Rheumatology is an ever-changing specialty in which the amount of available information is growing daily and spread across a myriad of books, journals and websites. The Oxford Desk Reference: Rheumatology brings this information together in an easy-to-use format. This essential resource combines up-to-date, relevant, evidence-based information with the latest guidelines and the experience of senior consultants. The book is designed such that each subject forms a self-contained topic in its own right, laid out across two or four pages to facilitate the key aim of rapid and easy access to information. This makes the information included simple to find, read and absorb, so that the book can be consulted in the clinic or ward setting for information on the optimum management of a particular condition. Written by internationally renowned rheumatology consultants, with expert contributors for each section, this book is must-have resource for all rheumatologists and an excellent reference for all doctors. Presents in one compact volume the latest clinical research and practice which impacts on a clinician's day-to-day life Content is clearly laid out enabling the reader to find what they need quickly and easily Edited by a team of internationally recognised contributors - all experts in their fields Up-to-date with the latest evidence-based management and guidelines Edited by Richard Watts , Consultant Rheumatologist, Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust, Ipswich, UK and Senior Lecturer School of Medicine, Health Policy and Practice, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK, Gavin Clunie , Consultant Rheumatologist, Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust, Ipswich, UK, Frances Hall , Lecturer in Rheumatology, University of Cambridge, and Honorary Consultant in Rheumatology, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK, and Tarnya Marshall , Consultant Rheumatologist, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, Norwich, UK CONTENTS 1: Clinical assessment of rheumatological disease 2: Investigation of rheumatic disease 3: Organ involvement in rheumatological disease 4: Rheumatological procedures 5: Regional musculoskeletal anatomy and conditions 6: Rheumatoid arthritis 7: Sponyloarthopathies 8: Autoimmune connective tissue diseases 9: Vasculitis 10: Juvenile idiopathic arthritis 11: Pregnancy and the rheumatic disease 12: Osetoarthritis and related disorders 13: Crystal arthritis 14: Bone disease 15: Collagen disorders 16: Musculoskeletal infection 17: Chronic pain 18: Miscellaneous 19: DMARDS and immunosuppressive drugs Contributors: Dr Kate Armon Consultant Paediatrician Norfolk and Norwich Hospital NHS Trust Norwich Dr Fraser Birrell Senior Lecturer in Rheumatology University of Newcastle upon Tyne Newcastle Dr Julian Blake Consultant Clinical Neurophysiologist Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital Norwich Dr Marian Burr Academic Clinical Fellow in Rheumatology ARC Epidemiology Unit University of Manchester Manchester Mr Ben Burton James Paget University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Norfolk Dr Gavin Clunie Consultant Rheumatologist Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust Ipswich Dr Carlos Cobiella Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon The Shoulder Unit Hospital of St John and St Elizabeth London Dr Dave Dutka University Lecturer and Honorary Consultant Cardiologist Addenbrooke's Hospital Cambridge Dr Amel Ginawi Addenbrooke's Hospital Cambridge Dr Mark Goodfield Department of Dermatology Leeds General Infirmary Leeds Dr Ben Walker Department of Dermatology Leeds General Infirmary Leeds Dr Richard Goodwin Consultant Radiologist Norfolk and Norwich University NHS Trust Norwich Mr Fares S Haddad Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon University College Hospital London Dr Ademola Adejuwon Registrar in Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery University College Hospital London Dr Sujith Konan Clinical and Research Fellow University College Hospital London Dr Shin-Jae Rhee Orthopaedic Registrar University College Hospital London Dr Frances Hall Lecturer in Rheumatology, University of Cambridge, and Honorary Consultant in Rheumatology, Addenbrooke's Hospital Cambridge Mr James Hopkinson-Woolley Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon Addenbrooke's Hospital Cambridge Mr Maxim Horwitz Specialist Registrar Trauma and Orthopaedics Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital Stanmore Dr Mark Lillicrap Consultant Rheumatologist Addenbrooke's Hospital Cambridge Mr Lennel Lutchman Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital Norwich Dr Tarnya Marshall Consultant Rheumatologist Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital Norwich Dr Maninder Mundae Clinical Research Fellow Addenbrooke's Hospital Cambridge Dr Andrew J K Östör Consultant Rheumatologist and Associate Lecturer School of Clinical Medicine University of Cambridge Cambridge Dr Helen Parfrey Department of Medicine University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine Cambridge Dr Nick Shenker Consultant Rheumatologist Addenbrooke's Hospital Cambridge Mr Elliot Sorene Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon University College London Hospitals London Dr Michael Walsh Clinical Fellow Lupus and Vasculitis Clinic Addenbrooke's Hospital Cambridge Dr Richard Watts Consultant Rheumatologist Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust Ipswich Dr Jeremy Woodward Consultant Gastroenterologist Addenbrooke's Hospital Cambridge Dr Michael Zandi Research Fellow Neurology Unit Department of Clinical Neurosciences Addenbrooke's Hospital Cambridge
