
Oxford Handbook of Rheumatology
Oxford University Press
5th Edition
Published on 16. July 2025
Book
800 pages
978-0-19-888515-3 (ISBN)
Description
The Oxford Handbook of Rheumatology, 5th edition has been fully reviewed and updated throughout to ensure it continues to be an invaluable guide for students, trainees, consultant rheumatologists, and everyone caring for patients with musculoskeletal disease. This new edition is a fully functional rheumatology handbook for patients from childhood to adulthood.
This new edition has been thoroughly revised with updated guidelines on disease management, referencing European,USA and UK guidelines. It includes expanded sections on drug therapeutics and a focus on 'new mode of action' drugs across the spectrum of Rheumatological Conditions. And now with more detailed indexing and cross-referencing, this edition continues to build on the strengths of the previous editions, while remaining up-to-date, accessible, and useful for the busy clinician.
Practically structured, the handbook focuses first on presenting symptoms and then considers key diseases, emergencies, and rare diseases in detail. There is a comprehensive and updated account of assessment, guidelines, and treatment options. Taking a clinical, evidence-based approach, written by experts, and presented in a clear, practical, bullet-point style for rapid reference, this handbook will be your constant companion and a joy to use.
This new edition has been thoroughly revised with updated guidelines on disease management, referencing European,USA and UK guidelines. It includes expanded sections on drug therapeutics and a focus on 'new mode of action' drugs across the spectrum of Rheumatological Conditions. And now with more detailed indexing and cross-referencing, this edition continues to build on the strengths of the previous editions, while remaining up-to-date, accessible, and useful for the busy clinician.
Practically structured, the handbook focuses first on presenting symptoms and then considers key diseases, emergencies, and rare diseases in detail. There is a comprehensive and updated account of assessment, guidelines, and treatment options. Taking a clinical, evidence-based approach, written by experts, and presented in a clear, practical, bullet-point style for rapid reference, this handbook will be your constant companion and a joy to use.
Reviews / Votes
Review from previous edition This book is very well written, clear and aimed at junior doctors ... Its clarity and conciseness are major strengths. * BMA reviewing panel, BMA Medical Book Awards 2019 * This is an excellent handbook of rheumatology and although it is handbook sized, it packs a big punch. It is full of practical wisdom and advice and well suited to someone who deals with a significant number of rheumatology patients. * Dr Harry Brown, Glycosmedia * Review from previous edition This is a comprehensive pocket size text that no self-respecting healthcare professional working in this field should be without. * Nursing Standard * The book provides an outstanding review of all major topics relevant to rheumatology. It is definitely a book worth keeping close by for anyone training in rheumatology. * Amazon * [The book] is a comprehensive and extremely practical guide and a valuable companion to any health professional working in rheumatology...[I] would highly recommend this pocket guide to both trainees and qualified practitioners with an interest in the speciality. * British Health Professionals in Rheumatology * offers a welcome addition to the practitioner's library because of its handy, pocket-sized format... a practical, clinically-oriented guide that can be rapidly and easily consulted. * Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology * This is an excellent book and very keenly priced as well. If you want a clinically focussed book on this topic; Then this comes highly recommended. * Harry Brown, Pavilion Health Today *More details
Series
Edition
5th Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Dimensions
Height: 180 mm
Width: 99 mm
Thickness: 28 mm
Weight
408 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-888515-3 (9780198885153)
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Gavin Clunie | Nick Wilkinson | Elena Nikiphorou
Oxford Handbook of Rheumatology
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Persons
Dr Clunie was consultant rheumatologist and metabolic bone physician at Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge (since 2012) and trustee of the British Society of Rheumatology. He was Rheumatologist in Ipswich, where he set up the first English Fracture Liaison Service in Ipswich. The service has become a model for FLSs in many places worldwide. Dr Clunie's subspecialty interests are rare bone diseases and Spondyloarthritis.
Dr Nikiphorou is a consultant rheumatologist at the Whittington Hospital in London and a clinical academic at the Academic Rheumatology department of King's College London. Her clinical and research interests focus on inflammatory arthritis, multimorbidity and patient reported outcomes. Dr Nikiphorou has a number of national and international roles and responsibilities, including being a member of the British Society of Rheumatology Heberden Committee and the Chair of the largest network of young rheumatologists in Europe (EMEUNET).
Dr Wilkinson is the George Koukis Lead for the paediatric rheumatology and paediatric chronic pain services at the Evelina London Children's Hospital, which he set up in 2014 to serve South London and South East Coastal Region of England. Prior to this he set up similar tertiary services for Thames Valley when he joined the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford in 2005 bringing his experience from working in Vancouver, Sydney and several centres across the UK. He continues to take many lead roles across national societies and charities in these areas of medicine, with a particular interest in adolescent and young adult care, chronic pain and paediatric sports and exercise medicine.
Dr Nikiphorou is a consultant rheumatologist at the Whittington Hospital in London and a clinical academic at the Academic Rheumatology department of King's College London. Her clinical and research interests focus on inflammatory arthritis, multimorbidity and patient reported outcomes. Dr Nikiphorou has a number of national and international roles and responsibilities, including being a member of the British Society of Rheumatology Heberden Committee and the Chair of the largest network of young rheumatologists in Europe (EMEUNET).
Dr Wilkinson is the George Koukis Lead for the paediatric rheumatology and paediatric chronic pain services at the Evelina London Children's Hospital, which he set up in 2014 to serve South London and South East Coastal Region of England. Prior to this he set up similar tertiary services for Thames Valley when he joined the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford in 2005 bringing his experience from working in Vancouver, Sydney and several centres across the UK. He continues to take many lead roles across national societies and charities in these areas of medicine, with a particular interest in adolescent and young adult care, chronic pain and paediatric sports and exercise medicine.
Volume editor
Consultant Rheumatologist and Metabolic Bone PhysicianConsultant Rheumatologist and Metabolic Bone Physician, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, UK
Consultant RheumatologistConsultant Rheumatologist, Cambridge University Hospitals NHSFT, UK
Reader in Rheumatology & Medical Education; Consultant RheumatologistReader in Rheumatology & Medical Education; Consultant Rheumatologist, Centre for Rheumatic Diseases, School of Immunology and Microbial Sciences, and Centre for Education, King's College London; King's College Hospital, UK
Consultant Paediatrician in Rheumatology and Chronic PainConsultant Paediatrician in Rheumatology and Chronic Pain, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, UK
Content
Part I: The presentation of rheumatic disease 1: Evaluating rheumatological and musculoskeletal symptoms 2: Musculoskeletal assessment and patterns of disease: making a working diagnosis 3: Regional musculoskeletal symptoms: making a working diagnosis 4: The spectrum of disorders associated with adult rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases Part II: The clinical features and management of rheumatic diseases 5: Rheumatoid arthritis 6: Osteoarthritis 7: Crystal-induced musculoskeletal disease 8: The spondyloarthritides including psoriatic arthritis 9: Juvenile idiopathic arthritis 10: Systemic lupus erythematosus 11: Antiphospholipid syndrome 12: Sjoegren's syndrome 13: Systemic sclerosis and related disorders 14: Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies including polymyositis and dermatomyositis 15: Primary vasculitides 16: Metabolic bone diseases 17: Infection and rheumatic disease 18: Rare autoinflammatory and miscellaneous diseases 19: Hereditary disorders of connective tissue 20: Common upper limb musculoskeletal lesions 21: Spinal disorders and back pain 22: Chronic pain syndromes Part III: Medicine management and emergencies 23: Drugs used in rheumatology practice 24: Glucocorticoid injection therapy 25: Rheumatological emergencies