Scleroderma: Best Approaches to Patient Care, An Issue of Rheumatic Disease Clinics of North America The Clinics: Internal Medicine Series

In this issue, guest editors bring their considerable expertise to this important topic.

• Contains 15 practice-oriented topics including how treatment approaches should change when there is arthritis, myositis, and/or sicca syndrome; the roles of occupational therapy, physical therapy, wound care, and nutritional support; mental health considerations in patients with scleroderma; the best approaches to vaccination, bone health, and cancer screening; the best ways to teach the next generation of rheumatologists about scleroderma; and more. 

• Provides in-depth clinical reviews on scleroderma, offering actionable insights for clinical practice. 

• Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews. 

Approach to Systemic Sclerosis Patient Assessment: How Does Patient Subsetting Help?
Multi-Organ System Screening, Care, and Patient Support in Systemic Sclerosis
Scleroderma Skin: How Is Treatment Best Guided by Data and Implemented in Clinical Practice?
Treatment of Vascular Complications in Systemic Sclerosis: What Is the Best Approach to Diagnosis and Management of Renal Crisis and Digital Ulcers?
Interstitial Lung Disease: How Should Therapeutics Be Implemented?
Gastrointestinal Tract Considerations Part I: How Should a Rheumatologist Best Manage Common Upper Gastrointestinal Tract Complaints in Systemic Sclerosis?
Gastrointestinal Tract Considerations: Part II: How Should a Rheumatologist Best Manage Common Lower Gastrointestinal Tract Complaints in Systemic Sclerosis?
Treatment of Inflammatory Arthritis in Systemic Sclerosis
Pulmonary Hypertension: How to Best Treat the Different Scleroderma Phenotypes?
Health Care Utilization: What Is the Cost of Caring for Scleroderma?
Expanding the Treatment Team: What Is the Role for Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, Wound Care, and Nutritional Support in Systemic Sclerosis?
Mental Health Considerations in Chronic Disease: What Is the Best Approach for Supporting a Scleroderma Patient?
Preventative Care in Scleroderma: What Is the Best Approach to Vaccination?
Preventative Care in Scleroderma: What Is the Best Approach to Bone Health and Cancer Screening?
Training the Next Generation of Rheumatologists: What Is the Best Way to Teach Fellows About Scleroderma?
The Exciting Future for Scleroderma: What Therapeutic Pathways Are on the Horizon?
Patient Experience of Systemic Sclerosis-Related Calcinosis: An International Study Informing Clinical Trials, Practice, and the Development of the Mawdsley Calcinosis Questionnaire
Primary Cardiac Involvement in Systemic Sclerosis: Best Approach to Diagnosis