Diagnosis and nonsurgical management of osteoarthritis /
Brandt, Kenneth D.
Diagnosis and nonsurgical management of osteoarthritis / Nonsurgical management of osteoarthritis Kenneth D. Brandt. - 1st ed. - Caddo, OK : Professional Communications, Inc., c1996 - 3viii, 225 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 19 cm.
Includes bibliograpahical references and index.
Definition of osteoarthritis -- Epidemiology -- Pathology -- Pathogenesis -- Clinical features -- Pitfalls in the diagnosis of OA -- Synovial fluid analysis -- Radiography -- Nonmedicinal therapy for OA pain -- Acetaminophen and nonspecific NSAIDs -- NSAIDs that are specific inhibitors of COX-2 -- Opiods -- Rubefacients and capsaicin cream -- Intra-articular injection of corticosteroid -- Intra-articular injection of hyaluronic acid -- A rational strategy for therapy of OA pain -- Disease-modifying drugs for OA pain -- Surgical intervention.
1884735096
95-073124
Osteoarthritis.
Osteoarthritis--Diagnosis.
Osteoarthritis.
Osteoarthritis--diagnosis
Osteoarthritis--therapy.
RC931.O67 / B728 1996
616.7/223
Diagnosis and nonsurgical management of osteoarthritis / Nonsurgical management of osteoarthritis Kenneth D. Brandt. - 1st ed. - Caddo, OK : Professional Communications, Inc., c1996 - 3viii, 225 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 19 cm.
Includes bibliograpahical references and index.
Definition of osteoarthritis -- Epidemiology -- Pathology -- Pathogenesis -- Clinical features -- Pitfalls in the diagnosis of OA -- Synovial fluid analysis -- Radiography -- Nonmedicinal therapy for OA pain -- Acetaminophen and nonspecific NSAIDs -- NSAIDs that are specific inhibitors of COX-2 -- Opiods -- Rubefacients and capsaicin cream -- Intra-articular injection of corticosteroid -- Intra-articular injection of hyaluronic acid -- A rational strategy for therapy of OA pain -- Disease-modifying drugs for OA pain -- Surgical intervention.
1884735096
95-073124
Osteoarthritis.
Osteoarthritis--Diagnosis.
Osteoarthritis.
Osteoarthritis--diagnosis
Osteoarthritis--therapy.
RC931.O67 / B728 1996
616.7/223