Titlebook: Rheumatology for Primary Care Providers; A Clinical Casebook Yousaf Ali Book 2022 Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022 Osteoarthritis.Rheuma

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Rheumatoid Arthritis,ue of the joints. Early diagnosis of RA based on the clinical presentation and laboratory findings is of utmost importance to initiate adequate therapy. Therapeutic options have dramatically improved during the last 20 years due to the rise of biological and synthetic targeted therapies. Nevertheles

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SLE for Primary Care Providers,ts presentation which can vary from mild to severe. Common organ systems involved include the lung, kidney, skin, and brain with no specific identifiable reason. The pathophysiology of SLE remains unclear but has been widely studied and medical management has been refined over the last few decades t

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Fibromyalgia for the Primary Care Physician, disorders. It affects 1 in 20 patients in a primary care setting. In fact, primary care providers (PCP) are often frontline in the management of this condition. Due to the variability of disease presentation among patients, lack of laboratory or imaging studies for definitive diagnosis, and the chr

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Metabolic Bone Disease and Osteoporosis,ure occurs, it is often not recognized or properly managed. However, osteoporosis that is diagnosed based on low bone mineral density is a strong predictor of a hip or vertebral fracture. A similar analogy is that of blood pressure for stroke or LDL cholesterol for coronary artery disease. In this c

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Crystal-Induced Arthritis,. Crystal-induced arthritis remains a common cause of monoarthritis, oligoarthritis, and polyarthritis. Gouty arthritis was one of the first crystal diseases to be recognized and described as a clinical entity. The earliest descriptions of podagra (acute gout in the first metatarsophalangeal joint)

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Interpretation of Rheumatological Tests,ing. Since autoimmune diseases make up a significant proportion of these patients, serologic testing is important in both diagnosis and clinical decision-making. Unfortunately, due to the presence of autoantibodies in a healthy population, these tests are often perceived as confusing. This chapter w

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Autoinflammatory Disease,distinct from autoimmune disease and primary immunodeficiency disease, but at times patients may have overlapping immunologic and clinical features. They include monogenic and polygenic disorders, and molecular genetics can aid in making the diagnosis. This chapter will focus on the pathophysiology,

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