rheumatology
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- noun
- /ˌruːməˈtɑːlədʒi/
- Specialized
- The patient was referred to a specialist in rheumatology for treatment of their joint pain.
- rheumatology nurse
- rheumatology specialist
- Department of Rheumatology
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Examples
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Some hospitals have embraced the use of rheumatology nurse specialists.
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The patient should be advised to contact the rheumatology nurse specialist for a reassessment of their therapy.
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Their development and use provide an opportunity to improve expertise in the rheumatology community.
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The information in table 2 can help you decide whether the patient needs a specialist referral to rheumatology.
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Any significant abnormalities should be reported to the patient and their rheumatology team so that appropriate action can be taken.
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With the large number of patients worldwide with inflammatory arthritis, many more rheumatology clinical nurse specialists are needed.
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"There are some risks," says Dr. Daniel Solomon, a Harvard Medical School professor who specializes in rheumatology.
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Following Local Research Ethics Committee approval, participants were recruited from the rheumatology service at Blackburn Royal Infirmary.
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Successive patients were recruited from both the inpatient and outpatient rheumatology services at a university hospital in Dublin.
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Can diagnostic triage by general practitioners or rheumatology nurses improve the positive predictive value of referrals to early arthritis clinics?
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How Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
rheumatology = rheumato + logy
The word is built from the classical combining form 'rheumato-' plus '-logy', but the first element is specialized and not meaningfully inferable for most learners.
Etymology
Rheumatology comes from the Greek parts rheuma ('to flow') and -logy ('study of'). Long ago doctors thought joint and muscle pain came from bad fluids moving in the body, so rheumatology is the medical study of joint, muscle, and connective tissue diseases.