Tratado de reumatología

• Abarca desde la ciencia básica, la inmunología, la anatomía y la fisiología, hasta las pruebas diagnósticas, los procedimientos y los procesos patológicos específicos, e incluye datos clave sobre resultados terapéuticos para tomar decisiones clínicas bien documentadas.
• Incorpora capítulos nuevos: «Células linfoides innatas y linfocitos citolíticos naturales», «Patogenia de las enfermedades mediadas por inflamasomas», «Bisfosfonatos», «Ecografía en reumatología» y «Evaluación de la artritis monoarticular y poliarticular».
• Incluye 1.200 ilustraciones de alta calidad, tablas de referencia rápida y fotografías clínicas en color.
• Comparte el conocimiento y la experiencia de científicos de renombre internacional, entre los que se incluye un nuevo editor, el Dr. Gary A. Koretzky, especialista en inmunología y reumatología.
• Permite la revisión de los avances en las ciencias básicas y sus aplicaciones clínicas, y constituye una guía fiable basada en la evidencia de todas las enfermedades y los síndromes reumatológicos.
• Incluye el acceso a la versión electrónica en inglés, que permite consultar el texto completo, las figuras y las referencias bibliográficas de la obra desde diversos dispositivos

A lo largo de sus 10 magníficas ediciones previas, Firestein y Kelley. Tratado de reumatología se ha convertido en una guía exhaustiva y detallada de reumatología que presenta un equilibrio ideal entre las ciencias básicas y la aplicación clínica.

La 11.ª edición de este clásico consolida esta tradición de excelencia y mantiene al lector al tanto de los avances recientes en genética y microbioma, los nuevos tratamientos (como las terapias biológicas y biosimilares) y otras novedades en este campo. La obra ofrece una amplia cobertura de todos los aspectos del diagnóstico, el cribado y el tratamiento de pacientes adultos y pediátricos, y es una herramienta de consulta fácil de usar y a todo color.

Incorpora capítulos nuevos: «Células linfoides innatas y linfocitos citolíticos naturales», «Patogenia de las enfermedades mediadas por inflamasomas», «Bisfosfonatos», «Ecografía en reumatología» y «Evaluación de la artritis monoarticular y poliarticular» e incluye 1.200 ilustraciones de alta calidad, tablas de referencia rápida y fotografías clínicas en color.

Abarca desde la ciencia básica, la inmunología, la anatomía y la fisiología, hasta las pruebas diagnósticas, los procedimientos y los procesos patológicos específicos, e incluye datos clave sobre resultados terapéuticos para tomar decisiones clínicas bien documentadas.

Gary Firestein, MD, is a board-certified rheumatologist who diagnoses and treats patients with autoimmune conditions as well as diseases of the joints, muscles and bones. A professor at UC San Diego School of Medicine, Dr. Firestein is distinguished for his research and serves as director of the Altman Clinical and Translational Research Institute and the senior associate vice chancellor for health sciences. Dr. Firestein's research interest focuses on the pathogenesis and treatment of rheumatoid arthritis.
Dr. Firestein is the recipient of many awards and honors, including the Arthritis Foundation's Jane Wyman Humanitarian Award in 2010 for his contributions to rheumatology; the Arthritis Foundation Lee C. Howley Sr. Prize for Arthritis Research; and the American College of Rheumatology Distinguished Investigator Award. He has been elected to the American Society for Clinical Investigation and the Association of American Physicians. He has served as an editor for the Textbook of Rheumatology for since the 7th edition (2004).

Gary Koretzky, MD, PhD is Professor of Medicine at Weill Cornell Graduate School. Dr. Koretzky’s research aims to better understand the signal transduction events that occur following engagement of the T cell antigen receptor. He has been continuously funded by the National Institutes of Health since establishing his independent research group, as the laboratory has expanded its interests to study more globally the molecular events important for immune cell development, differentiation and function. Dr. Koretzky has published more than 200 research articles. He is a past President of the American Society of Clinical Investigation (2000) and Councilor of the Association of American Physicians (2008-2012), is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2004), a member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies (2008), a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences (2012) and serves as the Editor-in-Chief of Immunological Reviews (2002-present).

Iain McInnes is Director of the Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation at the University of Glasgow, UK. He has extensive experience in leading multicenter programs nationally and internationally. He is Director of the Scottish MRC Clinical Pharmacology and Pathology Clinical PhD Training Program, Chief Investigator for the Scottish Early RA Cohort (SERA) and the related SMS-IC biomarker discovery program (PROMISERA), and chief investigator of numerous global phase II and III clinical trials of novel immune therapies. He has served as member or chair of numerous national grant-funding panels and as chair of several European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) scientific committees – he is now Treasurer and President Elect of EULAR serving on its Steering Committee. He is formerly Chairman of the Foundation for European Rheumatology Research (Foreum) Scientific Committee and leads the EULAR-supported European Roadmap Program that is defining the research agenda for rheumatology for the next decade.

James R. O’Dell, MD is the Stokes Shackleford Professor of Internal Medicine, Vice-Chairman of Internal Medicine and Chief of the Division of Rheumatology at the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) in Omaha. Dr. O’Dell founded and has directed the Rheumatoid Arthritis Investigational Network (RAIN) for the last 25 years. Dr. O’Dell is the PI of the large multinational RA research study based at the VA through their cooperative studies program. Dr. O’Dell has published extensively, mostly in the area of rheumatoid arthritis. He has presented frequently at national and international meetings and has more than 100 published articles in top-level rheumatology journals. He has served on numerous American College of Rheumatology (ACR) committees over the last 20 years, including time on both the ACR and REF BOD, as well as a two-year term as President of the Research and Education Foundation of the ACR and was President of the College (2011-2012). Additionally, he is Editor-in-Chief of Up To Date for Rheumatology.