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The most up-to-date and readily accessible rheumatology resource available! A Doody's Core Title ESSENTIAL PURCHASE for 2011! 5 STAR DOODY'S REVIEW! ""I was impressed with this book and consider it one of the more useful books I've come across for use in treating patients. Not only is it a good book to read from cover-to-cover, but it's also a wonderful resource for injection techniques as well as therapeutics. No other book provides the practicalities like this does. Based on the ever-changing biologic therapies, one would imagine an update every several years makes sense.""--Doody's Review Service The second edition of this quick-reference guide has everything you need to keep pace with this fast-moving field--presented in the acclaimed CURRENT format. Valuable to primary care providers as well as practicing rheumatologists, the book offers a straightforward approach to the management of difficult-to-treat rheumatologic diseases and disorders, such as arthritis, lupus, and sarcoidosis. Essential NEW MATERIAL INCLUDES: Updated review of NSAIDs in light of current controversies and developments Expanded coverage of rheumatoid arthritis Brand new chapters on Juvenile Arthritis; The Treatment of SLE; Autoimmune Hearing Loss; and the Approach to the Painful Red EyeA well-illustrated chapter on the performance of joint arthrocentesis and injectionMore illustrations and radiographsNew chapter on Pearls in Hospital Rheumatology, filled with no-nonsense diagnostic and treatment advice for the student, trainee, or clinicianFeatures: Expert coverage of the entire range of rheumatology disorders Full explanations of common and major disorders in clinical immunologyConcise chapters geared to the needs of trainees and cliniciansAddresses common but difficult-to-diagnose rheumatologic complaints -- and delivers key “approach to the patient” strategies

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Author:   John Imboden ,  David Hellmann ,  John Stone
Publisher:   McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Imprint:   McGraw-Hill Medical
Edition:   2nd edition
Dimensions:   Width: 19.10cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 23.60cm
Weight:   1.207kg
ISBN:  

9780071460408

ISBN 10:   0071460403
Pages:   608
Publication Date:   16 January 2007
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

