Rheumatoid Arthritis

1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-0-19-955675-5
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 168 Seiten, Format (B × H): 100 mm x 180 mm, Gewicht: 143 g

Reihe: Oxford Rheumatology Library

· Portable, accessible format for quick reference
· 2- colour printing throughout
· Helpful "Key Points" section at the start of each chapter

Rheumatoid Arthritis is a common rheumatic condition that affects around 1-2% of the population and without adequate therapy results in significant disability. Recent advances in the pathogenesis of the rheumatoid arthritis have led to the dramatic development of powerful new therapeutic agents that target specific disease mechanisms. Increasing use of intensive conventional therapy and the advent of more advanced biologic agents has altered our expectations of the drug treatment of the disease.

Part of the Oxford Rheumatology Library series, this practical pocketbook summarizes the important recent developments that have been made in the understanding of the pathogenesis, diagnosis and management of rheumatoid arthritis for the wide audience of clinicians who manage patients with this condition. Chapters include concise but comprehensive overviews of underlying disease mechanisms, clinical diagnosis and assessment, the role of laboratory investigations and imaging, the use of anti-inflammatory drugs, the role of disease modifying therapy steroids and biologic agents and the role of multidisciplinary care.

Zielgruppe

Trainee rheumatologists, rheumatology therapists, specialist nurses, interested GPs

Autoren/Hrsg.

Luqmani, Raashid

Pincus, Theodore

Boers, Maarten

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Rheumatologie, Muskelerkrankungen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1: Matthew Brown and Maarten Boers: Epidemiology, genetics and economic burden of rheumatoid arthritis
2: Catherine Swales, Paul Wordsworth and Raashid Luqmani: The pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis
3: Raashid Luqmani, Maarten Boers and Theodore Pincus: Diagnosis and clinical features of rheumatoid arthritis
4: Theodore Pincus and Raashid Luqmani: Disease assessment and monitoring patients for follow up
5: David L Scott and Gabrielle Kingsley: Drug therapy - small molecules
6: Peter Taylor: Biologic therapy
7: Sheena Hennell, Zoe Stableford, Jane Flynn and Raashid Luqmani: Multidisciplinary team management
8: Nicola Goodson and Raashid Luqmani: Comorbidity and complications of RA
9: Tom Cadoux-Hudson, Hemant Pandit, Ian McNab and Raashid Luqmani: Surgical management of rheumatoid arthritis: introduction and spinal involvement
10: Ian McNab and Chris Little: Surgical management of rheumatoid arthritis: the upper limb
11: Hemant Pandit, Bob Sharp and Roger Gundle: Surgical approach to the lower limb in rheumatoid arthritis
12: Raashid Luqmani and Paul P Tak: Future treatments in rheumatoid arthritis

Über Autor(innen)

Edited by Raashid Luqmani, Consultant Rheumatologist and Senior Lecturer, Rheumatology Department, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford, UK, Theodore Pincus, Professor of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, New York University, Hospital for Joint Diseases, New York, USA, and Maarten Boers, Professor of Clinical Epidemiology, Division of Clinical Epidemiology, VU Medical Center, Amsterdam

Contributors:
Professor Maarten Boers, Professor of Clinical Epidemiology, VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Professor Matthew Brown, Professor of Immunogenetics, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
Mr Tom Cadoux-Hudson, Consultant Neruosurgeon, Oxford Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK
Ms Jane Flynn, Specialist Practitioner in Rheumatology, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford, UK
Dr Nicola Goodson, Senior Lecturer in Rheumatology and Honorary Consultant Rheumatologist, University Hospital Aintree, Liverpool, UK
Mr Roger Gundle, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford, UK
Mrs Sheena Hennell, Rheumatology Specialist Nurse, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Liverpool, UK
Dr Gabrielle Kingsley, Reader in Rheumatology Medicine, Kings College London, UK
Mr Chris Little, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford, UK
Dr Raashid Luqmani, Consultant Rheumatologist and Senior Lecturer in Rheumatology, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford, UK
Mr Ian McNab, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford, UK
Mr Hemant Pandit, Research Fellow in Orthopaedics, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford, UK
Professor Theodore Pincus, Professor of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, New York University, Hospital for Joint Diseases, New York, USA
Professor David L Scott, Professor of Rheumatology, Kings College London, UK
Mr Bob Sharp, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford, UK
Ms Zoe Stableford, Podiatrist, Salford Royal Hospitals NHS Trust, UK
Dr Catherine Swales, Lecturer in Rheumatology, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford, UK
Professor Paul P Tak, Professor of Medicine, Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Professor Peter Taylor, Professor in Experimental Rheumatology, Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, London, UK
Professor Paul Wordsworth, Professor of Rheumatology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK