
Oxford Handbook of Rheumatology
Oxford University Press
2nd Edition
Published on 17. August 2006
Book
Paperback/Softback
640 pages
978-0-19-857135-3 (ISBN)
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Description
The Oxford Handbook of Rheumatology is a unique, pocket guide which emphasizes the clinical evidence-based approach to Rheumatology. Based on the content of the Oxford Textbook of Rheumatology, it provides practical guidelines to the management and diagnosis of patients with acute and chronic musculoskeletal disease. This new edition has been extensively updated and revised throughout to include the latest NICE guidelines and new chapters on rheumatic emergencies, drugs, chronic widespread pain, shoulder/neck pain and complementary medicine. It includes information on an expanded number of conditions and the new biologic therapies used in the treatment of inflammatory arthritis and connective tissue diseases. There is also greater emphasis on paediatric advice and management of the adolescent. The first section serves as a pragmatic guide to making a diagnosis given the characteristic way patients present with symptoms: what signs to look for; how to separate good reliable information from less valid information; how to investigate pragmatically and efficiently and finally how to manage.
Useful information on the occurrence of rheumatic disease associated with other diseases is included. Written with an international audience in mind, incorporating UK, European, and US disease criteria where possible, the second section gives a run down of the main conditions seen by Rheumatologists. It covers soft-tissue rheumatology, backpain, degenerative diseases and all the more common and rare autoimmune diseases. Taking an evidence-based approach, this handbook emphasizes the clinical approach to rheumatic disease and is an essential guide for anyone who deals with patients with musculoskeletal disease.
Useful information on the occurrence of rheumatic disease associated with other diseases is included. Written with an international audience in mind, incorporating UK, European, and US disease criteria where possible, the second section gives a run down of the main conditions seen by Rheumatologists. It covers soft-tissue rheumatology, backpain, degenerative diseases and all the more common and rare autoimmune diseases. Taking an evidence-based approach, this handbook emphasizes the clinical approach to rheumatic disease and is an essential guide for anyone who deals with patients with musculoskeletal disease.
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For those whose orthopaedic shelves are well-weighted, there will be probably still a gap for this most valuable source of all those conditions which are not to be found in orthopaedic texts, but which present in predominant numbers to every orthopaedic clinic...here is a book shorn of obscure phrases, giving clear descriptions of every condition causing pain in limbs, the physical signs required to make the diagnosis and a sceptical analysis of each as an entry...essential reading for everyone in surgical orthopaedics. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Vol 89-B [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 RheumatologyMore details
Series
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
38 black and white line diagrams, 8 page black and white and colour plate section
Dimensions
Height: 185 mm
Width: 105 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
343 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-857135-3 (9780198571353)
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Content
PART I: THE PRESENTATION OF RHEUMATIC DISEASE; 1. Evaluating musculoskeletal pain; 2. Regional musculoskeletal conditions: making a working diagnosis; 3. Patterns of disease presentation: making a working diagnosis; 4. The spectrum of presentation of rheumatic disease; PART 2: THE CLINICAL FEATURES AND MANAGEMENT OF RHEUMATIC DISEASES; 5. Rheumatoid arthritis; 6. Osteoarthritis (OA); 7. Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA); 8. The Spondylarthropathies; 9. Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE); 10. The antiphospholipid (antibody) syndrome; 11. Sjogren's syndrome; 12. Systemic sclerosis and related disorders; 13. Polymyositis (PM) and Dermatomyositis (DM); 14. Primary vasculitides; 15. The crystal arthropathies; 16. Metabolic bone diseasesand disorders of collagen; 17. Infection and inflammatory rheumatic disease; 18. Miscellaneous conditions; 19. Common upper limb musculoskeletal lesions; 20. Back pain; 21. Rheumatological emergencies; 22. Complementary medicine in rheumatology; Appendix I: Useful contacts