Arthritis in Children and Adolescents : Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (Hardcover)

The only textbook of childhood arthritis available in the world, this
book employs a unique approach to the recognition and treatment of
these complex and chronic conditions. First, the book is divided into
three sections emphasizing the logical sequence of events that occur
after the child
who might have Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) first presents to
the doctor with a musculoskeletal complaint; the reader is first
taught the extensive differential diagnosis of arthritis using simple
but extensive algorithms and detailed discussions of each condition;
more than 200 conditions
are discussed. This is followed by a discussion of all types of JIA,
using a revised classification system created by the International
League Against Arthritis. The introduction of the new classification
system has created a need for a comprehensive guide to clarify and
focus attention on childhood
arthritis. Lastly, the book presents an extensive discussion of
treatment of childhood arthritis using a logical but novel approach,
namely, the recognition that childhood arthritis is treated
differently depending on the stage of the illness, and must cover the
entire spectrum of chronic illness
from early, through established and finally to resistant forms of
childhood arthritis. Through this textbook, the reader travels the
same journey as the physician who first rules out all conditions that
are not chronic childhood arthritis, and then decides which type of
chronic arthritis the patient
has, and lastly, implements an individualised treatment plan.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Remembering Barbara: a tribute to Barbara Ansell, Ann Hall

Remembering Jerry C. Jacobs: a tribute to a mentor, Ilona Szer

Tribute to Vinny Londino, Chester V. Oddis

Section 1 - The approach to the child with musculoskeltal complaints

1. Clinical skills in the evaluation for arthritis, Ilona Szer

2. The use of investigations and imagining in the evaluation for
arthritis, Ilona Szer

3. Common presenting problems, Yukiko Kimura

4. Acute inflammatory rheumatic syndromes, Ilona Szer

5. Acute and chronic infections of bones and joints, Yukiko Kimura

6. Major rheumatic diseases, Suzanne C. Li & Lisa F. Imundo

7. Autoinflammatory diseases and distinct but rare rheumatic
diseases, Suzanne C. Li

8. Non-inflammatory musculoskeletal disorders, Suzanne C. Li

9. Idiopathic pain syndromes, Lisa Imundo

10. Musculokeletal and autoimmune manifestations of non-rheumatic
disorders, Karin S. Peterson

11. Disorders of bone and connective tissue, Karin S. Peterson

Section 2 - Juvenile idiopathic arthritis in children and adolescents

12. Introduction to the classifcation of childhood arthritis, Taunton
R. Southwood

13. Systemic arthritis, Anne-Marie Prieur

14. Oligoarthritis, John J. Miller & Peter N. Malleson

15. Rheumatoid factor positive polyarthritis, Janet Gardern-Medwin

16. Rheumatoid factor negative polyarthritis, Alberto Martini

17. Psoriatic arthritis, David Cabral

18. Enthesitis related arthritis, Ross E. Petty

19. Undifferated arthritis, Taunton R. Southwood & Yukiko Kimura

20. Immunopathology of the joint in juvenile idiopathicarthritis,
Lucy Wedderburn, Kiran Nistala & Taunton R. Southwood

21. Genetic and cytokine associations in juvenile idiopathic
arthritis, Wendy Thomson, Patrica Woo & Rachelle Donn

22. Environmental Factors in juvenile idiopathic arthritis, Berent
Prakken, Salvatore Albani & Wietze Kius

Section 3 - The approach to treating juvenile idiopathic arthritis

23. Introduction to section 3 - differential diagnosis and treatment,
Peter N. Malleson

24. Patient-centred care and the team approach, Ciaran Duffy

25. Adolescent rheumatology services, Janet E. McDonagh & Patience
White

26. Disease evaluation, Len Tucker

27. Education issues in juvenile idiopathic arthritis, Laurie Ebner-
Lyon & Joy Brown

28. Psychosocial aspe