This PDF A Resident’s Guide to Pediatric Rheumatology covers the
following topics related to Rheumatology : Pediatric Rheumatology Clinical
Assessment, Approaches and Differential Diagnoses for Common Complaints Referred
to Pediatric Rheumatology, Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis, Systemic Lupus
Erythematosus and Related Conditions, Systemic Vasculitis, Idiopathic
Inflammatory Myopathies, Scleroderma and Related Syndromes, Autoinflammatory
Diseases, Uveitis, Inflammatory Brain Diseases, Infection and Infection-Related
Conditions, Pain Syndromes, Pediatric Rheumatology Emergencies, Medications.
This book will help trainees
become better physicians and scientists, and that it will help practicing
rheumatologists to provide better care, and ultimately, improve the quality of
life of our patients.
Rheumatology is a sub-specialty in internal
medicine, devoted to diagnosis and therapy of rheumatic diseases. This book
deals mainly with clinical problems involving joints, soft tissues, autoimmune
diseases, vasculitides, and heritable connective tissue disorders.
This article
explains the following topics: Diagnostic Considerations, Cubital Tunnel
Syndrome: Causes and Symptoms, Radial Tunnel Syndrome: Causes and Symptoms and
Treatments for Cubital Tunnel Syndrome and Radial Tunnel Syndrome.
This article
explains the following topics related to Cystic Lesions About the Knee: Imaging
Studies, Histologic Finding, Medical Therapy, Surgical Therapy, Preoperative
Details, Intraoperative Details, Postoperative Details, Complications, Outcome
and Prognosis, Future and Controversies.
This article
explains the following topics related to Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal
Hyperostosis: Differential Diagnoses such as Ankylosing Spondylitis, Ankylosing
Spondylitis and Undifferentiated Spondyloarthropathy, Laboratory Studies and
Complications.
This article explains the following topics related to Glenohumeral
Arthritis: Arthritic Shoulder, Shoulder Anatomy, Shoulder Arthritides, Patient
History, Physical Examination, Plain Radiography, CT Shoulder Scans, MRI
and Ultrasonography, Cell Counts and Culture, Medical Therapy, Surgical Therapy,
Glenohumeral Arthrodesis, Shoulder Arthroplasty, Intraoperative Details for
Arthroplasty, Postoperative Care, Surgical Outcomes, Surgical Complications and
Future Directions in Surgery.
This article explains the following topics related to Intersection
Syndrome: Imaging Studies, Histologic Findings, Electrodiagnostic Testing,
Medical Therapy, Surgical Therapy, Intraoperative Details, Postoperative
Details, Follow-up, Complications, Outcome and Prognosis, Future and
Controversies.
This article covers the following
topics: stages of the disease, Diagnostic Considerations, Prognosis, Diagnosis
of Incomplete Kawasaki Disease, Echocardiography, MRA and CT, Histologic
Findings, Treatment and Management, Medication.