Category: Rheumatology
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Rheumatology Made Ridiculously Simple (2020)
Rheumatology Made Ridiculously Simple (2020) is a concise and clear overview of rheumatology. The book starts with a discussion of how to evaluate patients with joint pain, and then proceeds with a detailed overview of the diagnoses and management of all the important rheumatological diseases including rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), the spondyloarthropathies and…
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Seronegative spondyloarthropathies
Introduction Among the thousands of patients whom you might want to diagnose with mechanical low back pain, one or two might actually have one of the seronegative spondyloarthropathies, an important group of systemic diseases, which requires careful and particular management. The seronegative spondyloarthropathies are: Seronegative (= negative for rheumatoid factor and anti-citrullinated protein antibodies) Spondyloarthropathies…
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Physical Examination of the Spine and Extremities by Stanley Hoppenfeld
There are very few medical books in existence about which one can be tempted to declare, “I doubt whether in my lifetime there will ever be another book about this topic that is as good as this one.” In fact, I know only one medical book about which a statements like this might be said…
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Back Pain: a “Worst First” Approach
When it comes to back pain, think of the worst, i.e. the most dangerous ones, first. That way you won’t miss anything critical, either in real life or on the Boards. Cardiovascular Upper back pain: consider acute coronary syndrome or thoracic aortic dissection Lower back pain: consider abdominal aortic aneurism or rupture (older smoker) and retroperitoneal hematoma.…