Arthritis in Children and Adolescents: Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis »

University of California, San Diego

Hackensack University Medical Center, New Jersey

University of British Columbia

University of Birmingham and Birmingham Children's Hospital

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.

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 idiopathic arthritis, 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 aspects of juvenile idiopathic arthritis, Karen Shaw
29. Pain assessment and management, David Sherry, James W. Varni & Michael A. Rapoff
30. Pharmacological treatment of juvenile idiopathic arthritis, Peter Malleson
31. Physiotherapy and occupational therapy, Gay Kuchta & Iris Davidson
32. Nutrition, Deborah Rothman
33. Adjunctive therapies, Marisa Klein-Gitelman
34. Surgical interventions in juvenile idiopathic arthritis, Ann Hall
35. Clinical trials, Brian Feldman
36. Pharmacological treatmentof refractory arthritis, Nico Mwulfraat & Berent J. Prakken
Joint injection appendix