Practical Rheumatology - Hardcover

Marc Hochberg; Michael Weinblatt; Alan Silman; Michael Weisman; Josef Smolen

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0323029396 ISBN 13: 9780323029391

Publisher: Mosby, 2004

Synopsis

This practical resource distills all of the evidence-based clinical information on the presentations, diagnosis, and management of common musculoskeletal disorders from the parent text, Hochberg's: Rheumatology 3rd Edition. Practical Rheumatology 3rd Edition provides an understanding of those rarer disorders for differential diagnosis as well as guidelines for referring patients to a specialist. With an emphasis on signs, symptoms, and lab tests, this 3rd Edition establishes principles of 'pattern recognition' essential to an accurate diagnosis.

• Discusses common signs and symptoms, evaluation, and pattern recognition · presentations of regional disorders and widespread pain · infection related rheumatic disorders · connective disorders · osteoarthritis · crystal diseases · reactive arthritis · and more.
• Encapsulates the key clinical, diagnostic, and therapeutic problems for the non-specialist.
• Features the expertise of more than 50 international experts.
• Provides step-by-step pictorial guidance on joint examination and injection techniques for common problems.
• Includes summaries, algorithms, and full-color illustrations that aid in diagnosis and treatment.

Features a new trans-Atlantic editorial team as well as many new contributors

Provides new sections on principles of management, including NSAIDS, Systemic corticosteroids, and alternative and complimentary medicine; paediatric rheumatology and metabolic bone disease

Includes an introductory overview of the scientific basis of rheumatic disease

About this title

About the Author

By Marc C. Hochberg, MD, MPH, Professor of Medicine, Head, Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA; Alan J. Silman, MD, ARC Professor of Rheumatic Disease Epidemiology, Director, ARC Epidemiology Research Unit, University of Manchester, UK; Josef S. Smolen, MD, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Vienna and Center for Rheumatic Diseases, Lainz Hospital, Vienna, Austria; Michael E. Weinblatt, MD, Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Co-Director of Clinical Rheumatology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA; and Michael H. Weisman, MD, Director, Division of Rheumatology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center; Professor of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA

Edition details

• Publisher: Mosby
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0323029396
• ISBN 13: 9780323029391
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 688