Nail psoriasis – what a rheumatologist should know about

Nail psoriasis – what a rheumatologist should know about

Psoriasis is a chronic recurrent inflammatory skin disease with prevalence of 1-3%. Nail psoriasis affects 10-90% of patients with plaque psoriasis. The aim of the article is to review the literature for the correlation between nail psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis (PsA) to provide rheumatologists a short review on features of nail psoriasis, methods of their assessment and possible clinical r...

What every pediatrician should know about liver transplantation

Liver transplantation is the treatment of choice for children with end-stage liver disease.  Improvement in outcomes (allograft and patient survival) has led to widespread use of pediatric LT worldwide. This success is due to improvement in patient selection, transplant surgery, anesthesia/postoperative care and immunosuppression management. This review will focus on different aspects of LT whi...

What a rheumatologist needs to know about yellow fever vaccine.

Patients with rheumatic diseases are more susceptible to infection, due to the underlying disease itself or to its treatment. The rheumatologist should prevent infections in those patients, vaccination being one preventive measure to be adopted. Yellow fever is one of such infectious diseases that can be avoided.The yellow fever vaccine is safe and effective for the general population, but, bei...

[What a rheumatologist must know about spine surgery?].

Spine surgery is a matter of interest of several specialities. The development of new instrumentations brought a number of new operative techniques. Minimally invasive surgery, endoscopy, offers superior results, but first disapontiments appear as well. What to operate, when and how? A schematic presentation of pathology, operative procedures and indications are presented.

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