Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Visual Guide for Clinicians

Clinical Publishing, December 2011, Pages: 64

An instructive, highly-illustrated guide to the investigation, diagnosis and management of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and the related condition of Sjögren's syndrome. Appropriate investigations are critical to making the correct diagnosis of SLE so that treatment can be tailored to the patient's condition. Multidisciplinary care is important and should involve the full range of allied health professionals, as well as the relevant clinical specialists depending on the organs and systems involved. This concise visual guide will provide all members of the clinical team with a practical up-to-date reference to assist diagnosis and treatment.

Benefits:
- Instructive exploration of diagnosis and management of disease to aid practising clinicians and trainee doctors
- Topic-focused, highly illustrated with succint text provides collection of original images for clinician's desktop
- Practical visual guide to SLE for multi-disciplinary team

Readership:
- Rheumatologists
- Dermatologists
- Nephrologists
- Specialist Nurses
- Doctors in training
- Internal medicine practitioners

1. General Assessment of Patients with Suspected Connective Tissue Disease (CTD)
– History-taking and the assessment of symptoms
– Examination for signs of CTD
– Investigations in a patient with suspected CTD

2. Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
– Definition and pathology
– Epidemiology
– Presentation of systemic lupus
– Diagnosis and differential diagnosis
– Monitoring disease activity and distinguishing damage
– Principles of management of systemic lupus erythematosus

3. Sjögren’s Syndrome
– Definition, pathology, and epidemiology
– Clinical manifestations and assessment
– Classification
– Diagnosis and differential diagnosis
– Management of Sjögren’s syndrome

Edited by:
C Gordon, School of Immunity and Infection, The Medical School, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK; WL Gross, Department of Rheumatology, University of Luebeck & Clinic for Rheumatology Bad Bramstedt, Luebeck, Germany

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