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The Washington Manual® Rheumatology Subspecialty Consult
edited by
Kevin M. Latinis et al.

The Washington Manual® Rheumatology Subspecialty Consult is a practical guide to inpatient and outpatient rheumatology consultations.

It focuses on how to approach rheumatological problems, how to perform a musculoskeletal examination and arthrocentesis, and which medications are appropriate, including dosage and recommended monitoring.

The Washington Manual® Rheumatology Subspecialty Consult covers symptoms and diseases and acute and chronic problems with the same front-lines practicality as the world-famous Washington Manual® of Medical Therapeutics.

Content includes overviews of the major rheumatic diseases and sections on crystalline arthritis, seronegative spondyloarthropathies, vasculitis, infectious causes of arthritis, and miscellaneous rheumatology consultations.

Contents:

    Introduction
    1. Approach to the Rheumatology Patient
    2. Rheumatologic Joint Exam
    3. Arthrocentesis: Aspirating and Injecting Joints
    4. Synovial Fluid Analysis
    5. Lab Evaluation of Rheumatic Diseases
    6. Radiographic Evaluation of Rheumatic Diseases
    7. Rheumatologic Emergencies
    8. Regional Pain Syndromes
    9. Drugs Used in the Treatment of Rheumatic Diseases

    Common Rheumatic Diseases

    1. Rheumatold Arthritis
    2. Osteoarthritis
    3. Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

    Crystalline Arthritis

    1. Gout
    2. Pseudogout: Calcium Pyrophosphate Dihydrate Crystal Deposition Disease

    Seronegative Spondyloarthropathies

    1. Undifferentiated Spondyloarthropathy
    2. Ankylosing Spondylitis
    3. Psoriatic Arthritis
    4. Reactive Arthritis
    5. Enteropathic Arthritis

    Vasculitis

    1. Introduction to Vasculitis
    2. Takayasu's Arteritis
    3. Giant Cell Arteritis and Polymyalgis Rheumatica
    4. Polyarteritis Nodosa
    5. Wegener's Granulomatosis
    6. Churg-Strauss Syndromes
    7. Microscopic Polyangiitis
    8. Henoch-Schoniein Purpura
    9. Cryoglobuilnemia and Cryoglobulinemic Vasculitis
    10. Cutaneous Vasculitis
    11. Thromboangiitis Obliterans
    12. Behcet's Syndrome

    Infectious Causes of Arthritis

    1. Infectious Arthritis
    2. Lyme Disease
    3. Acute Rheumatic Fever

    Miscellaneous Rheumatology Consultations

    1. Inflammatory Myopathies
    2. Fibromyalgia Syndrome
    3. Sjogren's Syndrome
    4. Scleroderma
    5. Antiphospholipid Syndrome
    6. Mixed Connective Tissue Disease
    7. Undifferentiated Connective Tissue Diseases
    8. Adult-Onset Still's Disease
    9. Relapsing Polychondritis
    10. Deposition and Storage Disease Arthropathies
    11. Complex Regional Pain Syndromes/Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy
    12. Neuropathic Arthropathy
    13. Sarcold Arthropathy
    14. Amyloidosis and Amyloid Arthropathy
    15. Miscellaneous Conditions Affecting the Skin
    16. Osteoporosis
    17. Avascular Necrosis
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