Overview
- Highly illustrated, practical guide to performing rheumatic sonography
- Written with a uniform design and style for easy access of information
- Applicable to all clinicians interested in ultrasound of rheumatic diseases
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About this book
This book provides a comprehensive compilation of standard rheumatology ultrasound scans. It systematically incorporates normal and pathological sonography findings of various structures and rheumatic disorders. The format of this book presents standard scans that cover a whole range of anatomic sites: shoulder, elbow, wrist, fingers, hip, knee, ankle, forefoot and toes. Each scan is accompanied by a picture showing the position of the probe, an anatomic drawing, an ultrasound image and an explanation of the ultrasound scan. At the end of each section on an anatomical site, the relevant ultrasound-guided injection procedure is explained.
Musculoskeletal Ultrasound for the Rheumatologist: An Introductory Guide, 3rd Edition has been fully updated while maintaining the highly readable, well-organized structure found in the previous editions. The book provides a clear introduction to the rapidly growing field of sonography in rheumatology and is a conciseand efficient tool for self-teaching. Clinicians seeking to refine their basic and advanced skills in rheumatological sonography will find this book to be an essential resource for their everyday practice.
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Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Wolfgang Schmidt. MD was born and received his medical education in Berlin, Germany. He received his degree in internal medicine in 1989 and in emergency medicine in 1992. He became a senior physician at Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Medical Center for Rheumatology in Berlin-Buch in 1993 and received his rheumatology degree in 1996. Since 2005 he is deputy director and rheumatology fellowship director of this hospital. His scientific work focuses on musculoskeletal ultrasound and on imaging in vasculitis. He completed habilitation in 2002 and became a professor of Charité University Medicine in Berlin in 2010.He initiated the EULAR Ultrasound Trainer Courses in 2012. He has first described the ultrasound halo sign in giant cellarteritis (GCA; Lancet 1995) and has published the first study on ultrasound in GCA (NEJM 1997). In the late 1990s he has introduced the first ultrasound fast-track clinic in Berlin-Buch which to date sees 100 patients annually with newly diagnosed GCA. He convened the EULAR guidelines on imaging in large vessel vasculitis (LVV) and leads the OMERACT group on ultrasound in LVV.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Musculoskeletal Ultrasound for the Rheumatologist
Book Subtitle: An Introductory Guide
Authors: George A.W. Bruyn, Wolfgang A. Schmidt
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-27737-5
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-27736-8Published: 04 November 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-27739-9Due: 17 November 2024
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-27737-5Published: 03 November 2023
Edition Number: 3
Number of Pages: XVIII, 262
Number of Illustrations: 92 b/w illustrations, 186 illustrations in colour
Topics: Rheumatology