The Pocket Primer on the Rheumatic Diseases

Front Matter....Pages 1-5
Introduction....Pages 7-7
History and Physical Examination....Pages 9-16
Laboratory Assessment....Pages 17-23
Arthrocentesis and Synovial Fluid Analysis....Pages 25-29
Imaging Techniques....Pages 31-34
Monarticular Joint Disease....Pages 35-36
Polyarticular Joint Disease....Pages 37-38
Regional Rheumatic Pain Syndromes....Pages 39-53
Fibromyalgia and Diffuse Pain Syndromes....Pages 55-58
Rheumatoid Arthritis....Pages 59-66
Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis....Pages 67-73
Psoriatic Arthritis....Pages 75-77
Ankylosing Spondylitis....Pages 79-83
Reactive and Enteropathic Arthritis....Pages 85-88
Osteoarthritis....Pages 89-95
Calcium Pyrophosphate Dihydrate, Hydroxyapatite, and Miscellaneous Crystals....Pages 97-101
Infectious Disorders....Pages 103-108
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus....Pages 109-119
Antiphospholipid Syndrome....Pages 121-123
Systemic Sclerosis....Pages 125-131
Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies....Pages 133-136
Metabolic Myopathies....Pages 137-141
Sjögren’s Syndrome....Pages 143-148
Vasculitides....Pages 149-163
Behçet’s Syndrome....Pages 165-168
Adult Still’s Disease....Pages 169-171
Autoinflammatory Disorders/Periodic Syndromes....Pages 173-176
Less Common Arthropathies....Pages 177-185
Complex Regional Pain Syndrome....Pages 187-189
Osteonecrosis....Pages 191-193
Paget’S Disease....Pages 195-196
Osteoporosis....Pages 197-200
Therapeutic Injections....Pages 201-204
Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs....Pages 205-211
Glucocorticoids....Pages 213-216
Operative Treatment....Pages 217-220
Complementary and Alternative Therapies....Pages 221-222
Back Matter....Pages 223-242