Autoimmune Diseases Acute and Complex Situations
Autoimmune Diseases: Acute and Complex Situations provides a detailed overview of conditions associated with autoimmune diseases that are considered either life-threatening or requiring complex management. These include abdominal pain, arthritis, cutaneou
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Munther A. Khamashta • Manuel Ramos-Casals (Editors)
Autoimmune Diseases Acute and Complex Situations
Editors Munther A. Khamashta, MD, FRCP, PhD Lupus Research Unit The Rayne Institute St. Thomas’ Hospital London UK
Manuel Ramos-Casals, MD, PhD Department of Autoimmune Diseases Laboratory of Autoimmune Diseases Josep Font, Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS) Hospital Clinic, Barcelona Spain
ISBN 978-0-85729-357-2 e-ISBN 978-0-85729-358-9 DOI 10.1007/978-0-85729-358-9 Springer London Dordrecht Heidelberg New York British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Control Number: 2011921945 © Springer-Verlag London Limited 2011 Whilst we have made considerable efforts to contact all holders of copyright material contained in this book, we may have failed to locate some of them. Should holders wish to contact the Publisher, we will be happy to come to some arrangement with them. Apart from any fair dealing for the purposes of research or private study, or criticism or review, as permitted under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, this publication may only be reproduced, stored or transmitted, in any form or by any means, with the prior permission in writing of the publishers, or in the case of reprographic reproduction in accordance with the terms of licences issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency. Enquiries concerning reproduction outside those terms should be sent to the publishers. The use of registered names, trademarks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. Product liability: The publisher can give no guarantee for information about drug dosage and application thereof contained in this book. In every individual case the respective user must check its accuracy by consulting other pharmaceutical literature. Cover design: eStudioCalamar, Figueres/Berlin Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
This book is dedicated to the memory of our friend and inspirational leader, Dr. Josep Font.
Contents
1 Assessment and Management of the Rheumatological Patient in the Critical Care Unit........................................................................................ David P. D’Cruz and Duncan L.A. Wyncoll 2 Life-Threatening Complications of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus............... Michelle Petri
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3 Catastrophic Antiphospholipid Syndrome.......................................................... 19 Maria J. Cuadrado, Giovanni Sanna, Maria Laura Bertolaccini, and Munther A. Khamashta 4 Complex Situations in Rheumatoid Arthritis..................................................... 27 Miriam García-Arias, Gema Bonilla, Luis Gómez-Carreras, and Alejandro Balsa 5 Sjögren’s Syndrome: Beyond Sicca Involvement........................................
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