Problem Solving in Rheumatology

PROJECT DESCRIPTION:

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.

CONTENTS:

Abbreviations
Introduction

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, Sjögren’s syndrome and scleroderma
21. Antinuclear factor
22. Systemic lupus erythematosus - risk factors and diagnosis
23. Monitoring and managing systemic lupus erythematosus
24. Sjögren’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. Behçet’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

BENEFITS:

· Problem-based learning approach of great value for trainees and CPD of experienced doctors · Relevant to both hospital doctors and GPs

READERSHIP:

Specialists in rheumatology and internal medicine; Orthopaedic surgeons; Doctors in training.

AUTHORS:

K Pile, Conjoint Professor of Medicine, University of Western Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; L Kennedy, Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, James Cook University, Douglas, Australia.