Churchill's Pocketbook of Orthopaedics, Trauma and Rheumatology

This new publication in the classic Churchill Livingstone Pocketbook series was Highly Commended in the 2009 British Medical Association Medical Book Awards. The pocketbook covers the essentials of orthopaedics, trauma and rheumatology and is suitable for medical students and Foundation doctors.

Table of Contents:

1. Anatomy Shoulder Elbow Wrist and hand Hip and knee Ankle and foot Spine 2. History and examination History Wrist and hand Elbow and forearm Shoulder Hip Knee Ankle and foot Spine 3. Investigations Routine haematology and biochemistry Immunology Joint aspiration and synovial fluid analysis Imaging Tissue biopsy Arthroscopy 4. Trauma, injury classification and perioperative care Trauma assessment   Injury assessment, classification and management Preoperative management Postoperative management   Fracture complications 5. Rheumatology Rheumatoid arthritis Seronegative spondyloarthropathies Polymyalgia rheumatica   Giant cell arteritis   Systemic vasculitis Adult-onset Still’s disease   Familial fever syndromes   Systemic lupus erythematosus   Scleroderma   Polymyositis and dermatomyositis   Sjögren’s syndrome Fibromyalgia Complex regional pain syndrome   Crystal-induced arthritis Osteoarthritis Osteoporosis   Osteomalacia and rickets   Paget’s disease   Fibrous dysplasia 6. Regional orthopaedics and trauma Shoulder and arm Elbow and forearm Wrist and hand Pelvis, hip and knee Ankle and foot Head, neck and spine Bone and joint infections Musculoskeletal tumours Nerve injuries 7. Paediatric orthopaedics and rheumatology Bone structure and injury Injuries in children   Disorders of the hip Disorders of the knee Disorders of the foot Juvenile idiopathic arthritis 8. Therapeutics Pain management   Corticosteroids Synthetic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs Biological anti-rheumatic drugs   Drugs for bone disease Hyperuricaemia and gout Anti-coagulants   Bibliography, further reading and useful websites

Andrew D. Duckworth, MB ChB BSc(Hons) MRCSEd MSc, Specialty Registrar (StR) and Clinical Research Fellow, Edinburgh Orthopaedic Trauma Unit, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK; Daniel Porter, BSc(Hons), MD, FRCS(Tr & Orth) , Director of Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Tsinghua University Hospital, Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Tsinghua University Medical Centre, Beijing, China and Stuart H. Ralston, MD FRCP FMedSci FRSE, Arthritis Research UK Professor of Rheumatology Centre for Genomic and Experimental Medicine, Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, Western General Hospital Edinburgh, UK