Lung Disease Associated with Rheumatoid Arthritis

This comprehensive text expounds the pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment of lung disease associated with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), an autoimmune disease that primarily affects joints. Recent advances in therapy for RA provide the benefit of achieving a better outcome in patients with arthriti...

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Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore , 2018.
Edition:1st ed. 2018.
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ISBN:9789811067501
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Table of Contents:
  • Part I Introduction
  • 1. Overview: Clinical significance of lung disease associated with Rheumatoid Arthritis
  • Part II Airway disease in Rheumatoid Arthritis
  • 2. Comprehensive understanding of airway disease in Rheumatoid Arthritis
  • 3. Pathology of airway disease in rheumatoid arthritis
  • 4. Imaging of Airway diseases of rheumatoid arthritis
  • 5. Therapeutic strategy for airway disease in Rheumatoid Arthritis
  • Part III Interstitial lung disease in Rheumatoid Arthritis
  • 6. Comprehensive understanding of interstitial lung disease in rheumatoid arthritis
  • 7. Pathology of interstitial lung disease in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
  • 8. Radiological characteristics of interstitial lung diseases in patients with connective tissue disease: focus on rheumatoid arthritis
  • 9. Therapeutic strategies for interstitial lung diseases in Rheumatoid Arthritis
  • Part IV Diagnosis and treatment of acute lung disease in Rheumatoid Arthritis
  • 10. Bacterial and Fungal Infections in Rheumatoid Arthritis
  • 11. Mycobacterium infections in Rheumatoid Arthritis (tuberculosis and nontuberculous mycobacteriosis)
  • 12. Organizing Pneumonia in Rheumatoid Arthritis
  • 13. Acute pulmonary infiltrates in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: Differential diagnosis and management.