Section Editor: Paul Sutej, M.D. Overview This text provides detailed operative and nonoperative management alternatives that stress the use of oral medications and nonoperative modalities. The role of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory agents will be stressed in this section--Rheumatology--as well as in all chapters in which pain--arthritic, arthralgic and postoperative--is discussed. Contents History of rheumatologic conditions Impact of arthritis-related disorders Connective tissue physiology / anatomy Medications of inflammation Complement system Molecular biology - autoimmune disorders Immunologic mechanism Genetics of arthritis Classification of rheumatologic disorders Rheumatoid arthritis Adult Juvenile Systemic lupus erythematosus Others Polymyositis / dermatomyositis     Kenneth O'Rourke, M.D. Vasculitis Ankylosing spondylitis Reither's syndrome Crystal-induced arthritis Psoriatic arthritis Rheumatic fever Osteoarthritis Hemangiomatosis Myalgia paresthetica Polymyalgia rheumatica and temporal giant cell arteritis Roentgenographic evaluation of rheumatologic conditions Pharmacologic intervention     Paul Sutej, M.D. Steroidal drugs Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs Others

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