Acute Rheumatic and Immunologic Disease

Laboratory Tests


Laboratory Evaluation of the Acutely Ill Patient, John Varga


Complications of Drug Therapy


Infections in the Pharmacologically Immunosuppressed Host, Esther D. Chernak and Mark J. DiNubile
Pharmacology and Acute Toxicity of Antirheumatic and Immunological Therapy, Eric Boyce and Brian F. Mandell


General Management Problems


Fever in Patients with Rheumatic Diseases, Antonio J. Reginato and Gerald F. Falasca
Anaphylaxis and Angioedema: Treatment and Clues to Diagnosis, Tommy C. Sim
Acute Abdominal Emergencies in Patients with Rheumatic Disease, Kenneth J. DiGregorio and James C. Reynolds
Acute Arthritis in the Hospitalized Patient, Brian F. Mandell


Hematological Management Problems


Life-Threatening Autoimmune Thrombocytopenia, Hemolytic Anemia, and Leukopenia, Malcolm S. Trimble and John G. Kelton
Noninfectious Complications of Bone Marrow Transplantation, Selina M. Luger and Edward A. Stadtmauer
Lupus Anticoagulant Syndromes, Sandor S. Shapiro and David W. Essex


Diagnosis of Vasculitis


Recognition of Systemic Vasculitis in the Acutely Ill Patient, Gary S. Hoffman and Gail S. Kerr
Vasculitis of the Central Nervous System, Leonard H. Calabrese
Acute Renal Failure as a Presenting Feature of Vasculitic Syndromes, Jeffrey S. Berns and John E. Tomaszewski


Management of Renal Problems


Scleroderma Renal Crisis, Virginia D. Steen and Thomas A. Medsger, Jr.
End-Stage Renal Disease in Autoimmune Diseases, Raphael Cohen, Jeffrey S. Berns, and Michael Rudnick


Management of Lyme Disease-Serious Complications


Severe Complications of Lyme Disease, Leonard H. Sigal


Management of Cardiopulmonary Problems


Immune Alveolar Hemorrhage, Leslie Couch and James Leatherman
Respiratory Insufficiency in Patients with Connective Tissue Disease, Gregory R. Owens
Coronary Vasculitis, R. Jeffrey Snell and Joseph E. Parrillo
Management of Critically Ill Patients with Myasthenia Gravis, Guillain-Barré Syndrome, and Inflammatory Myopathies, Sami L. Khella
Cardiac Involvement in Rheumatic Disease, Sally Pullman-Mooar and Brian F. Mandell


Specific Therapeutic Modalities


Use of Corticosteroids in the Acutely Ill Patient, Robert P. Kimberly
Immunosuppressive Drug Therapy for the Critically Ill Rheumatic Disease Patient, Thomas J. A. Lehman
Acute High-Dose Intravenous Immunoglobulin Therapy, Howard Grodman and James Bussel
Plasma Exchange as Acute Therapy for Inflammatory Disease, Philip David Mason and Charles Dickson Pusey