Textbook of Pediatric Rheumatology / Edition 8

by Ross E. Petty MD, PhD, DSc (Hon), FRCPC, Ronald M. Laxer MDCM, FRCPC, Carol B Lindsley MD, FAAP, MACR, Lucy Wedderburn MD, MA, PhD, FRCP, Robert C Fuhlbrigge MD PhD

Overview

Offering up-to-date, comprehensive coverage of disease progression, diagnosis, management, and prognosis, Textbook of Pediatric Rheumatology is the definitive reference in the field. For physicians caring for children with rheumatic diseases, this revised 8th Edition is an unparalleled resource for the full spectrum of rheumatologic diseases and non-rheumatologic musculoskeletal disorders in children and adolescents. Global leaders in the field provide reliable, evidence-based guidance, highlighted by superb full-color illustrations that facilitate a thorough understanding of the science that underlies rheumatic disease.

• Offers expanded coverage of autoinflammatory diseases, plus new chapters on Takayasu Arteritis and Other Vasculitides, Mechanistic Investigation of Pediatric Rheumatic Diseases, Genetics and Pediatric Rheumatic Diseases, and Global Issues in Pediatric Rheumatology. 

• Reflects the changes in diagnosis, monitoring, and management that recent advances have made possible. 

• Covers the latest information on small molecule treatment, biologics, biomarkers, epigenetics, biosimilars, and cell-based therapies, helping you choose treatment protocols based on the best scientific evidence available today. 

• Features exhaustive reviews of the complex symptoms, signs, and lab abnormalities that characterize these clinical disorders. 

• Enhanced eBook version included with purchase. Your enhanced eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780323636520
Publisher:	Elsevier Health Sciences
Publication date:	12/28/2020
Edition description:	8th ed.
Pages:	768
Product dimensions:	8.70(w) x 11.10(h) x 1.40(d)

About the Author

Ross E. Petty is a Canadian pediatric rheumatologist. He is a professor emeritus in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of British Columbia and a pediatric rheumatologist at BC Children’s Hospital in Vancouver, Canada. He established Canada’s first formal pediatric rheumatology program at the University of Manitoba in 1976, and three years later, he founded a similar program at the University of British Columbia.
In 2006, he was appointed a member of the Order of Canada for his contribution within Canada and around the world to improving the lives of children and youth with rheumatic diseases. In 2012, he was awarded a Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee medal. Petty has contributed more than 225 original research papers and book chapters in medical and scientific journals.

Dr. Ronald Laxer is an active staff physician in the Division of Rheumatology, and was an inaugural Division Head at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. He is internationally recognized in the field of autoinflammatory disease and has been a part of genetic discoveries of several new autoinflammatory diseases. In addition to co-editing the Textbook of Pediatric Rheumatology, he is a co-editor of the Textbook of Autoinflammation. His recent achievements include receiving the American College of Rheumatology Master Designation Award from the American College of Rheumatology and the CRA Master Award from the Canadian Rheumatology Association. In 2020, he was appointed to the Covid-19 Government of Canada Task Force addressing gaps related to care for children.

Lucy Wedderburn is Professor in Paediatric Rheumatology at UCL (Institute of Child Health), Director of Arthritis Research UK Centre for Adolescent Rheumatology at UCL, and UCL Hospitals/GOSH consultant. Her research interests are T cell immunology, immune regulation and muscle biology, with a major focus upon human T cell responses and immune regulation. In particular, the autoimmune conditions of childhood, including Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) and Juvenile Dermatomyositis (JDM); the mechanisms which allow survival and expansion of inflammatory T cells within the joint, the control of their production of cytokines and chemokines, and their contribution to disease. She trained in Cambridge and then London in Immunology and Rheumatology and then spent time training in science at the University of Stanford, USA, before returning to the University College London and Great Ormond Street Hospital on a Wellcome Trust Fellowship.

Table of Contents

Matchless in reputation, content, and usefulness, Textbook of Pediatric Rheumatology, 7th Edition, is a must-have for any physician caring for children with rheumatic diseases. It provides an up-to-date, global perspective on every aspect of pediatric rheumatology, reflecting the changes in diagnosis, monitoring, and management that recent advances have made possible – all enhanced by a full-color design that facilitates a thorough understanding of the science that underlies rheumatic disease.

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The authoritative resource you need for complete coverage of this complex specialty

Editorial Reviews

Reviewer: Lampros Fotis, MD, PhD (Washington University Medical Center)
Description: This update of a book on pediatric rheumatology includes access to an online version that lists the references that do not appear in the print version, along with direct links to the PubMed references. The previous edition was published in 2010.
Purpose: This edition is intended to cover all the updates in the diagnosis, pathophysiology, and treatment of pediatric rheumatology diseases. Chapters have been updated and new chapters have been added to explain novel imaging techniques, laboratory testing, and disease evaluation tools. The accompanying website is easy to navigate and offers users the ability to create their own online comments.
Audience: The audience includes medical students, residents, and fellows interested in pediatric rheumatology, as well as other healthcare professionals. The book meets the needs of the pediatric rheumatology community and can answer questions for general pediatricians. The vast majority of the authors are pediatric rheumatologists, although other specialists contribute as well.
Features: This is a broad and detailed review of the subspecialty of pediatric rheumatology. It discusses the diseases seen in pediatric rheumatology inpatient and outpatient clinics, while it introduces readers to the specialty, including the pathophysiology, pharmacology, and diagnostics in the introductory chapters. As pediatric rheumatology often interacts with other specialties (ophthalmology, dermatology, etc.), other specialists have contributed appropriate chapters.
Assessment: This is an excellent, comprehensive review of pediatric rheumatology. A lot has changed in the understanding of mechanisms and treatment of rheumatology diseases in children in the five years since the previous edition, and this update incorporates those changes. This is also a good resource for preparation for the pediatric rheumatology subspecialty board.

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"The beautifully illustrated new full-color edition helps to overcome the challenges of pediatric rheumatology with a user-friendly comprehensive coverage to today's best knowledge on every clinical condition and on the latest advances in this evolving field." Reviewed by The Egyptian Rheumatologist, Sep 2015

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