Targeted Treatment of the Rheumatic Diseases takes a patient management approach to treating adult and pediatric patients with rheumatic diseases. Michael H. Weisman, Michael Weinblatt, James S Louie, and Ronald Van Vollenhoven offer their unique insights into choosing the correct pharmacological and non-pharmacological therapies for your patients. Chapters cover the full breadth of rheumatic diseases, rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, connective tissue diseases, osteoporosis, regional pain disorders, and fibromyalgia. The full-color design presents detailed clinical photographs and treatment algorithms for visual guidance and easy reference. You’ll have all you need to provide your patients with the most effective treatment from this unique resource…also available online at expertconsult.com.

• Includes access to the fully searchable text online at expertconsult.com, along with MedLine linked references.
• Focuses on patient management instead of disease management so that you can tailor treatment plans according to each patient’s needs.
• Covers the treatment of pediatric patients as well as adults so that you can properly address the particular needs of any patient you see.
• Features the guidance and specific recommendations of experts from United States and Europe for a state-of-the-art approach to the variety of treatments currently in use.
• Displays the clinical manifestations of rheumatic diseases in full color, along with treatment algorithms for easy at-a-glance reference.

Review

***۲۰۱۰ BMA Book Awards – Highly Commended – Internal medicine*** “This is an excellent resource for experts, teachers and senior trainees – truly expert opinion at your fingertips although perhaps less helpful for generalists. It will be very good for trainees looking at exit exams and interviews as it’s easy to navigate. The searchable online version will be great for preparing talks: it may be worth buying just for that!”  Judges comments

Contents

۱. Management of Rheumatoid Arthritis: Principles and Strategies for Antirheumatic Pharmacotherapy
۲. Management of Rheumatoid Arthritis: The Newly Diagnosed Patient
۳. Management of Established Rheumatoid Arthritis
۴. Management of Rheumatoid Arthritis: The Patient with Extra-Articular Disease
۵. Management of Ankylosing Spondylitis and Other Spondyloarthropathies
۶. Management of Psoriatic Arthritis
۷. Juvenile Arthritis
۸. Principles in Management of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
۹. Management of Nonrenal Systemic Lupus Erythematosus 2
۱۰. Management of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Renal Disease
۱۱. Management of the Antiphospholipid Syndrome
۱۲. Management of Sjogren’s Syndrome
۱۳. Management of Systemic Sclerosis and Raynaud’s Phenomenon
۱۴. Targeted Treatment of the Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies
۱۵. Polymyalgia Rheumatica and Giant Cell Arteritis
۱۶. Management of Medium and Small Vessel Vasculitis,Including the Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody-Associated Dis
۱۷. Management of CNS Vasculitis and Takayasu’s Arteritis
۱۸. Management of Sarcoidosis, Behccedilet’s Disease,and Other Rare Rheumatic Diseases
۱۹. Management of the Connective Tissue Diseases of Childhood
۲۰. Septic Arthritis
۲۱. Management of Lyme Disease
۲۲. Gout and Crystal Deposition Disease
۲۳. Management of Osteoarthritis: Pharmacotherapy
۲۴. Osteoporosis
۲۵. Regional Disorders of the Neck, Shoulder, Arm,and Hand
۲۶. Management of Mechanical Lumbar Spine Disease
۲۷. Mechanisms and Treatment Strategy of Complex Regional Pain Syndromes
۲۸. Management of Fibromyalgia and Unexplained Generalized Pain Syndromes
۲۹. The Significance of Behavioral Interventions for Arthritis
۳۰. Physical Activity and Exercise in Rheumatic Disease
۳۱. Management of the Patient with Rheumatic Disease During and After Pregnancy
۳۲. Economic Considerations in the Treatment of Rheumatic Diseases
۳۳. Introduction of a Biologic Agent into the Clinic