Book Description

In this issue of Rheumatic Disease Clinics, guest editor Dr. Tracy M. Frech brings her considerable expertise to the topic of Scleroderma: Best Approaches to Patient Care. Top experts in the field provide a current review of best approaches for treating this disease, answering questions such as: What is the standard of care for assessing scleroderma patients? How is treatment best guided by data and implemented in clinical practice? What is the best approach to diagnosis and management of renal crisis and digital ulcers? How should a rheumatologist best manage common gastrointestinal tract complaints, and many more. Contains 15 practice-oriented topics including how treatment approaches should change when there is arthritis, myositis, and/or sicca syndrome; the roles of occupational therapy, physical therapy, wound care, and nutritional support; mental health considerations in patients with scleroderma; the best approaches to vaccination, bone health, and cancer screening; the best ways to teach the next generation of rheumatologists about scleroderma; and more. Provides in-depth clinical reviews on scleroderma, offering actionable insights for clinical practice. Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.