Hospital for special surgery manual of rheumatology and outpatient orthopedic disorders : diagnosis and therapy / editors, Stephen A. Paget ... [et al.].

Rev. ed. of: Manual of rheumatology and outpatient orthopedic disorders. 4th ed. c2000.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Musculoskeletal history and physical examination -- Thinking like a rheumatologist -- Immunology for the primary care physician -- Rheumatologic laboratory tests -- Immunogenetic aspects of rheumatic diseases -- Bone, connective tissue, joint and vascular biology and pathology -- Diagnostic imaging techniques -- Arthrocentesis, intra-articular injection, and synovial fluid analysis -- Measuring clinical outcomes in rheumatic disease -- Ethical and legal considerations -- Patient education -- Psychosocial aspects of the rheumatic diseases -- Acute management of musculoskeletal and autoimmune diseases -- Monarthritis/polyarthritis: differential diagnosis -- Muscle pain and weakness -- Rash and arthritis -- Raynaud's phenomenon -- Autoimmune and inflammatory ophthalmic diseases -- Neck pain -- Low back pain -- Shoulder pain -- Elbow pain -- Hip pain -- Knee pain -- Ankle and foot pain -- Sports injuries -- The female athlete -- Bursitis and tendinitis -- Rheumatoid arthritis --

Systemic lupus erythematosus -- Antiphospholipid syndrome -- Dermatomyositis, polymyositis, and inclusion body myositis -- Sj.ogren's syndrome -- Systemic sclerosis and related syndromes -- Polymyalgia rheumatica and giant cell arteritis -- Childhood rheumatic diseases -- The vasculitides -- Pregnancy and connective tissue disorders -- Ankylosing spondylitis -- Arthritis associated with ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease -- Psoriatic arthritis -- Reactive arthritis -- Gout -- Pseudogout (calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate crystal arthropathy) -- Human immunodeficiency virus -- Infectious arthritis -- Lyme disease -- Osteomyelitis -- Rheumatic fever -- Whipple's disease -- Osteoarthritis -- Osteonecrosis -- Osteoporosis -- Paget's disease of bone -- Endocrine arthropathies -- Fibromyalgia and chronic pain -- Paraneoplastic musculoskeletal syndromes and hypertrophic osteoarthropathy -- Miscellaneous diseases with rheumatic manifestations -- Prosthetic joint replacement -- Perioperative care of the patient with rheumatic disease -- Physical therapy -- Occupational therapy: therapist's management of rheumatologic disorders of the hand.