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About Rheumatology
Diagnostic Guidelines
Therepeutic Guidelines
Rheumatology is a multidisciplinary branch of medicine that deals with the investigation, diagnosis and management of patients with arthritis and other musculoskeletal conditions. It incorporates over 200 disorders affecting joints, bones, muscles and soft tissues.
In general, rheumatic conditions fall into two main categories: inflammatory and non-inflammatory ones:
Inflammatory Non-inflammatory
Joints Arthritis Osteoarthritis
Spine Spondylitis Spondylosis
Muscles Myositis Myopathy
Tendons Tendonitis Tendinopathy
Bones Tendo-periostitis Osteoporosis
Enthesitis
Some rheumatic conditions are difficult to group that way, such as vascular inflammation (vasculitis), connective tissue diseases (autoimmune conditions) or certain bone disorders, including osteoporosis, osteomalacia, Paget’s disease of bone, hyperparathyreodism and many others.
Antiphospholipid syndrome - Diagnosis and classification J Autoimmunity 2014
Fibromyalgia - modified ACR 2010 diagnostic criteria J Rheumatol 2011
Giant cell arteritis - ACR classification guidelines Arthr Rheum 1990
Gout diagnosis - EULAR recommendations - Ann Rheum Dis 2006
Henoch-Schönlein Purpura - diagnostic criteria - an update Autoimmunity Review 2014
Polyarteritis nodosa - diagnosis and classification J Autoimmunity 2014
Polymyalgia rheumatica - ACR - EULAR provisional criteria Arthr Rheum 2012
Rheumatoid arthritis ACR - EULAR classification criteria Arthr Rheum 2010
Scleroderma ACR - EULAR classification criteria Arthr Rheum 2013
SLE - SLICC classification criteria Arthr Rheum 2012
Ankylosing spondylitis management ACR recommendations Arthr Rheum 2015
Calcium pyrophosphate deposition management - EULAR recommendations Ann Rheum Dis 2011
Fibromyalgia management EULAR Ann Rheum Dis - 2007
Glucocorticoid therapy - EULAR recommendations - Ann Rheum Dis 2013
Gout therapy Part 1 - ACR Guidelines Arthr Care Res 2012
Gout therapy Part 2 - ACR Guidelines Arthr Care Res 2012
Osteoarthritis ACR Recommendations Arthr Care Res 2012
Polymyalgia Rheumatica EULAR - ACR therapeutic guidelines - Ann Rheum Dis 2015
Psoriatic arthritis pharmacological therapy - EULAR recommendations - Ann Rheum Dis 2015
Rheumatoid artritis ACR treatment guidelines Arthr Rheum 2015
Therapy during pregnancy and breastfeeding - analgesics - Rheumatology 2016
Therapy during pregnancy and breastfeeding - DMARDs - Rheumatology 2016