Cantitate/Preț
Produs

Handbook of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis

Autor Angelo Ravelli
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 29 oct 2015
This handbook is an in-depth and comprehensive guide for the treatment and management of patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis. The handbook provides an informative review of the disease looking at the epidemiology, etiology and pathogenesis, issues of diagnosis and classification, consequences and complications, general treatment aspects, as well as both non pharmacologic and pharmacologic therapy whilst considering the future outlook for patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis. Juvenile idiopathic arthritis is the most common type of arthritis found in children and adolescents, affecting about 1 in 1,000 children. It is a chronic disease which causes inflammation, pain and swelling of the affected joints and can affect joints in any part of the body. This Handbook provides an unbiased, informative discussion of the current and emerging treatments in this field.     
Citește tot Restrânge

Preț: 34758 lei

Preț vechi: 36587 lei
-5% Nou

Puncte Express: 521

Preț estimativ în valută:
6651 6996$ 5558£

Carte tipărită la comandă

Livrare economică 08-22 ianuarie 25

Preluare comenzi: 021 569.72.76

Specificații

ISBN-13: 9783319081014
ISBN-10: 3319081012
Pagini: 124
Ilustrații: XV, 124 p. 23 illus., 6 illus. in color.
Dimensiuni: 127 x 203 x 10 mm
Greutate: 0.15 kg
Ediția:1st ed. 2016
Editura: Springer International Publishing
Colecția Adis
Locul publicării:Cham, Switzerland

Public țintă

Professional/practitioner

Cuprins

Introduction 
Disease overview
Epidemiology
Etiology and pathogenesis
Environmental factors
Genetic susceptibility
Role of humoral and cell-mediated immunity
Pathogenesis of systemic arthritis
Pathophysiology of macrophage activation syndrome

Disease classification 
Classification criteria 
Challenges in classification

Clinical manifestations 
Systemic arthritis 
Rheumatoid factor-negative polyarthritis 
Rheumatoid factor-positive polyarthritis 
Oligoarthritis 
Enthesitis-related arthritis 
Psoriatic arthritis 
Undifferentiated arthritis 

Diagnosis 
Clinical assessment 
Imaging 
Biomarkers 
Differential diagnosis

Consequences and complications 
Disease course of different subtypes 
Skeletal and growth abnormalities 
Ophthalmologic complications 
Macrophage activation syndrome 

General treatment aspects
Goals of treatment 
Measuring treatment response 
Treatment recommendations 
A multidisciplinary approach to treatment 
Special considerations in the pediatric patient 

Management of patients with
juvenile idiopathic arthritis 
Psychosocial factors 
Physical therapy 
Other non-pharmacologic interventions 
Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs 
Intra-articular corticosteroids 
Systemic corticosteroids 
Conventional disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs 
Biologic disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs 
Safety of biologics 
Other pharmacologic interventions 
Management of iridocyclitis 
Management of macrophage activation syndrome 

Specific issues 
Health-related quality of life 
Vaccination 
Treatment discontinuation after disease remission
Transition to adult care

Outcome, prognosis and future outlook 
Long-term outcome and its prediction 
Mortality 
Future outlook 
     

Recenzii

  

Notă biografică

Angelo Ravelli is Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the School of Medicine of the University of Genoa, Italy, a position held since 2006. He is Chief of the Centre of Clinimetrics of the Istituto Giannina Gaslini of Genoa, Italy, a position he has held since 2012. Previously, he was Chief of the Interventional Rheumatology Unit at the same institution. After completion of a degree in medicine, Dr Ravelli specialized in paediatrics and allergology. His field of clinical and research activity focuses on paediatric rheumatology.
Dr Ravelli has been invited to speak in more than 200 national and international meetings and has published more than 220 full-length articles in international scientific journals, with a total impact factor of more than 1,200 and an h-index of 43. He has received numerous grants and awards, including the Gerolamo Prize for Excellence in Research in 2004. He is Associate Editor of Pediatric Rheumatology Online Journal, Assistant Editor of Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology and serves on the Editorial Board of The Journal of Rheumatology and Arthritis Care & Research. He is a member of the Executive Committee of the European Rheumatology Research Foundation and was Chairman of the Lupus Working Group of the Pediatric Rheumatology European Society (PReS) from 2004 to 2010.   

Caracteristici

Reviews current treatment recommendations for juvenile idiopathic arthritis based on the latest guidelines and clinical trials
Easily accessible text offers a practical and informative clinical resource for busy health care professionals
Written by a world-renowned expert in juvenile idiopathic arthritis
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras