The most accessible, current coverage of rheumatologic disorders
Offers assessment and management solutions for rheumatologic diseases, ranging from soft-tissue problems such as bursitis to complex, multi-organ conditions such as ANCA-associated vasculitis
Provides expert guidance on the medications used in the treatment of rheumatic disease, including the latest biologic therapies
Delivers concise, practical guidance for internists, family physicians, rheumatologists, trainees, and medical students
Updated to reflect the latest research and ?ndings
NEW chapters on genetics and musculoskeletal ultrasound
Expanded chapter on laboratory diagnosis
CONTENTS
SECTION I Approach to the Patient with Rheumatic Disease
1. Physical Examination of the Musculoskeletal System
2. Joint Aspiration & Injection
3. Laboratory Diagnosis
4. Approach to the Patient with Arthritis
5. Approach to the Adolescent with Arthritis
6. Approach to the Patient with Hand, Wrist, or Elbow Pain
7. Approach to the Patient with Foot & Ankle Pain
8. Approach to the Patient with Painful Shoulder
9. Approach to the Patient with Neck Pain
10. Approach to the Patient with Low Back Pain
11. Approach to the Patient with Hip Pain
12. Approach to the Patient with Knee Pain
13. Approach to the Patient with a Painful Prosthetic Hip or Knee
14. The Patient with Diffuse Pain
SECTION II Rheumatoid Arthritis & Spondyloarthropathies
15. Rheumatoid Arthritis
16. Adult-Onset Still Disease
17. Ankylosing Spondylitis & the Arthritis of Inflammatory Bowel Disease
18. Reactive Arthritis
19. Psoriatic Arthritis
20. Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
SECTION III Lupus & Related Autoimmune Disorders
21. Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
22. Treatment of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
23. Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome
24. Raynaud Phenomenon
25. Scleroderma
26. Primary Sjögren Syndrome
27. Dermatomyositis, Polymyositis, & Immune-Mediated Necrotizing Myopathy
28. Relapsing Polychondritis
SECTION IV Vasculitis29. Introduction to Vasculitis: Classification & Clinical Clues30. Giant Cell Arteritis & Polymyalgia Rheumatica31. Takayasu Arteritis
32. Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (Wegener Granulomatosis)
33. Microscopic Polyangiitis
34. Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (Churg-Strauss Syndrome)
35. Polyarteritis Nodosa
36. Mixed Cryoglobulinemia
37. Hypersensitivity Vasculitis
38. Behçet Disease
39. Henoch-Schönlein Purpura
40. Vasculitis of the Central Nervous System
41. Buerger Disease
42. Miscellaneous Forms of Vasculitis
SECTION V Degenerative Joint Disease & Crystal-Induced Arthritis
43. Osteoarthritis
44. Gout
45. Pseudogout: Calcium Pyrophosphate Dihydrate Crystal Deposition Disease
SECTION VI Infection46. Disseminated Gonococcal Infection47. Septic Arthritis
48. Lyme Disease
49. Mycobacterial & Fungal Infections of Bone & Joints
50. Rheumatic Manifestations of Acute & Chronic Viral Arthritis51. Evaluation of Rheumatic Complaints in Patients with HIV
52. RHEUMATIC FEVER
53. Whipple Disease
SECTION VII Rheumatic Manifestations of Systemic Disease
54. Sarcoidosis
55. Endocrine & Metabolic Disorders
56. Rheumatic Manifestations of Malignancy
57. Amyloidosis
SECTION VIII Disorders of Bone58. Osteoporosis & Glucocorticoid-Induced Osteoporosis
59. Osteonecrosis
60. Paget Disease of Bone
SECTION IX Special Topics61. Common Rheumatologic Problems Encountered by the Hospitalist: Pearls & Myths
62. Perioperative Management of the Patient with Rheumatic Disease
63. Pulmonary Hypertension
64. Connective Tissue Disease–Associated Interstitial Lung Disease
65. Musculoskeletal Magnetic Resonance Imaging
66. Musculoskeletal Ultrasound
67. Ocular Inflammatory Diseases for Rheumatologists
68. Sensorineural Hearing Loss (Immune-mediated Inner Ear Disease)
69. Pregnancy & Rheumatic Diseases
70. Complex Regional Pain Syndromes (Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy) & Posttraumatic Neuralgia
71. IgG4-Related Disease
72. Common Injuries from Running
73. Selected Topics in Neurology for the Rheumatologist
74. Complementary & Alternative Therapies
NEW! Genetics
NEW! General Principles of Biological Therapy
New! Drug-Induced Autoimmune Syndrome
