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Medical Rheumatology

Canadian Clinician's Rheumatology Handbook

edited by Lori Albert

Publisher
Brush Education
Initial publish date
Jun 2015
Category
Rheumatology, Family & General Practice
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781550596045
    Publish Date
    Jun 2015
    List Price
    $44.95

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Where to buy it

Out of print

This edition is not currently available in bookstores. Check your local library or search for used copies at Abebooks.

Description

The Canadian Clinician’s Rheumatology Handbook, endorsed by the Canadian Rheumatology Association, is a practical, fully illustrated handbook for the diagnosis and initial management of rheumatic disorders. Residents in rheumatology, internal medicine and family medicine programs, practicing physicians and medical students will find this handy pocket guide to be an indispensable resource. Allied health professionals and nurse practitioners will also find it accessible and informative, helping them to better manage their patients and clients.

Lead author Dr. Lori Albert has assembled a team of expert contributors, including academic rheumatologists from across Canada. This new edition updates and expands the very popular Canadian Residents’ Rheumatology Handbook.

Topics include:

  • Physical examinations and approaches to common rheumatic presentations.
  • How to select and interpret laboratory tests and imaging.
  • How to handle specific rheumatologic emergencies.
  • Joint aspiration and injection techniques.

About the author

Lori Albert, MD, FRCPC, is an associate professor in the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Medicine. She has played a key role in rheumatology education at undergraduate and post-graduate levels and has won multiple teaching awards.

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Excerpt: Canadian Clinician's Rheumatology Handbook (edited by Lori Albert)

Preface

 

 

The first edition of the Canadian Clinician’s Rheumatology Handbook was entitled the Canadian Residents’ Rheumatology Handbook, and it was designed to enhance and support a national rheumatology curriculum for core internal medicine trainees in Canada. Over the years, the book has been a helpful resource to medical students, family physicians, allied health professionals, and others. Thus, this second edition is more broadly geared to all Canadian clinicians, both trainees and those in practice, to help provide a starting point in the approach to common presenting problems of patients with rheumatologic disease.

Introduction

The Canadian Clinician’s Rheumatology Handbook is designed to give the clinician a starting point in assessing the patient who presents with a particular rheumatologic syndrome. The Handbook provides a foundational approach and will help guide the user to identify where further reading in a standard textbook or current literature will optimize care of the patient. Chapters on the use of laboratory investigations and imaging provide a quick reference to enhance the ordering and interpretation of these tests. The “Selected Rheumatologic Emergencies” section will help the clinician to quickly get organized in the face of an acutely ill patient and will lay the groundwork for appropriate investigation and management. Finally, the sections on physical examination and joint injection techniques will serve as a refresher for some clinicians or as an introduction for others. Joint injection techniques, however, cannot simply be learned from a book, and the clinician should endeavor to have supervised practice before routinely doing these procedures. It is impossible to list every reference and additional resource in a small space, but many chapter authors have tried to provide some key references for further reading. Several excellent standard rheumatology textbooks can provide a structured and detailed approach to build on the learning in this book. Management of rheumatic diseases is a rapidly evolving area—searching the current literature is the best approach when more detail is required.

We hope that you enjoy using the Canadian Clinician’s Rheumatology Handbook and anticipate that it will enhance your comfort and proficiency with the approach to the presenting problems of patients with rheumatologic disorders.

Editorial Reviews

The Canadian Clinician’s Rheumatology Handbook is an excellent, comprehensive resource geared to residents in rheumatology, internal medicine, and family practice, and would be a useful asset for practicing physicians or allied health professionals working in rheumatology.

<i>Journal of the Canadian Rheumatology Association</i>