- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Contributors
- Symbols and abbreviations
- Chapter 1 Evaluating rheumatological and musculoskeletal symptoms
- Chapter 2 Musculoskeletal assessment and patterns of disease: making a working diagnosis
- Chapter 3 Regional musculoskeletal symptoms: making a working diagnosis
- Chapter 4 The spectrum of disorders associated with adult rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases
- Chapter 5 Rheumatoid arthritis
- Chapter 6 Osteoarthritis
- Chapter 7 Crystal-induced musculoskeletal disease
- Chapter 8 The spondyloarthritides including psoriatic arthritis
- Chapter 9 Juvenile idiopathic arthritis
- Chapter 10 Systemic lupus erythematosus
- Chapter 11 Antiphospholipid syndrome
- Chapter 12 Sjögren’s syndrome
- Chapter 13 Systemic sclerosis and related disorders
- Chapter 14 Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies including polymyositis and dermatomyositis
- Chapter 15 Primary vasculitides
- Chapter 16 Metabolic bone diseases
- Chapter 17 Infection and rheumatic disease
- Chapter 18 Rare autoinflammatory and miscellaneous diseases
- Chapter 19 Hereditary disorders of connective tissue
- Chapter 20 Common upper limb musculoskeletal lesions
- Chapter 21 Spinal disorders and back pain
- Chapter 22 Chronic pain syndromes
- Chapter 23 Drugs used in rheumatology practice
- Chapter 24 Glucocorticoid injection therapy
- Chapter 25 Rheumatological emergencies
- Plates
- Index
(p. 707) Rheumatological emergencies
- Chapter:
- (p. 707) Rheumatological emergencies
- Author(s):
Gavin Clunie
, Nick Wilkinson
, Elena Nikiphorou
, and Deepak R. Jadon
- DOI:
- 10.1093/med/9780198728252.003.0025
This chapter covers commonly encountered rheumatological emergencies, including septic arthritis (for both adults and paediatrics), infections in patients taking biologic therapy, acute systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), systemic vasculitis, systemic sclerosis-related crises, methotrexate-induced pneumonitis, macrophage activation syndrome (MAS), and paediatric osteomyelitis. Malignancies presenting with musculoskeletal symptoms in children are also covered. Several of these topics are covered in more detail in other chapters of this handbook, with links provided from this chapter as appropriate.
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- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Contributors
- Symbols and abbreviations
- Chapter 1 Evaluating rheumatological and musculoskeletal symptoms
- Chapter 2 Musculoskeletal assessment and patterns of disease: making a working diagnosis
- Chapter 3 Regional musculoskeletal symptoms: making a working diagnosis
- Chapter 4 The spectrum of disorders associated with adult rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases
- Chapter 5 Rheumatoid arthritis
- Chapter 6 Osteoarthritis
- Chapter 7 Crystal-induced musculoskeletal disease
- Chapter 8 The spondyloarthritides including psoriatic arthritis
- Chapter 9 Juvenile idiopathic arthritis
- Chapter 10 Systemic lupus erythematosus
- Chapter 11 Antiphospholipid syndrome
- Chapter 12 Sjögren’s syndrome
- Chapter 13 Systemic sclerosis and related disorders
- Chapter 14 Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies including polymyositis and dermatomyositis
- Chapter 15 Primary vasculitides
- Chapter 16 Metabolic bone diseases
- Chapter 17 Infection and rheumatic disease
- Chapter 18 Rare autoinflammatory and miscellaneous diseases
- Chapter 19 Hereditary disorders of connective tissue
- Chapter 20 Common upper limb musculoskeletal lesions
- Chapter 21 Spinal disorders and back pain
- Chapter 22 Chronic pain syndromes
- Chapter 23 Drugs used in rheumatology practice
- Chapter 24 Glucocorticoid injection therapy
- Chapter 25 Rheumatological emergencies
- Plates
- Index