Sieper / Braun Ankylosing Spondylitis

In Clinical Practice
1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-0-85729-180-6
Verlag: Springer
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 83 Seiten

Ankylosing Spondylitis in Clinical Practice is a concise, practical guide on the diagnosis and management of this debilitating condition. This book is aimed at clinicians who treat Ankylosing Spondylitis. It provides an authoritative, accessible guide to the diagnosis, management and treatment of ankylosing spondylitis.

Joachim Sieper, MD is Consultant and Head of Rheumatology at the Charité University Hospital, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany. A prolific researcher and writer, he has been an investigator since 1989 and a principal investigator since 1993 on several placebo-controlled randomized trials, which have been published internationally. He has authored an contributed to over 300 journal papers. Jürgan Braun, MD is Medical Director of the Rheumatology Medical Centre, Ruhrgebiet in Herne, Germany and is a lecturer at the Ruhr University in Bochum, Germany. He is also an honorary Professor in Rheumatology at the Charité Medical School in Berlin, Germany. He has been the recipient of several prestigious awards including the Ankylosing Spondylitis Patients Association Award in 1996, the Tosse-Research Award in Pediatric Rheumatology in 1998, the Carol Nachman Research Award in 2000 and the EULAR prize in 2003.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sieper, Joachim

Braun, Jurgen

Braun, Jürgen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Contents;6
2;Author biographies;8
3;Acknowledgements;10
4;Abbreviations;12
5;Chapter 1:Introduction;14
5.1;A historical perspective;14
6;Chapter 2:Overview of ankylosing spondylitis;17
6.1;The concept and classification of spondyloarthritis;17
6.2;Epidemiology of ankylosing spondylitis;18
6.3;Aetiopathogenesis of ankylosing spondylitis;21
6.4;Genetics of ankylosing spondylitis;23
7;Chapter 3:Clinical manifestations of ankylosing spondylitis;25
7.1;Inflammatory back pain;25
7.2;Restriction of spinal mobility;26
7.3;Extraspinal rheumatic manifestations;31
7.4;Enthesitis in peripheral joints;32
7.5;Extraarticular locations;34
7.6;Juvenile-onset spondyloarthritis;35
8;Chapter 4:Diagnosis of ankylosing spondylitis;36
8.1;The modified New York criteria;36
8.2;Delay between onset of symptoms and diagnosis;38
8.3;Screening for axial SpA among patients with chronic back pain;46
8.4;The value of HLA-B27 for screening and diagnosis of axial SpA;47
9;Chapter 5:Imaging in ankylosing spondylitis;49
9.1;Radiographs;49
9.2;Magnetic resonance imaging;53
9.3;Other imaging techniques;57
10;Chapter 6:Management of ankylosing spondylitis;59
10.1;Drug treatment;61
10.2;Which patients should be treated with TNF blockers?;75
10.3;Prognostic parameters in ankylosing spondylitis;78
10.4;The use of TNF blockers in early non-radiographic axial SpA;79
10.5;Other treatment options;80
10.6;Which instruments should be used for clinical record keeping?;80
11;Chapter 7:Socioeconomic aspects of ankylosing spondylitis;83
12;References;84
13;Index;90