PAEDIATRIC RHEUMATOLOGY COURSE

Glucocorticoids in paediatric rheumatology.

Glucocorticoid (GC) drugs are the most potent anti-inflammatory agents available for the treatment of paediatric rheumatic diseases. These medications are used for the management of extra-articular features of systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis and are the mainstay of therapy in children with juvenile systemic lupus erythematosus, juvenile dermatomyositis, and systemic vasculitis. The gener...

The Growth of Paediatric Rheumatology

I May 1995, paediatric rheumatology was officially recognized as a speciality for training by the Royal College of Physicians in the UK. Since then, there has been a great deal of activity in terms of defining the provision of service within the speciality and training of doctors to provide the service. The General Medical Council now registers it as a sub-speciality of paediatrics. It is perh...

Information technology in paediatric rheumatology.

Information technology in paediatric rheumatology has seen several exciting developments in recent years. The new multidimensional questionnaires for juvenile idiopathic arthritis, juvenile dermatomyositis, and juvenile autoinflammatory diseases integrate all major parent- and child-reported outcomes (PCROs) used in these diseases into a single tool, and provide an effective guide to manage, do...

A regional paediatric rheumatology service.

What should adult rheumatology know about paediatric rheumatology?

Paediatric and adult rheumatology share many similarities in practice, patterns of disease and treatment and care of patients, but they have some important differences. Paediatric consultations emphasize family, education and developmental concerns as compared with more individualistic consultations in adult services. Young people (YP) with rheumatological disease encounter adult rheumatology d...