[Nosologic and inductive diagnosis of chronic polyarthritis: the logical criteria chain].
The terms of acuteness and chronicity in arthritis are being defined to their originally nosologic and fundamentally different dimension in contrast to their symptomatologic daily use. "Chronic arthritis" has on principle to be defined as being progressive and destructive causing permanent damages. The so-called ARA-criteria of rheumatoid arthritis are being pushed back to their didactic value and their originally epidemiologic purpose. In everyday life of a qualified rheumatologist they are at least superfluous, sometimes useless. The analytical-constructive train of thoughts leads from the symptom by means of methodologic steps of evidence and exclusion via nosologic categories to the respective diagnostic result. The diagnostic steps of decision are being introduced as "logic chain of criteria" and thus make the complex process of findings for our reflections at the bedside transparent.
D016918:Arthritis, Reactive / Q000175:diagnosis; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006073:Gout / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D011565:Psoriasis / Q000175:diagnosis; D012217:Rheumatoid Factor / Q000032:analysis; D013585:Synovitis / Q000175:diagnosis
D012217:Rheumatoid Factor
Nosologische und induktive Diagnostik der chronischen Polyarthritis: Die logische Kriterienkette.