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Rheumatology Secrets E-Book

Rheumatology Secrets E-Book

Sterling West

(2014)

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Abstract

Stay up to date on the latest common and uncommon rheumatic disorders with Rheumatology Secrets Plus. This enhanced medical reference book addresses the treatment of common and uncommon rheumatic disorders, with each chapter reviewing basic immunology and pathophysiology, important disease manifestations, and practical management issues. The user-friendly style of the popular Secrets Series® makes this updated volume a valuable addition to your library!

  • Review basic immunology and pathophysiology, important disease manifestations, and practical management issues related to rheumatic disorders.
  • Apply the latest knowledge and techniques with content thoroughly updated by leaders in the field.
  • Quickly review key concepts with improved "Plus" formatting, such as larger figures and easier-to-read text.
  • Enhance your reference power through a question-and-answer format, bulleted lists, mnemonics, "Key Points" summaries, lists of useful web sites, and practical tips from the authors.
  • Improve content knowledge with a special chapter containing "Top 100 Secrets," providing an overview of essential material for last-minute study or self-assessment.
  • Consult this title on your favorite e-reader, conduct rapid searches, and adjust font sizes for optimal readability.

Table of Contents

Section Title Page Action Price
Front Cover Cover
IFC IFC
Rheumatology Secrets iii
Copyright iv
Dedication v
Preface vi
Contributors vii
Acknowledgments x
Contents xi
I - General Concepts 1
Chapter 1 - Classification and Health Impact of The Rheumatic Diseases 3
Bibliography 5
Further Reading 6
Chapter 2 - Top 100+ Rheumatology Secrets 7
Chapter 3 - Anatomy and Physiology of the Musculoskeletal System 16
Bibliography 23
Chapter 4 - Overview of the Immune Response, Inflammation, and Autoimmunity 24
Innate Immunity 24
Adaptive Immunity 28
Autoimmunity 36
Bibliography 38
II - Evaluation of the Patient with Rheumatic Symptoms 39
Chapter 5 - History and Physical Examination 41
Bibliography 47
Chapter 6 - Laboratory Evaluation 48
Bibliography 57
Chapter 7 - Arthrocentesis and Synovial Fluid Analysis 58
Bibliography 62
Chapter 8 - Radiographic and Imaging Modalities 63
Bibliography 75
Chapter 9 - Synovial Biopsies 76
Bibliography 77
Chapter 10 - Electromyography and Nerve Conduction Studies 78
Bibliography 81
Chapter 11 - Approach for Patients with Monoarticular Arthritis Symptoms 85
Bibliography 85
Chapter 12 - Approach for Patients with Polyarticular Arthritis Symptoms 86
Bibliography 90
Chapter 13 - Approach for the Patient with Neuromuscular Symptoms 91
Bibliography 95
Chapter 14 - Perioperative Management of Patients with Rheumatic Diseases 96
Bibliography 103
III - Systemic Connective Tissue Diseases 105
Chapter 15 - Rheumatoid Arthritis 107
Common Diseases 108
Bibliography 117
Further Reading 118
Chapter 16 - Systemic Lupus Erythematosus 119
General 123
Bibliography 135
Further Reading 136
Chapter 17 - Drug-Induced Lupus 137
Bibliography 140
Further Reading 140
Chapter 18 - Systemic Sclerosis 141
Bibliography 153
Further Reading 153
Chapter 19 - Scleroderma Mimics 154
Morphea and Linear Scleroderma 154
Scleredema and Scleromyxedema 155
Eosinophilic Fasciitis (Diffuse Fasciitis with Eosinophilia) 155
Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis 156
Bibliography 156
Further Reading 157
Chapter 20 - Inflammatory Muscle Disease 158
Bibliography 164
Further Reading 165
Chapter 21 - Mixed Connective Tissue Disease, Overlap Syndromes, and Undifferentiated Connective Tissue Disease 166
Mixed Connective Tissue Disease 166
Overlap Syndromes 169
Undifferentiated Connective Tissue Disease 169
Bibliography 170
Chapter 22 - Sjögren’s Syndrome 171
Bibliography 177
Further Reading 178
Chapter 23 - Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome 179
