Rheumatoid arthritis
Subtitle: early diagnosis and treatment
By: John J. Cush, Michael E. Weinblatt, Arthur Kavanaugh
Contributors: Weinblatt, Michael E.; Kavanaugh, Arthur
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: Professional Communications
Published: 2010
Place of publication: West Islip, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9781932610581
Subjects: Rheumatism; Arthritis; Rheumatoid Arthritis; Diagnosis; Therapy
Description: From the Preface: "This text is born of the authors' career-long interest in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). In preparing a text that would be of interest to primary care physicians and rheumatologists alike, we have decided to focus on the exciting developments that have given rise to the edict "diagnose early and treat aggressively." Hence, this text is not only an overview of RA, but where applicable, it will focus on "early" RA, early diagnosis, rules for referral, treatment advances, unmet needs, and an overview of how to initiate an early-arthritis effort of clinic in your practice."
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 1: Rheumatoid arthritis: overview/etiology/pathology; title: 2: Clinical features of rheumatoid arthritis; title: 3: Outcomes in rheumatoid arthritis; title: 4: Diagnostic criteria; title: 5: Diagnostic testing/imaging studies; title: 6: Diagnosis of early rheumatoid arthritis; title: 7: Nonpharmacologic treatment of rheumatoid arthritis; title: 8: Pharmacotherapy: a new paradigm for early rheumatoid arthritis; title: 9: Treatment of pain; title: 10: Corticosteroid therapy; title: 11: Disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs; title: 12: Biologic therapies; title: 13: Interleukin-1 inhibitors; title: 14: TNF-blocking therapies; title: 15: B-cell targeted therapy; title: 16: Blockade of T-cell costimulatory pathways; title: 17: Interleukin-6 inhibitors; title: 18: Appendix: Establishing an early arthritis clinic; title: Abbreviations/acronyms; title: Index.