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Your Questions Answered
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By
Robert Moots, MD, Leader in Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Liverpool and Honorary Consultant Rheumatologist: University Hospital
Aintree, Royal Liverpool Hospital and Liverpool Women's Hospital, Liverpool, UK
Nigel Jones, MD, General Practitioner, The Orrell Park Surgery, Liverpool, UK
Included in series
Your Questions Answered,
Description
This new volume in the Your Questions Answered Series helps readers to effectively diagnose and manage patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
It presents information in the Series' succinct, accessible, question and answer format, with an emphasis on evidence-based, up-to-date
knowledge, including the impact of all of the innovative, new drug therapies now available.
Audience
General practitioners and other health practitioners providing front line care (including nurses)
Contents
1. Aetiology, Epidemiology and Pathology of Rheumatoid Arthritis
2. History and Examination
3. Laboratory tests
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Confirming the Diagnosis, what's RA and what isn't
- Drug treatment, symptom relief.
- Drug treatment, disease modifiers/suppressants.
- Drug treatment, newer agents.
5. Non-drug Treatment in RA. Social and other issues in RA
6. Coordinating care for
the RA patient
7. Sources of further information and support
Appendices: HAQ; Useful addresses and websites; Widely used
NSAIDs and simple analgesics
References
Glossary of acronyms
List of patient questions
Index
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Paperback, 164 pages, publication date: FEB-2004
ISBN-13: 978-0-443-07442-4
ISBN-10: 0-443-07442-9
Imprint: CHURCHILL LIVINGSTONE
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Last update: 30 Oct 2009
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