The most up-to-date and readily accessible rheumatology resource available!
A Doody's Core Title ESSENTIAL PURCHASE for 2011!
5 STAR DOODY'S REVIEW!
"I was impressed with this book and consider it one of the more useful books I've come across for use in treating patients. Not only is it a good book to read from cover-to-cover, but it's also a wonderful resource for injection techniques as well as therapeutics. No other book provides the practicalities like this does. Based on the ever-changing biologic therapies, one would imagine an update every several years makes sense."--Doody's Review Service
The second edition of this quick-reference guide has everything you need to keep pace with this fast-moving field--presented in the acclaimed CURRENT format. Valuable to primary care providers as well as practicing rheumatologists, the book offers a straightforward approach to the management of difficult-to-treat rheumatologic diseases and disorders, such as arthritis, lupus, and sarcoidosis.
Essential NEW MATERIAL INCLUDES:
- Updated review of NSAIDs in light of current controversies and developments
- Expanded coverage of rheumatoid arthritis
- Brand new chapters on Juvenile Arthritis; The Treatment of SLE; Autoimmune Hearing Loss; and the Approach to the Painful Red Eye
- A well-illustrated chapter on the performance of joint arthrocentesis and injection
- More illustrations and radiographs
- New chapter on Pearls in Hospital Rheumatology, filled with no-nonsense diagnostic and treatment advice for the student, trainee, or clinician
Features:
- Expert coverage of the entire range of rheumatology disorders
- Full explanations of common and major disorders in clinical immunology
- Concise chapters geared to the needs of trainees and clinicians
- Addresses common but difficult-to-diagnose rheumatologic complaints -- and delivers key “approach to the patient†strategies