Arthritis in Children and Adolescents employs a unique approach to the recognition and treatment of these complex and chronic conditions. The book is divided into three sections, emphasizing the logical sequence of events that occur after the child who might have Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) first presents to the doctor with a musculoskeletal complaint. The reader is first taught the extensive differential diagnosis of arthritis using simple but extensive algorithms and detailed discussions of each condition; more than 200 conditions are discussed. This is followed by a discussion of all types of JIA, using a revised classification system created by the International League of Associations for Rheumatology. The introduction of this new classification system has created a need for a comprehensive guide to clarify and focus attention on childhood arthritis. Lastly, the book presents an extensive discussion of treatment of childhood arthritis using a novel approach. It recognizes that childhood arthritis is treated differently depending on the stage of the illness, and must cover the entire spectrum of chronic illness from early, through established, and finally to resistant forms of childhood arthritis. Through this textbook, the reader travels the same journey as the physician who first rules out all conditions that are not chronic childhood arthritis, and then decides which type of chronic arthritis the patient has, and lastly, implements an individualised treatment plan.

Remembering Barbara: a tribute to Barbara Ansell, Ann Hall Remembering Jerry C. Jacobs: a tribute to a mentor, Ilona Szer Tribute to Vinny Londino, Chester V. Oddis Section 1 - The approach to the child with musculoskeletal complaints 1. Clinical skills in the evaluation for arthritis, Ilona Szer 2. The use of investigations and imagining in the evaluation for arthritis, Ilona Szer 3. Common presenting problems, Yukiko Kimura 4. Acute inflammatory rheumatic syndromes, Ilona Szer 5. Acute and chronic infections of bones and joints, Yukiko Kimura 6. Major rheumatic diseases, Suzanne C. Li & Lisa F. Imundo 7. Autoinflammatory diseases and distinct but rare rheumatic diseases, Suzanne C. Li 8. Non-inflammatory musculoskeletal disorders, Suzanne C. Li 9. Idiopathic pain syndromes, Lisa Imundo 10. Musculokeletal and autoimmune manifestations of non-rheumatic disorders, Karin S. Peterson 11. Disorders of bone and connective tissue, Karin S. Peterson Section 2 - Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis 12. Introduction to the classifcation of childhood arthritis, Taunton R. Southwood 13. Systemic Arthritis, Anne-Marie Prieur, Peter N. Malleson & Yukiko Kimura 14. Oligoarthritis, John J. Miller & Peter N. Malleson 15. Rheumatoid Factor Positive Polyarthritis, Janet Gardner Medwin 16. Rheumatoid Factor Negative Polyarthritis, Alberto Martini 17. Psoriatic Arthritis, David A. Cabral 18. Enthesitis Related Arthritis, Ross E. Petty 19. Undifferentiated Arhtritis, Taunton R. Southwood & Yukiko Kimura 20. Immunopathology of the joint in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis, Lucy R. Wedderburn, Kiran Nistala & Taunton R. Southwood 21. Genetic and cytokine associations in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis, Wendy Thomson, Patrica Woo & Rachelle Donn 22. Environmental Factors in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis, Berent Prakken, Salvatore Albani & Wietze Kius Section 3 - The approach to treating Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis 23. Introduction to section 3 - differential diagnosis and treatment, Peter N. Malleson 24. Patient-centred care and the team approach, Ciaran Duffy 25. Adolescent rheumatology services, Janet E. McDonagh & Patience White 26. Disease evaluation, Lori Tucker 27. Education issues in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis, Laurie Ebner-Lyon & Joy Brown 28. Psychosocial aspects of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis, Karen Shaw 29. Pain assessment and management, David S. Sherry, James W. Varni & Michael A. Rapoff 30. Pharmacological treatment of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis, Peter N. Malleson 31. Physiotherapy and occupational therapy, Gay Kuchta & Iris Davidson 32. Nutrition, Deborah Rothman 33. Adjunctive therapies, Marisa Klein-Gitelman 34. Surgical interventions in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis, Ann Hall 35. Clinical trials, Brian Feldman 36. Pharmacological treatment of refractory arthritis, Nico M. Wulffraat & Berent J. Prakken 37. Joint injection appendix, Clive A. J. Ryder