Bibliography 188
Further Reading 188
Chapter 24 - Adult-Onset Still’s Disease 189
Yamaguchi Classification Criteria 191
Bibliography 192
Chapter 25 - Polymyalgia Rheumatica 193
Bibliography 196
IV - The Vasculitides and Related Disorders 199
Chapter 26 - Approach for Patients with Suspected Vasculitis 201
Bibliography 207
Chapter 27 - Large-Vessel Vasculitis: Giant Cell Arteritis, Takayasu Arteritis, and Aortitis 208
Giant Cell Arteritis 208
Takayasu Arteritis 212
Isolated Aortitis and Chronic Periaortitis 214
Bibliography 215
Further Reading 215
Chapter 28 - Medium-Vessel Vasculitides: Polyarteritis Nodosa, Thromboangiitis Obliterans, and Primary Angiitis of the Central Nervous System 216
Polyarteritis Nodosa 216
Thromboangiitis Obliterans 220
Primary Angiitis/Vasculitis of the CNS 221
Bibliography 223
Further Reading 223
Chapter 29 - Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody-Associated Vasculitis 224
Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis 225
Microscopic Polyangiitis 231
Drug-Induced ANCA-Associated Vasculitis 234
ANCA and Other Diseases 234
Bibliography 234
Further Reading 235
Chapter 30 - Immune-Complex–Mediated Small-Vessel Vasculitides 236
IgA Vasculitis (Henoch–Schönlein Purpura) 238
Urticarial Vasculitis 239
Erythema Elevatum Diutinum 239
Bibliography 240
Further Reading 240
Chapter 31 - Cryoglobulinemia 241
Bibliography 246
Chapter 32 - Behçet’s Disease and Cogan’s Syndrome 248
Behçet’s Disease 248
Cogan’s Syndrome 252
Bibliography 252
Further Reading 252
Chapter 33 - Relapsing Polychondritis 253
Bibliography 257
V - Seronegative Spondyloarthropathies 259
Chapter 34 - Ankylosing Spondylitis 261
Bibliography 267
Further Reading 267
Chapter 35 - Rheumatic Manifestations of Gastrointestinal and Hepatobiliary Diseases 268
Enteropathic Arthritides 268
Rheumatic Syndromes and Pancreatic Disease 272
Rheumatic Syndromes and Hepatobiliary Disease 273
Bibliography 275
Further Reading 275
Chapter 36 - Reactive Arthritis 276
Bibliography 283
Further Reading 283
Chapter 37 - Arthritis Associated with Psoriasis and Other Skin Diseases 284
Bibliography 288
Further Reading 288
VI - Arthritis Associated WithInfectious Agents 289
Chapter 38 - Bacterial Septic Arthritis, Bursitis, and Osteomyelitis 291
Bibliography 299
Further Reading 299
Chapter 39 - Lyme Disease 300
Difficult Clinical Situations 305
Bibliography 306
Further Reading 306
Chapter 40 - Mycobacterial and Fungal Joint and Bone Diseases 307
Bibliography 312
Further Reading 312
Chapter 41 - Viral Arthritides 313
Hepatitis A and B 313
Hepatitis C 314
Rubella 315
Parvovirus 316
Other Virus Infections 317
Bibliography 318
Chapter 42 - HIV-Associated Rheumatic Syndromes 319
Bibliography 323
Further Reading 324
Chapter 43 - Whipple’s Disease 325
Bibliography 327
Chapter 44 - Acute Rheumatic Fever and Poststreptococcal Arthritis 328
Bibliography 333
VII - Rheumatic Disorders Associated With Metabolic, Endocrine, And Hematologic Diseases 335
Chapter 45 - Gout 337
Bibliography 344
Further Reading 345
Chapter 46 - Calcium Pyrophosphate Deposition Disease 346
Bibliography 350
Chapter 47 - Basic Calcium Phosphate and Other Crystalline Diseases 352
Bibliography 356
Chapter 48 - Endocrine-Associated Arthropathies 357
Diabetes Mellitus 357
Thyroid Disease 360
Parathyroid Disease 361
Acromegaly 362
Cushing’s Syndrome 362
Familial Hyperlipoproteinemia 363
Bibliography 363
Chapter 49 - Arthropathies Associated with Hematologic Diseases 365
Bibliography 370
Further Reading 370
Chapter 50 - Malignancy-Associated Rheumatic Disorders 371
Bibliography 376
Further reading 377
VIII - Bone and Cartilage Disorders 379
Chapter 51 - Osteoarthritis 381
Bibliography 391
Chapter 52 - Metabolic Bone Disease 393
Bibliography 399
Further Reading 399
Chapter 53 - Paget’s Disease of Bone 400
Bibliography 404
Further Reading 404
Chapter 54 - Osteonecrosis 405
Bibliography 409
Further Reading 410
IX - Hereditary, Congenital, and Inborn Errors of Metabolism Associated With Rheumatic Syndromes 411
