Maurice Barry

Clinical Practice in Rheumatology (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer London
• Seitenzahl: 110
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Juni 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780857294302
• Artikelnr.: 43999637

Inhaltsangabe

1 History Taking.- New Patients.- Extra-articular Symptom Review (Dr K O'Rourke).- 2 Locomotor Examination (Dr S A Ramakrishnan).- Range of Movement (ROM).- 3 Common New Presentations.- 4 Clinic Checklist.- 5 Common Operational Issues.- 6 Imaging Guidelines.- When to Order Plain Radiographs.- 7 Indices, Instruments, Questionnaires.- 8 How to Manage Patients.- General Guidelines.- The Power of Reassurance.- Psychosocial Aspects of Rheumatology.- Complementary Treatments.- Analgesics.- Non-steroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs).- Disease-modifying Drugs (DMARDs).- Newer Agents in Inflammatory Arthritis.- Joint Injections.- Role of Health Professionals.- Rheumatological Disorders.- 9 Soft Tissue Problems.- 10 Osteoarthritis.- 11 Rheumatoid Arthritis.- 12 Seronegative Spondylarthropathy.- 13 Connective Tissue Diseases (CTD).- 14 Infection and Arthritis (Dr S A Ramakrishnan).- 15 Pregnancy and Rheumatic Diseases.- 16 Inheritance and Rheumatic Diseases.- 17 Crystal Arthritis.- 18 Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR).- 19 Osteoporosis.- 20 Paget's Disease.- 21 Osteomalacia.- 22 Uncommon Rheumatological Conditions (Dr S A Ramakrishnan).- Further Reading.- Useful Websites.