Primary Care Rheumatology

PART I GENERAL APPROACH TO MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS Chapter 1The Primary Care Physician and the Specialist: Guidelines for Referral Chapter 2The Initial Evaluation: An Approach to Rapid Diagnosis Chapter 3A Guide to Efficient Physical Examination and Diagnosis of the Musculoskeletal System Chapter 4Appropriate Imaging for Bones, Joints, and Soft Tissue Chapter 5Laboratory Testing for Musculoskeletal Diseases Chapter 6Aspiration and Injection of Joints and Soft Tissue Chapter 7Pain Its Origins, Consequences, and Management Chapter 8Helping Patients Learn to Live with Arthritis Chapter 9Drugs that Relieve Pain and Inflammation Chapter 10Physical Modalities in Management of Pain and Inflammation Chapter 11Record Keeping for Rheumatic Diseases Chapter 12Special Problems of Musculoskeletal Disease in the Elderly Patient Chapter 13The Child with Joint, Limb, or Back Pain Chapter 14Rheumatic Diseases and the Pregnant Woman Chapter 15Overuse Injury Chapter 16Trauma Its Management by the Primary Care Physician and the Orthopaedic Surgeon Chapter 17The Skin and Musculoskeletal Diseases PART II APPROACH TO THE PATIENT WITH MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN Chapter 18Differential Diagnosis of Soft Tissue and Joint Pain Chapter 19Low Back Pain Chapter 20Neck Pain Chapter 21The Painful Foot and Ankle: Viewpoints from Orthopaedics and Podiatry Chapter 22Pain in the Jaw Joint: Diagnosis and Treatment Chapter 23Hand and Wrist Pain Chapter 24Musculoskeletal Pain and Emotional Disorders PART III RECOGNITION AND MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH SPECIFIC RHEUMATOLOGIC PROBLEMS Chapter 25Rheumatoid Arthritis and Lyme Disease Chapter 26Seronegative Spondyloarthropathies Chapter 27Systeemic Lupus Erythematosus and Systemic Vasculitis Chapter 28Scleroderma Chapter 29Inflammatory and Noninflammatory Myopathies: Clinicopathologic Features and Treatment Chapter 30Crystal Arthritis Chapter 31Osteoarthritis of the Extremities Chapter 32Osteoarthritis of the Spine Chapter 33A. Infections of the Joints B. Infections of the Spine Chapter 34Heeritable Diseases Affecting the Immune and Musculoskeletal Systems Chapter 35Osteoporosis APPENDIX 1.Glossary of Terms Used by Rheumatologists, Psychiatrists, Hand Surgeons, and Orthopaedic Surgeons ICD-9 Codes for Diagnosis in Rheumatic Diseases