For more than 30 years, the highly regarded Secrets Series® has provided students and practitioners in all areas of health care with concise, focused, and engaging resources for quick reference and exam review. Rheumatology Secrets, 4th Edition, features the Secrets' popular question-and-answer format that also includes lists, tables, pearls, memory aids, and an easy-to-read style - making inquiry, reference, and review quick, easy, and enjoyable.

I. General Concepts1. Classification and Health Impact of the Rheumatic Diseases2. Top 100+ Rheumatology Secrets3. Anatomy and Physiology of the Musculoskeletal System4. Overview of the Immune Response, Inflammation, and AutoimmunityII. Evaluation of the Patient with Rheumatic Systems5. History and Physical Examination6. Laboratory Evaluation7. Arthrocentesis and Synovial Fluid Analysis8. Radiographic and Imaging Modalities9. Synovial Biopsies10. Electromyography and Nerve Conduction Studies11. Approach for Patients with Monoarticular Arthritis Symptoms12. Approach for Patients with Polyarticular Arthritis Symptoms13. Approach to the Patient with Neuromuscular Symptoms14. Perioperative Management of Patients with Rheumatic DiseasesIII. Systematic Connective Tissue Diseases15. Rheumatoid Arthritis16. Systemic Lupus Erythematosus17. Drug-Induced Lupus Erythematosus18. Systemic Sclerosis19. Scleroderma Mimics20. Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies21. Mixed Connective Tissue Disease, Overlap Syndromes, and Undifferentiated Connective Tissue Disease22. Sjögren's Syndrome23. Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome24. Adult-Onset Still's Disease25. Polymyalgia RheumaticaIV. The Vasculitides and Related Disorders26. Approach for Patients with Suspected Vasculitis27. Large-Vessel Vasculitis: Giant Cell Arteritis, Takayasu Arteries, and Aortitis28. Medium-Vessel Vasculitides: Polyarteritis Nodosa, Thromboangiitis Obliterans, and Primary Angiitis of the Central Nervous System29. Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody-Associated Vasculitis30. Immune-Complex-Mediated Small-Vessel Vasculitides31. Cryoglobulinemia32. Behçet's Disease and Cogan's Syndrome33. Relapsing PolychondritisV. Seronegative Spondyloarthropathies34. Ankylosing Spondylitis35. Rheumatic Manifestations of Gastrointestinal and Hepatobiliary Diseases36. Reactive Arthritis37. Arthritis Associated with Psoriasis and Other Skin DiseasesVI. Arthritis Associated with Infectious Agents38. Bacterial Septic Arthritis, Bursitis, and Osteomyelitis39. Lyme Disease40. Mycobacterial and Fungal Joint and Bone Diseases41. Viral Arthritides42. HIV-Associated Rheumatic Syndromes43. Whipple's Disease44. Acute Rheumatic Fever and Poststreptococcal ArthritisVII. Rheumatic Disorders Associated with Metabolic, Endocrine, and Hematologic Diseases45. Gout46. Calcium Pyrophosphate Deposition Disease47. Basic Calcium Phosphate and Other Crystalline Disease48. Endocrine-Associated Arthropathies49. Arthropathies Associated with Hematologic Diseases50. Malignancy-Associated Rheumatic DisordersVIII. Bone and Cartilage Disorders51. Osteoarthritis52. Metabolic Bone Disease53. Paget's Disease of Bone54. OsteonecrosisIX. Hereditary, Congenital, and Inborn Errors of Metabolism Associated with Rheumatic Syndromes55. Heritable Connective Tissue Disease56. Inborn Errors of Metabolism Affecting Connective Tissue57. Storage and Deposition Diseases58. Rheumatologic Manifestations of the Primary Immunodeficiency Syndromes59. Bone and Joint DysplasiasX. Nonarticular and Regional Musculoskeletal Disorders60. Approach for the Patient with Neck and Low Back Pain61. Fibromyalgia62. Regional Musculoskeletal Disorders63. Sports Medicine and Occupational Injuries64. Entrapment Neuropathies65. Complex Regional Pain SyndromeXI. Neoplasms and Tumor-Like Lesions66. Benign and Malignant Tumors of Joints and Synovium67. Common Bony Lesions: Radiographic FeaturesXII. Pediatric Rheumatic Diseases68. Approach to the Child with Joint Pain69. Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis70. Juvenile Systemic Connective Tissue Diseases71. Kawasaki DiseaseXIII. Miscellaneous Rheumatic Disorders72. Metabolic and Other Genetic Myopathies73. Amyloidosis74. Raynaud's Phenomenon75. Autoimmune Eye and Ear Disorders76. Rheumatic Syndromes Associated with Sarcoidosis77. Rheumatic Disorders in Patients on Dialysis78. Rheumatic Disease and the Pregnant Patient79. Familial Autoinflammatory Syndromes 80. Odds and EndsXIV Management of the Rheumatic Diseases81. Nonsteroidal Antiinflammatory Drugs82. Glucocorticoids-Systemic and Injectable83. Systemic Antirheumatic Drugs84. Immunosuppressive, Target-Specific, and Immunoregulatory Agents 85. Biologic Agents86. Hypouricemic Agents and Colchicine87. Bone-Strengthening Agents88. Rehabilitative Techniques89. Surgical Treatment and Rheumatic Diseases90. DisabilityXV. Final Secrets91. Complementary and Alternative Medicine92. History, Arts, and Rheumatic Diseases