I. Approach to the Patient With Rheumatic Disease 1. Physical Examination of the Musculoskeletal System, Kenneth E. Sack 2. Joint Aspiration & Injection, Kenneth H. Fye & Kirsten Morehead 3. Laboratory Diagnosis, John B. Imboden 4. Approach to the Patient with Arthritis, John B. Imboden 5. Approach to the Adolescent with Arthritis, Peggy Schlesinger 6. The Patient with Hand, Wrist, or Elbow Pain, E. Gene Deune & Daniel Most 7. Approach to the Patient with Ankle & Foot Pain William M. Jenkin 8. Approach to the Painful Shoulder, Robin V. West & Mark W. Rodosky 9. Approach to the Patient with Neck Pain, David Borenstein 10. Approach to the Patient with Low Back Pain, Rajiv K. Dixit 11. The Patient with Hip Pain, Ilksen Gurkan & Simon Mears 12. Approach to the Patient with Knee Pain, Carl A. Johnson 13. The Patient with Diffuse Pain, John B. Winfield 14.Pregnancy & Rheumatic Disease, Pin Lin, Phyllis N. Bonaminio, & Rosalind Ramsey-Goldman Section II: Rheumatoid Arthritis & Spondyloarthropathies 15. Rheumatoid Arthritis: The Disease--Diagnosis & Clinical Features, James R. ODell 16. Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis, James R. O'Dell 17. Ankylosing Spondylitis and the Arthritis of Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Jennifer D. Gorman & John B. Imoden 18. Reactive Arthritis, Gordon K. Lam & Clifton O. Bingham, III 19. Psoriatic Arthritis, Gordon K. Lam & Clifton O. Bingham, III 20. Adult Still Disease, Peggy Schlesinger 21. Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis, Peggy Schlesinger Section III: Lupus & Related Autoimmune Disorders 22. Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Michelle Petri 23. Treatment of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Maria Dall'Era & David Wofsy 24. Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome, Michelle Petri 25. Raynaud Phenomenon, Sangeeta Dileep Sule & Fredrick M. Wigley 26. Scleroderma, Laura K. Hummers & Fredrick M. Wigley 27. Primary Sjoegren Syndrome, Manuel Ramos-Casals & Josep Font 28. Polymyositis & Dermatomyositis, Alan N. Baer and Robert L. Wortmann 29. Relapsing Polychondritis, John H. Stone Section IV. Vasculitis 30. Introduction to Vasculitis: Classification & Clinical Clues, David B. Hellmann 31. Giant Cell Arteritis & Polymyalgia Rheumatica, David B. Hellmann 32. Takayasu Arteritis, David B. Hellmann 33. Wegener Granulomatosis, John H. Stone 34. Microscopic Polyangiitis, Geetha Duvuru & John H. Stone 35. Churg-Strauss Syndrome, Philip Seo & John H. Stone 36. Polyarteritis Nodosa, John H. Stone 37. Mixed Cryoglobulinemia, Geetha Duvuru & John H. Stone 38. Hypersensitivity Vasculitis, John H. Stone 39. Behcet Disease, David B. Hellmann 40. Henoch-Schoenlein Purpura, Geetha Duvuru and John H. Stone 41. Vasculitis of the Central Nervous System, David B. Hellmann 42. Buerger Disease, John H. Stone 43. Miscellaneous Forms of Vasculitis, Philip Seo & John H. Stone Section V. Degenerative Joint Disease & Crystal-Induced Arthritis 44. Osteoarthritis, David L. Felson 43. Gout, Sherri Sanders & Robert L. Wortmann <2>46. Pseudogout: Calcium Pyrophosphate Dihydrate Crystal Deposition Disease, Jeffrey S. Alderman & Robert L. Wortmann Section VI. Infection 47. Septic Arthritis & Disseminated Gonococcal Infection, Monica Gandhi & Richard Jacobs 48. Lyme Disease, Linda K. Bockenstedt 49. Mycobacterial & Fungal Infections of Bone & Joints, Henry F. Chambers & John B. Imboden 50. Rheumatic Manifestations of Acute & Chronic Viral Arthritis, DimitriosVassilopoulos 51. Evaluation of Rheumatic Complaints in Patients with HIV, Khalil G. Ghanem, Dimitrios Vassilopoulos, & Kelly A Gebo 52. Rheumatic Fever, Preeti Jaggi & Stanford T. Shulman Section VII. Rheumatic Manifestations of Systemic Disease 53. Sarcoidosis, Edward S. Chen & David R. Moller 54. Endocrine & Metabolic Disorders, Jonathan Graf 55. Rheumatic Manifestations of Malignancy, John B. Imboden & Fiona A. Donald 56. Amyloidosis, Paul S. Mueller Section VIII. Disorders of Bone 57. Osteoporosis & Glucocorticoid-Induced Osteoporosis, Dolores Shoback 58. Osteonecrosis, Carol M. Ziminski Section IX. Special Topics 59. Common Rheumatologic Problems Encountered by the Hospitalist: Pearls and Myths, John H. Stone, John B. Imboden, & David B. Hellmann 60. Approach to the Patient with a Painful Prosthetic Joint, Steven A. Lietman 61. The Patient with a Red Eye, James T. Rosenbaum & Lyndell L. Lim 62. Common Injuries from Running, Calvin R. Brown Jr. 63. Complex Regional Pain Syndromes: Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy & Causalgia, Ralf Baron, Janne Ludwig, & Jon D. Levine 64. Sensoineural Hearing Loss (Immune-mediated Inner Ear Disease), John H. Stone & Howard W. Francis Section X: Special Topics 65. Legal Issues, Victor R. Cotton 66. Complementary & Alternative Therapies, Sharon L. Kolasinski Section XI: Therapies 67. Medications Index

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John Imboden MD Director, Division of Rheumatology Professor of Medicine Department of Medicine University of California San Francisco David Hellmann, MD Chairman of Medicine Bayview Medical Center Professor of Internal Medicine Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

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