BookYousaf Ali, editor.
Summary: Current texts in rheumatology are very detailed and designed specifically for rheumatologists. This clear and concise guide is targeted at the busy clinician who comes into contact with both common and uncommon rheumatologic disorders. Many chapters presents a common clinical scenario and include a definition of the disease while outlining incidence and prevalence, common manifestations, treatment and pitfalls. A range of topics are included in the fifteen chapters including osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, fibromyalgia, metabolic bone disease, gout and scleroderma, among others. Written by experts in the field, Rheumatology for Primary Care Providers is a definitive guide to rheumatology for the primary care physician and non-specialist.
Contents:
An Approach to a Patient with Joint Pain
Osteoarthritis
Rheumatoid arthritis
SLE for Primary Care Providers
Fibromyalgia for the Primary Care Physician
Metabolic Bone Disease and Osteoporosis
Crystal-Induced Arthritis
Overuse Injuries
Systemic and Localized Inflammatory Diseases of Older Adults
Interpretation of Rheumatological Tests
Infectious Arthritis
Autoinflammatory Disease
Scleroderma
Vasculitis
Ankylosing Spondylitis.