Autoimmune Diseases

1. Assessment and Management of the Rheumatological Patient in the Critical Care Unit
David P. D’Cruz, Duncan L. A. Wyncoll

2. Life-Threatening Complications of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Michelle Petri

3. Catastrophic Antiphospholipid Syndrome
Maria J. Cuadrado, Giovanni Sanna, Maria Laura Bertolaccini, Munther A. Khamashta

4. Complex Situations in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Miriam García-Arias, Gema Bonilla, Luis Gómez-Carreras, Alejandro Balsa

5. Sjögren’s Syndrome: Beyond Sicca Involvement
Manuel Ramos-Casals, Pilar Brito-Zerón, Albert Bové Boada, Antoni Sisó-Almirall

6. Systemic Sclerosis: Severe Involvement of Internal Organs
Niamh P. Quillinan, Christopher P. Denton

7. Vasculitic Emergencies in Patients with Large-Vessel Vasculitis
Kathleen Maksimowicz-McKinnon, Gary S. Hoffman

8. Life-Threatening Presentations of ANCA-Associated Vasculitis
Duvuru Geetha, Philip Seo

9. Severe Polyarteritis Nodosa
Loïc Guillevin, Gregory Pugnet

10. Life-Threatening Cryoglobulinemia
Soledad Retamozo, Cándido Díaz-Lagares, Xavier Bosch, Salvatore Vita, Manuel Ramos-Casals

11. Behçet’s Syndrome: Clinical Presentations Affecting Prognosis and Survival
Emire Seyahi, Koray Tascilar, Hasan Yazici

12. Myositis: When Weakness Can Kill
Patrick Gordon, Ingrid E. Lundberg

13. Complicated Sarcoidosis: Challenges in Dealing with Severe Manifestations
Robert P. Baughman, Hilario Nunes

14. Complex Situations in Patients with Adult-Onset Still’s Disease
Petros V. Efthimiou, Manil Kukar, Olga Petryna

15. Managing Acute and Complex Dermatological Situations
Eduardo Fonseca, Rosa M. Fernández-Torres

16. Life-Threatening Autoimmune Hematological Disorders
Emmanuel Andrès, Helen Fothergill, Mustapha Mecili

17. Autoimmune Ear, Nose, and Throat Emergencies
Aharon Kessel, Zahava Vadasz, Elias Toubi

18. Ophthalmological Emergencies in Rheumatic and Autoimmune Diseases
Edward Pringle, Miles Stanford

19. Emergencies for the Vascular Surgeon
Ashish S. Patel, Matthew Waltham

20. Complicated Pregnancies in Patients with Autoimmune Systemic Diseases
Guillermo Ruiz-Irastorza, Munther A. Khamashta

21. The Complex Management of Viral-Related Autoimmune Diseases
Dimitrios Vassilopoulos, Spilios Manolakopoulos

22. The Role of Intravenous Immunoglobulins in the Management of Acute Complex Autoimmune Conditions
Rotem Kedar, Yehuda Shoenfeld, Howard Amital

23. Life-Threatening Complications of Biological Therapies
Ana Campar, David A. Isenberg

Nyckelord: Medicine & Public Health, Rheumatology, Internal Medicine