298pages, This book identifies and resolves a selection of typical individual patient management problems that will confront the GP or rheumatologist in his daily work. More than 50 problems and solutions covering all the major areas of rheumatic disorders are included: rheumatoid arthritis, ankyklosing spondylitis, joint replacement surgery, gout, pain management, fibromyalgia, carpel tunnel syndrome, tennis elbow, autoimmune disease and vascular complications, osteoporosis, diet, infections and tumours. In style of the series, each case is accompanied by introductory questions, key references and a management algorithm. The practice of rheumatology is constantly changing with new ways to manage disorders. Problem Solving in Rheumatology shows how recent developments in clinical and pharmaceutical research may be implemented in daily clinical practice. This book will be an invaluable desk reference for the doctor.

차 례 Part I: General Rheumatology and Soft Tissue Rheumatism 1. New onset painful joints 2. The acutely swollen, hot joint 3. Rotator cuff problems and frozen shoulder 4. Tennis elbow and golfers elbow 5. Carpal tunnel syndrome and other entrapment neuropathies 6. Fibromyalgia syndrome 7. Plantar fasciitis Part II: Osteoarthritis 8. Causes and Prevention 9. Non-pharmacological Treatment 10. Drug treatment of osteoarthritis 11. NSAIDs - gastric side effects and protection 12. NSAIDs - cardiac complications 13. Joint replacement surgery Part III: Rheumatoid arthritis 14. Causes of rheumatoid arthritis 15. Laboratory and imaging investigations 16. Managing rheumatoid disease at the outset 17. Evaluating the response to treatment 18. Pregnancy and the rheumatic diseases 19. Diet and arthritis 20. Polyarthritis in the elderly Part IV: Systemic lupus erythematosus, Sjogren’s syndrome and scleroderma 21. Antinuclear factor 22. Systemic lupus erythematosus - risk factors and diagnosis 23. Monitoring and managing systemic lupus erythematosus 24. Sjogren’s syndrome 25. Raynaud’s phenomenon 26. Assessing and treating scleroderma 27. Immunosuppressive drugs Part V: Vasculitic syndromes 28. Vasculitic disease 29. Giant cell arteritis and polymyalgia rheumatica 30. Behcet’s syndrome Part VI: Back and Specific Joint Problems 31. Back pain - acute 32. Back pain - chronic 33. Psoriatic arthritis 34. Asymptomatic hyperuricaemia 35. Gout - acute attack and beyond 36. Pseudogout - investigation and management 37. Joint and bone infections 38. Viral arthritis 39. Rheumatological complications of diabetes Part VII: Bone Diseases 40. Osteoporosis - prevention and lifestyle management 41. Bisphosphonate treatment - which agent and when? 42. Osteoporosis - drugs other than bisphosphonates 43. Male osteoporosis 44. Glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis 45. Paget’s disease of bone 46. Bone complications of renal disease Part VIII: Muscle Diseases 47. Muscle disease - steroid myopathy 48. Inflammatory myopathies 49. Muscle complications of statin therapy General index

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