Watts / Scott Vasculitis in Clinical Practice

1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-1-84996-247-6
Verlag: Springer
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 193 Seiten

Reihe: Medicine

The systemic vasculitides are a group of disorders which are of increasing importance. Many of these conditions are only rarely encountered by general physicians and often present significant diagnostic challenges. Our goal in writing this short book was to provide easily accessible information in a pocket-sized format. We hope we have helped both the g- eral rheumatologist who only encounter these problems occasionally. We have focused on clinical presentation, di- nostic processes, and current management. We hope, the- fore, that we will help our patients with these potentially devastating conditions by improving diagnosis and therapy. Richard A. Watts Ipswich, UK David G. I. Scott Norwich, UK v Contents Part I Introduction 1 Defnitions 3 1 1 General Introduction 3 1 2 Defnitions 4 2 Classifcation and Epidemiology 7 2 1 Introduction 7 2 2 ACR (1990) Criteria 8 2 3 Chapel Hill Consensus Defnitions 9 2 4 Epidemiology 9 2 5 Etiological Factors 10 References 11 3 General Presentation of the Vasculitides 13 3 1 Introduction 13 3 2 Pattern Recognition 13 3 3 Laboratory Investigations 16 3 4 Differential Diagnosis 18 References 19 4 General Principles of Treatment 21 4 1 Treatment 21 4 2 Remission Induction 21 4. 2. 1 Large Vessel Disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 4. 2. 2 Medium Vessel Disease . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 4. 2. 3 Medium/Small Vessel Vasculitis . . . . . 22 4. 2. 4 Small Vessel Vasculitis . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Zielgruppe

Professional/practitioner

Autoren/Hrsg.

Watts, Richard A.

Scott, David G. I.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Definitions.- Classification and Epidemiology.- General Presentation of the Vasculitides.- General Principles of Treatment.- Features of Individual Diseases.- Giant Cell Arteritis.- Takayasu Arteritis.- Wegener’s Granulomatosis.- Churg–Strauss Syndrome.- Microscopic Polyangiitis.- Polyarteritis Nodosa.- Kawasaki Disease.- Henoch–Schönlein Purpura.- Behçet’s Disease.- Cryoglobulinemic Vasculitis.- Vasculitis Mimics.- Secondary Vasculitis.- Primary Angiitis of the Central Nervous System Vasculitis.- Relapsing Polychondritis.- Cogan’s Syndrome.- Erratum.

Über Autor(innen)

Richard A. Watts, DM MA FRCP is a Senior Lecturer at the University of East Anglia School of Medicine, Health and Policy Practice and a Consultant Rheumatologist at Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust, in the UK.David G.I. Scott, MD FRCP is a Consultant Rheumatologist at Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital NHS Trust, and an Honorary Professor at the University of East Anglia, School of Medicine, Health Policy and Practice, in the UK.