Guidelines for the Diagnosis, Investigation and Management of Osteoarthritis of the Hip and Knee: Report of a Joint Working Group of the British Society for Rheumatology and the Research Unit of the Royal College of Physicians

Osteoarthritis is a frequent medical problem. In general practice, musculoskeletal problems account for one in 10 of new consultations, 18% of them for osteoarthritis [1]. Many patients with osteoarthritis receive all the treatment they need from their general practitioner. Others require specialist...

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Autor principal: Scott, David L
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Royal College of Physicians of London 1993
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Medical Audit
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5396711/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8289160
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description Osteoarthritis is a frequent medical problem. In general practice, musculoskeletal problems account for one in 10 of new consultations, 18% of them for osteoarthritis [1]. Many patients with osteoarthritis receive all the treatment they need from their general practitioner. Others require specialist rheumatological advice, and a few need joint replacement surgery. Guidelines for the care of this common problem as it affects the lower limbs will assist in the provision of the most appropriate care and help to identify areas where further research is necessary.
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spelling pubmed-53967112019-01-22 Guidelines for the Diagnosis, Investigation and Management of Osteoarthritis of the Hip and Knee: Report of a Joint Working Group of the British Society for Rheumatology and the Research Unit of the Royal College of Physicians Scott, David L J R Coll Physicians Lond Medical Audit Osteoarthritis is a frequent medical problem. In general practice, musculoskeletal problems account for one in 10 of new consultations, 18% of them for osteoarthritis [1]. Many patients with osteoarthritis receive all the treatment they need from their general practitioner. Others require specialist rheumatological advice, and a few need joint replacement surgery. Guidelines for the care of this common problem as it affects the lower limbs will assist in the provision of the most appropriate care and help to identify areas where further research is necessary. Royal College of Physicians of London 1993-10 /pmc/articles/PMC5396711/ /pubmed/8289160 Text en © Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London 1994 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) , which permits non-commercial use and redistribution provided that the original author and source are credited.
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Guidelines for the Diagnosis, Investigation and Management of Osteoarthritis of the Hip and Knee: Report of a Joint Working Group of the British Society for Rheumatology and the Research Unit of the Royal College of Physicians
title Guidelines for the Diagnosis, Investigation and Management of Osteoarthritis of the Hip and Knee: Report of a Joint Working Group of the British Society for Rheumatology and the Research Unit of the Royal College of Physicians
title_full Guidelines for the Diagnosis, Investigation and Management of Osteoarthritis of the Hip and Knee: Report of a Joint Working Group of the British Society for Rheumatology and the Research Unit of the Royal College of Physicians
title_fullStr Guidelines for the Diagnosis, Investigation and Management of Osteoarthritis of the Hip and Knee: Report of a Joint Working Group of the British Society for Rheumatology and the Research Unit of the Royal College of Physicians
title_full_unstemmed Guidelines for the Diagnosis, Investigation and Management of Osteoarthritis of the Hip and Knee: Report of a Joint Working Group of the British Society for Rheumatology and the Research Unit of the Royal College of Physicians
title_short Guidelines for the Diagnosis, Investigation and Management of Osteoarthritis of the Hip and Knee: Report of a Joint Working Group of the British Society for Rheumatology and the Research Unit of the Royal College of Physicians
title_sort guidelines for the diagnosis, investigation and management of osteoarthritis of the hip and knee: report of a joint working group of the british society for rheumatology and the research unit of the royal college of physicians
topic Medical Audit
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