Rheumatology, 9th Edition – Hochberg, Gravallese & Smolen (2-Volume Set) Premium Multicolor Matt Print

Rheumatology, edited by Marc C. Hochberg and colleagues, is one of the two reference works the specialty actually runs on. Where a textbook of internal medicine gives rheumatic disease a chapter, this gives it two volumes — 19 chapters and 2,328 pages, covering everything from the immunology underneath the diseases to how you examine a joint and what you prescribe on a Thursday morning clinic.

What has kept it in use across nine editions is the templated format. Every disease is approached the same way — epidemiology, pathogenesis, clinical features, investigation, management — so once you learn where things sit in one chapter you can find them in all of them. For a reference you consult under time pressure, that consistency matters more than it sounds. The text stays concise and the illustrations do a lot of the work.

New in This Edition

• Updated coverage of recent treatment advances in lupus and rheumatoid arthritis
• New material on artificial intelligence and machine learning in rheumatology
• New content on sex and gender influences on rheumatic disease
• New content on environmental triggers, and on new and emerging diseases
• The potential role of clonal haematopoiesis in rheumatology
• New immunologic approaches: cellular therapies, T cell checkpoint activation, induction of tolerance, and pain pathways in synovial-based disease
• New contributing authors and revised content throughout

What This Book Covers

Volume One

• Scientific Basis of Rheumatic Disease
• Clinical Basis of Rheumatic Disease
• Approach to the Patient
• Evaluation of the Patient: Imaging Techniques
• Principles of Management
• Regional and Widespread Pain
• Rheumatoid Arthritis

Volume Two

• Pediatric Rheumatology
• Infection-Related Rheumatic Diseases
• Spondyloarthritis and Psoriatic Arthritis
• Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Related Diseases
• Systemic Sclerosis
• Inflammatory Muscle Disease
• The Vasculitides
• Other Systemic Illnesses
• Osteoarthritis
• Crystal-Related Arthropathies
• Metabolic Bone Disease
• Other Arthropathies and Miscellaneous Disorders

Key Features

• Two volumes, 19 chapters, 2,328 pages — the full specialty in one reference
• A templated structure applied to every disease, so the book is navigable rather than just comprehensive
• Written and edited by an international panel rather than a single-country faculty
• Detailed clinical photographs, imaging and illustrations throughout
• Balanced between the science underneath the diseases and the decisions in front of you in clinic
• Covers the rare presentations that general texts leave out

Who Is This Book For?

• Rheumatology fellows and trainees
• Internal medicine residents and FCPS Medicine candidates
• MRCP candidates needing depth beyond a revision text
• Consultant physicians and rheumatologists as a working reference
• Orthopaedic, nephrology and dermatology trainees meeting rheumatic disease in their own clinics

Book Details

• Title: Rheumatology (2-Volume Set)
• Edition: Ninth Edition
• Editors: Marc C. Hochberg, Ellen M. Gravallese, Josef S. Smolen, Désirée van der Heijde, Michael E. Weinblatt, Michael H. Weisman
• Publisher: Elsevier
• ISBN-13: 9780443283697
• Pages: 2,328
• Format: Two-volume set
• Language: English

Please note: the cover advertises an Enhanced Digital Version. The publisher's eBook, online access code and the accompanying ultrasound videos are not included with this copy.

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