Vasculitis is a term for a group of rare diseases that have in common inflammation of blood vessels and there are many types of vasculitis, and they may vary greatly in symptoms, severity and duration. Vasculitis can range from mild to life-threatening and early detection and treatment of severe vasculitis can prevent permanent damage.
In this issue of Rheumatic Disease Clinics, guest editors Drs. Eli Miloslavsky and Anisha Dua bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Vasculitis. Top experts in the field cover key topics such as vasculitis mimics and other related conditions; vasculitis and pregnancy: disease state and medication management; CNS vasculitis: PACNS and CNS manifestations of systemic vasculitis; ENT manifestations of vasculitis; isolated aortitis workup and management; and more. - Contains 14 relevant, practice-oriented topics including peds vasculitis: Kawasaki's and COVID MIS-C; emerging therapies EGPA; managing immunosuppression in vasculitis patients in the time of COVID; future of vasculitis: DEI in vasculitis clinical trials, pathway targets, precision medicine, PROs, models for damage/relapse, biomarkers; and more. - Provides in-depth clinical reviews on vasculitis, offering actionable insights for clinical practice. - Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.
Chronic joint pain is often associated with rheumatic diseases, but rheumatic diseases can also cause damage to vital organs including the heart. This articles in this issue will cover cardiac involvement in a variety of rheumatic diseases with discussions abotu clinical presentations and mechanistic aspects.
This Open Access book presents practical approaches to managing patients affected by various rheumatological diseases, allowing readers to gain a better understanding of the various clinical expressions and problems experienced by these patients. Discussing rheumatology from an organ systems perspective, it highlights the importance ofdetailed musculoskeletal examinations when treating patients affected by rheumatological diseases. The book first explores the latest diagnostic approaches and offers key tips for accurate musculoskeletal examinations before addressing the various treatment modalities, with a particular focus on the most common joints involved in rheumatoid arthritis: the wrists and the metacarpophalangeal joints (2nd and 3rd). Featuring easy-to-understand flow diagrams and explaining the common medical problems associated with rheumatic disease, such as shortness of breath and anemia, it is not only a valuable resource to rheumatologists, but will also appeal to medical students, junior residents, and primary healthcare physicians.
This issue of Rheumatic Disease Clinics includes articles such as: Imaging of inflammatory arthritis in adults: status and perspectives on the use of ultrasound, radiographs, and magnetic resonance imaging; Imaging of inflammatory arthritis in children: status and perspectives on the use of ultrasound, radiographs, and magnetic resonance imaging; Imaging evaluation of the entheses: ultrasonography, magnetic resonance imaging, and scoring of evaluation; Imaging for diagnosis and longitudinal assessment of osteoarthritis; Imaging in axial spondyloarthritis: evaluation of inflammatory and structural changes, and many more!
In this first-of-its-kind issue of Rheumatic Disease Clinics, guest editor Dr. Bryant R. England brings his considerable expertise to the topic of Environmental Triggers for Rheumatic Diseases. In practical, state-of-the-art articles, top experts examine the connection between some of the most commonly seen rheumatic disease and environmental triggers for the disease. - Contains 13 practice-oriented topics including inhalant and mucosal-related environmental risks for rheumatoid arthritis; lifestyle, hormonal, and microbial-related environmental risks for rheumatoid arthritis; environmental risks for systemic lupus erythematosus; environmental risks for osteoarthritis; targeting environmental risks to prevent rheumatic diseases; and more. - Provides in-depth clinical reviews on environmental triggers for rheumatic diseases, offering actionable insights for clinical practice. - Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.
This issue of Rheumatic Disease Clinics, guest edited by Dr. John Davis, will discuss Cancer and Rheumatic Diseases. This issue is one of four selected each year by series Consulting Editor, Dr. Michael Weisman. Topics discussed in this issue include, but are not limited to: rheumatic drugs and malignancy potential, biologic drugs and cancer, methotrexate and cancer, managing rheumatoid arthritis with cancer, Sjogren's Syndrome and cancer, lupus and cancer, scleroderma and cancer, cancer and spondylarthritis, and cancer immunotherapy.
The lungs are involved so frequently with rheumatologic problems. This issue will cover Radiology of lung disease in the rheumatic diseases, Histopathology of lung disease in the rheumatic diseases, Determining respiratory impairment, Lung disease in RA, Lung disease in scleroderma, and many more!
A comprehensive review of inflammatory syndromes and diseases that affect the blood vessels, this volume draws upon authors from all over the world to present informed discussions on all types of vasculitis and related conditions.
In this issue of Rheumatic Disease Clinics, guest editor Dr. Erin Janssen brings her considerable expertise to the topic of New and Emerging Rheumatic Diseases. Top experts in the field cover issues such as approach to diagnosing in-born errors of immunity; Type I interferonopathies; SOCS1 and immune dysregulation; manifestations of DADA2; COPA syndrome; and more. - Contains 15 relevant, practice-oriented topics including T cell tolerance/Treg defects; gene defects in early onset IBD/colitis; autoimmunity with cytoskeletal d/o - WAS, DOCK8; autoimmune and autoinflammatory neurologic conditions; genes in HLH and that predispose to MAS; mutations in severe COVID/MISC; and more. - Provides in-depth clinical reviews on new and emerging rheumatic diseases, offering actionable insights for clinical practice. - Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.
