Paediatric Rheumatology

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 Symbols and abbreviations
 Contributors
 1 Clinical skills and assessment
 Epidemiology of paediatric musculoskeletal conditions
 History taking, physical examination, and approaches to investigation
 Normal variants of lower limb development
 The gait cycle and abnormal gait patterns
 Normal gait and musculoskeletal development
 pGALS: paediatric gait, arms, legs, spine musculoskeletal screening examination
 pREMS: paediatric regional examination of the musculoskeletal system
 Musculoskeletal ultrasound in juvenile idiopathic arthritis
 Autoantibodies Thermography in rheumatic diseaseNailfold capillaroscopy in rheumatic disease
 Outcome measures in paediatric rheumatology
 The Child Health Assessment Questionnaire (CHAQ)
 2 Common and important clinical problems
 Musculoskeletal presentations and non-accidental injury
 Malignancy and musculoskeletal presentations
 Bone tumours
 Bone and joint infections
 Infections in the immunocompromised
 Fractures in children and adolescents
 The limping child
 Pain syndromes and the assessment of pain
 Growing pains
 Pyrexia of unknown origin
 Back pain in children and adolescents
 Scoliosis Hip pain and hip problems in children and adolescentsKnee pain in children and adolescents
 Foot and ankle problems
 Joint hypermobility
 3 Juvenile idiopathic arthritis
 Genetics and JIA: HLA and non-HLA/MHC associations with subtypes of JIA
 Immunology and aetiology of JIA
 Classification of JIA
 JIA subtypes and their clinical presentations
 Prognostic indicators in JIA
 Uveitis screening in JIA: the approach to screening and guidelines
 Surgery in the young adult with JIA: practical issues
 Treatment approaches in JIA
 Treatment pathways in JIA Disease activity scores in rheumatoid arthritis and JIA4 Systemic diseases
 Vasculitis
 The classification of paediatric vasculitis
 The epidemiology of paediatric vasculitis
 The investigation of primary systemic vasculitis
 The standard treatment of childhood vasculitis
 Henoch-Schönlein purpura
 Kawasaki disease
 The anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitides
 Polyarteritis nodosa (PAN)
 Cutaneous polyarteritis nodosa (cPAN)
 Takayasu arteritis
 Behçet's disease
 Central nervous system vasculitis in children
 Other vasculitides Vasculitis mimics: non-inflammatory vasculopathiesJuvenile systemic lupus erythematosus
 JSLE: epidemiology and aetiology
 JSLE: clinical features and diagnostic criteria
 Assessment of the child with JSLE and monitoring of disease activity
 JSLE: approach to management
 JSLE: renal involvement
 Neonatal lupus syndrome
 B-cell-targeted therapies for systemic lupus erythematosus
 British Isles Lupus Assessment Group (BILAG) 2004 Index
 SLEDAI 2000 Disease Activity Index
 SLICC/ACR Damage Index (paediatric)
 Connective tissue diseases
 Scleroderma
 Juvenile dermatomyositis
 Overlap syndromes