Pediatric Rheumatology Diagnosis & Treatment Handbook : A Clinical Textbook Covering Disease Mechanisms, Immunopathology, and Biologic Agents for Subspecialty Fellows

Harry C. Harvey

ISBN 13: 9798197651891

Edité par Independently Published Mai 2026, 2026

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Neuware - A toddler arrives febrile with a fading rash and a ferritin climbing by the hour, and the question is not what the disease is called but which way the next decision turns.Apply the wrong framework - treat the sterile bone lesion as infection, the amplified pain as inflammation, the masked macrophage activation as a flare - and the cost is a destroyed joint, an irreversible fibrosis, a child lost at the handover.This book rebuilds clinical reasoning around the fork, not the fact: thirty-two Clinical Crossroads that name the single discrimination that changes management and the single signal that demands escalation.Inside this book: - Read the paradoxical reversal - catch evolving macrophage activation syndrome when ferritin rises while platelets, fibrinogen, and ESR fall against a high CRP.- Exclude the emergency first - work the hot joint as septic and the atypical arthritis as leukemia before any inflammatory label is applied.- Match the mechanism to the pathway - choose adalimumab over etanercept when uveitis coexists, and recognize when 'refractory' disease is really nonadherence or amplified pain.- Recognize the treatable mimic - test for the monogenic interferonopathy behind early-onset, syndromic, or refractory 'lupus.'- Spare the steroid, protect the skeleton - apply pediatric DXA correctly and act inside the window before damage fixes.- Survive the transition - deliver a structured handover so hard-won control is not forfeited at adult transfer.Written for pediatric rheumatologists, fellows, general pediatricians, residents, advanced practice providers, and trainees who carry these decisions.Open it before the next ambiguous child arrives - and decide with a method, not a guess.

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• Titre: Pediatric Rheumatology Diagnosis & Treatment Handbook : A Clinical Textbook Covering Disease Mechanisms, Immunopathology, and Biologic Agents for Subspecialty Fellows
• Éditeur: Independently Published Mai 2026
• Date de parution: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9798197651891
• Reliure: Taschenbuch
• État de l'article: Neu
• Dimensions: 279 L x 216 H x 23 P (en millimètres) 279 millimètres de largeur par 216 millimètres de hauteur par 23 millimètres de profondeur
• Poids: 1010 grammes

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A toddler arrives febrile with a fading rash and a ferritin climbing by the hour, and the question is not what the disease is called but which way the next decision turns.

Apply the wrong framework — treat the sterile bone lesion as infection, the amplified pain as inflammation, the masked macrophage activation as a flare — and the cost is a destroyed joint, an irreversible fibrosis, a child lost at the handover.

This book rebuilds clinical reasoning around the fork, not the fact: thirty-two Clinical Crossroads that name the single discrimination that changes management and the single signal that demands escalation.

Inside this book:

• Read the paradoxical reversal — catch evolving macrophage activation syndrome when ferritin rises while platelets, fibrinogen, and ESR fall against a high CRP.

• Exclude the emergency first — work the hot joint as septic and the atypical arthritis as leukemia before any inflammatory label is applied.

• Match the mechanism to the pathway — choose adalimumab over etanercept when uveitis coexists, and recognize when "refractory" disease is really nonadherence or amplified pain.

• Recognize the treatable mimic — test for the monogenic interferonopathy behind early-onset, syndromic, or refractory "lupus."

• Spare the steroid, protect the skeleton — apply pediatric DXA correctly and act inside the window before damage fixes.

• Survive the transition — deliver a structured handover so hard-won control is not forfeited at adult transfer.

Written for pediatric rheumatologists, fellows, general pediatricians, residents, advanced practice providers, and trainees who carry these decisions.

Open it before the next ambiguous child arrives — and decide with a method, not a guess.