Chapter 55 - Heritable Connective Tissue Diseases 413
Tensile Hereditary Connective Tissue Diseases 413
Compressive Hereditary Connective Tissue Diseases 418
Barrier Hereditary Connective Tissue Diseases 419
Bibliography 419
Further Reading 419
Chapter 56 - Inborn Errors of Metabolism Affecting Connective Tissue 420
Acknowledgment 422
Bibliography 422
Further Reading 423
Chapter 57 - Storage and Deposition Diseases 424
Acknowledgment 429
Bibliography 429
Further Reading 429
Chapter 58 - Rheumatologic Manifestations of the Primary Immunodeficiency Syndromes 430
Bibliography 436
Further Reading 436
Chapter 59 - Bone and Joint Dysplasias 437
Bibliography 441
Further Reading 441
X - Nonarticular and Regional Musculoskeletal Disorders 443
Chapter 60 - Approach for the Patient with Neck and Low Back Pain 445
Bibliography 451
Chapter 61 - Fibromyalgia 452
Bibliography 461
Further Reading 461
Chapter 62 - Regional Musculoskeletal Disorders 462
Bibliography 469
Chapter 63 - Sports Medicine and Occupational Injuries 471
Bibliography 476
Further Reading 476
Chapter 64 - Entrapment Neuropathies 477
Bibliography 481
Further reading 482
Chapter 65 - Complex Regional Pain Syndrome 483
Bibliography 488
Further reading 489
XI - Neoplasms and Tumorlike Lesions 491
Chapter 66 - Benign and Malignant Tumors of Joints and Synovium 493
Bibliography 496
Further Reading 496
Chapter 67 - Common Bony Lesions: Radiographic Features 497
Bibliography 506
Further reading 506
XII - Pediatric RheumaticDiseases 507
Chapter 68 - Approach to the Child with Joint Pain 509
Bibliography 515
Further Reading 515
Chapter 69 - Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis 516
Bibliography 521
Chapter 70 - Juvenile Systemic Connective Tissue Diseases 522
Bibliography 528
Further Reading 529
Chapter 71 - Kawasaki Disease 530
Bibliography 532
Further Reading 532
XIII - Miscellaneous Rheumatic Disorders 533
Chapter 72 - Metabolic and Other Genetic Myopathies 535
Bibliography 542
Further Reading 542
Chapter 73 - Amyloidosis 543
Bibliography 548
Further Reading 548
Chapter 74 - Raynaud’s Phenomenon 549
Bibliography 554
Chapter 75 - Autoimmune Eye and Ear Disorders 555
Uveitis 555
Episcleritis/Scleritis 559
Retinal Vasculitis 561
Immune-Mediated Inner Ear Disease 562
Cogan’s Syndrome 563
Bibliography 564
Further Reading 564
Chapter 76 - Rheumatic Syndromes Associated with Sarcoidosis 565
Bibliography 569
Further Reading 570
Chapter 77 - Rheumatic Disorders in Patients on Dialysis 571
Bibliography 576
Further Reading 576
Chapter 78 - Rheumatic Disease and the Pregnant Patient 577
Bibliography 584
Further Reading 585
Chapter 79 - Familial Autoinflammatory Syndromes 586
Periodic Fever Syndromes 588
CAPS 590
Other Autoinflammatory Syndromes 590
Bibliography 591
Further Reading 591
Chapter 80 - Odds and Ends 592
Bibliography 598
XIV - Management of the Rheumatic Diseases 599
Chapter 81 - Nonsteroidal Antiinflammatory Drugs 601
Bibliography 610
Chapter 82 - Glucocorticoids—Systemic and Injectable 612
Bibliography 618
Chapter 83 - Systemic Antirheumatic Drugs 619
Bibliography 626
Chapter 84 - Immunosuppressive and Immunoregulatory Agents 627
Bibliography 632
Further Reading 632
Chapter 85 - Biologic Agents 633
Bibliography 643
Further Reading 644
Chapter 86 - Hypouricemic Agents and Colchicine 645
Bibliography 650
Chapter 87 - Bone Strengthening Agents 652
Bibliography 659
Chapter 88 - Rehabilitative Techniques 661
Exercise and Rest 662
Physical Modalities 664
Orthoses, Joint Protection, and Assistive Devices 665
Specific Disease Rehabilitation 666
Bibliography 667
Further Reading 667
Chapter 89 - Surgical Treatment and Rheumatic Diseases 668
Bibliography 675
Further Reading 675
Chapter 90 - Disability 676
Bibliography 681
Further Reading 681
XV - Final Secrets 683
Chapter 91 - Complementary and Alternative Medicine 685
Bibliography 691
Further Reading 691
Chapter 92 - History, the Arts, and Rheumatic Diseases 692
Bibliography 695
Index 697