Clinical Practice in Rheumatology

The assessment and management of rheumatic diseases is challenging and many doctors are not confident of their abilities in this area. Those who want to rapidly learn the essentials of modern clinical rheumatology will find all the practical advice and information they need in this text. Written for senior house officers and residents in general (internal) medicine, health professionals in rheumatology, primary care doctors and medical students will also find it useful: Up-to-date information about new therapies Essentials of common and uncommon rheumatic diseases listed Practical advice on selecting appropriate tests, drug prescribing and patient information Patient-centred approach to management Useful rheumatology websites listed All you need in one handy pocket-sized resource

Table of contents

Preface Frequently Used Terms History Taking New Patient Extra Articular Symptom Review In Rheumatic Disease Locomotor Examination Range of Movement Common New Presentations Clinic Check List Common Operational Issues Principles of Imaging Indices, Instruments, Questionnaires How to Manage Patients General Guidelines The Power of Reassurance Psychosocial Aspects of Rheumatology Complementary Treatments Analgesics Non Steroidal Anti-Inflammatories Disease Modifying Drugs Methotrexate Sulphasalazine Hydroxychloroquine Azathioprine Gold (Myocrisin) Cyclosporin Cyclophosphamide Newer Agents In Inflammatory Arthritis including Biological Agent Joint Injections Role of the Health Professionals Rheumatology Nurse Specialist Physiotherapy Occupational Therapy Rheumatological Disorders Soft Tissue Problems Fibromyalgia Syndrome Neck Pain / Low Back Pain Scheuermann's disease Whiplash Injury Shoulder Pain Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Epicondylitis Bursitis De Quervains Tenosynovitis Achilles Tendonitis Plantar Fasciitis Benign Hypermobility Syndrome Ehlers Danlos Dyndrome Marfan's Syndrome Ostogenesis Imperfecta Neuropathic Pain Osteoarthritis Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis Inflammatory Arthritis Differential Diagnosis of Inflammatory Arthritis Rheumatoid Arthritis Sero-Negative Spondylarthropathy Introduction Psoriatic Arthritis Ankylosing Spondylitis Reactive Arthritis Arthritis Associated with Inflammatory Bowel Disease Behcets Disease Connective Tissue Diseases Introduction Autoantibodies - A Synopsis Raynaud's Phenomenon Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Anti-Phospholipid Syndrome Mixed Connective Tissue Disease Scleroderma Polymyositis / Dermatomyositis Differential Diagnosis of Muscle Pain and or Weakness Sjogren' s Syndrome Vasculitis Infection and arthritis Pregnancy