Musculoskeletal Screening Exam

Foster et al. Musculoskeletal Screening Examination (pGALS)
for School-Age Children Based on theAdult GALS Screen. Arthritis & RheumatismVol. 55, No. 5, October 15, 2006, pp 709–716

TOP ARTICLES / RECOMMENDED READING:

1. Diagnosis, Treatment, and Long-Term Management of Kawasaki Disease: A Statement for Health Professionals From the Committee on Rheumatic Fever, Endocarditis, and Kawasaki Disease, Council on Cardiovascular Disease in the Young, American Heart Association.
2. Initial evaluation of a child with arthritis--an algorithmic approach.*
3. Diagnosis and treatment of juvenile idiopathic arthritis-associated uveitis.
4. What to do with a positive ANA test?
5. The idiopathic musculoskeletal pain syndromes in childhood.
6. Scleroderma in children.
7. Juvenile dermatomyositis: immunogenetics, pathophysiology, and disease expression.
8. Henoch-Schonlein purpura.
9. Juvenile onset spondyloarthropathies: therapeutic aspects.
10. Etanercept in children with polyarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. Pediatric Rheumatology Collaborative Study Group.
11. Laboratory evaluation of children with rheumatic disease. Pediatr Ann. 2002 Jun;31(6):362-71.*
12. The expanding spectrum of systemic autoinflammatory disorders and their rheumatic manifestations.
13. Update on childhood vasculitides.
14. Rheumatic fever in the 21st century.
15. Poststreptococcal reactive arthritis.
16. Neonatal lupus syndromes.
17. Systemic lupus erythematosus in childhood.
18. Differential Diagnosis of Musculoskeletal Pain, unpublished section practice guideline authored by Linda Wagner-Weiner, MD*
19. The Art of Diagnosis in Pediatric Rheumatic Diseases, unpublished section practice guideline authored by Charles H Spencer, MD*
20. Juvenile idiopathic arthritis: Making the Diagnosis, by Karen B Onel, MD, from The Journal of Musculoskeletal Medicine, November 2004*
21. Juvenile idiopathic arthritis: The pharmaceutical treatment, by Karen B Onel, MD, from The Journal of Musculoskeletal Medicine, December 2004*

* DENOTES HARD COPIES AVAILABLE IN RESIDENCY OFFICE OR RHEUMATOLOGY SECTION OFFICES

Resources:

Pediatric Rheumatology Online Journal

Alberto Martini - Editor-in-Chief
Charles Spencer - Managing Editor
Linda Wagner-Weiner - Associate Editor

Pediatric rheumatology online journal is a refereed publication designed to meet the educational, reference, and communication needs of the international pediatric rheumatology community. The journal was begun in an effort to explore the educational potential of an online journal for a pediatric rheumatology community widely dispersed throughout the world. PROJ is attempting to serve as an excellent source of relevant information for this international community and as a way to improve how pediatric rheumatologic information is transferred and accessed. 

UCCH Resident Rotation

Goals & Objectives, schedule, contact info & more.