Full Description
'Dermatological Emergencies' aims to cover aspects of situations and their management when they present in a Dermatology setup. This includes severe drug reactions, bullous disorders, erythroderma, infections, vasculitis and systemic emergencies presenting with skin signs. This book guides the reader to recognize such emergencies, helps to approach the initial phase of management, identifies the investigations, thus leading to a holistic management of the scene. Case scenarios are used in all chapters with logical flow of text, flowcharts, algorithms and representative clinical and laboratory images for better understanding of the readers.
Key Features
Details all dermatological emergencies
Discusses manifestation of these emergencies with unique algorithms and flowcharts
Examines case scenarios for first-hand experience
Consists of Do's and Don'ts for effective management of cases
Uses high quality clinical images for clarity
Contents
Preface
Editors
Contributors
PART 1. INTRODUCTION TO DERMATOLOGICAL EMERGENCIES
Ankan Gupta
1. Dermatological emergencies: What the term encompasses and key features in their diagnosis
Indrashish Podder and Biju Vasudevan
2. Acute skin failure
S. S. Vaishampayan, Suneel Singh Senger, Radha Ramesh Lacchiramani, and Ankan Gupta
3. Dermatology intensive care unit: Concept and requirements
Sukriti Baveja and Anwita Sinha
PART 2. SEVERE CUTANEOUS DRUG REACTIONS
Shekhar Neema
4. Stevens-Johnson syndrome/toxic epidermal necrolysis
Ramesh Bhat and Meryl Sonia Rebello
5. Drug-induced eosinophilia and systemic symptoms
Rajesh Verma and Pradeesh Arumugam
6. Acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis
Soumya Jagadeeshan
7. Drugs causing cutaneous necrosis
K. P. Aneesh and P. Vijendran
8. Approach to severe cutaneous adverse drug reactions
Shekhar Neema
PART 3. BULLOUS DISORDERS
Biju Vasudevan
9. Pemphigus vulgaris and foliaceus
Raghavendra Rao
10. Paraneoplastic pemphigus
B. Nirmal
11. Mucous membrane pemphigoid
Dipankar De, Sheetanshu Kumar, and Sanjeev Handa
12. Bullous pemphigoid
Dipankar De, Sheetanshu Kumar, and Sanjeev Handa
PART 4. ERYTHRODERMA
D. V. Lakshmi
13. Approach to Erythroderma
D. V. Lakshmi
14. Psoriatic erythroderma
Tarun Narang and Divya Kamat
15. Eczema-induced erythroderma
Manjunath Hulmani and N. Srilakshmi
16. Drug-induced erythroderma
Anupama Bains and Saurabh Singh
17. Pityriasis rubra pilaris induced erythroderma
Ruby Venugopal and D. V. Lakshmi
PART 5. PEDIATRIC EMERGENCIES -- 1 (NEONATAL)
Sahana M. Srinivas
18. Neonatal erythroderma
Aparna Palit and Arun C. Inamadar
19. Collodion baby and harlequin ichthyosis
D. V. Lakshmi and Sahana M. Srinivas
20. Sclerema neonatorum
Swetha Mukherjee and Shekhar Neema
PART 6. PEDIATRIC EMERGENCIES -- 2 (CHILDHOOD)
Sahana M. Srinivas
21. Epidermolysis bullosa
Sahana M. Srinivas
22. Ichthyotic disorders
Sahana M. Srinivas
23. Kasabach-Meritt phenomenon
Sanjay Singh and Neetu Bhari
PART 7. INFECTIONS AND INFESTATIONS
K. P. Aneesh
24. Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome
Resham Vasani
25. Toxic shock syndrome
Aseem Sharma and Madhulika Mhatre
26. Cellulitis and necrotizing fasciitis
Vikas Pathania
27. Cutaneous manifestations of sepsis
K. P. Aneesh and Mahashweta Das
28. Viral infections
K. B. Anuradha
29. Fungal infections causing emergencies
R. Madhu, S. Pradeesh, and V. Hari Pankaj
30. Dermatological emergencies in tropical infections and infestations
Anup Kumar Tiwary, Niharika Ranjan Lal, and Piyush Kumar
PART 8. VASCULITIS
Biju Vasudevan
31. Small vessel vasculitis
Renu George, Ankan Gupta, and Aswin M. Nair
32. Medium vessel vasculitis
Sujay Khandpur and Subuhi Kaul
33. Vasculitis mimics
Debdeep Mitra, Ajay Chopra, and Neerja Saraswat
34. Purpura fulminans
Rajan Kapoor, A. P. Dubey, and Anuradha Monga
35. Approach to purpura
Manas Chatterjee and Ruchi Hemdani
PART 9. SKIN MALIGNANCIES PRESENTING AS EMERGENCIES
Vinay Gera
36. Dermatological manifestations of malignancies and dermatological emergencies due to malignancy
Tanumay Roychowdhury
37. Melanoma-associated emergencies
Vidya Kharkar and M. R. L. Sujata
38. Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis
Aradhana Sood, Deep Kumar Raman, and Pankaj Das
39. Hypereosinophilic syndrome
Preema Sinha and Sunmeet Sandhu
PART 10. EMERGENCIES IN CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISORDERS
Biju Vasudevan
40. Emergencies in systemic lupus erythematosus
Vishalakshi Viswanath and Rashmi Modak
41. Scleroderma and associated complications
Yasmeen Jabeen Bhat and Safiya Bashir
42. Dermatomyositis and its associated complications
Iffat Hassan Shah and Saniya Akhtar
43. Sjögren syndrome and mixed connective tissue disease
Vishal Gupta and Nidhi Kaeley
PART 11. SYSTEMIC EMERGENCIES PRESENTING WITH DERMATOLOGICAL SIGNS
G. K. Singh
44. Dermatological manifestations of renal failure
G. K. Singh and N. S. Beniwal
45. Dermatological manifestations of gastrointestinal disorders
G. K. Singh and Kunal Ghosh
46. Dermatological manifestations of cardiovascular emergencies
Aseem Sharma, O. Biby Chacko, and Madhulika Mhatre
47. Dermatological manifestations of pulmonary and neurological emergencies
Jatinder Singh
48. Endocrine emergencies with skin manifestations
Rajeshwari Dabas
49. Skin manifestation of poisoning
Nilendu Sarma and Sushila Hansda
PART 12. PSORIASIS AND RELATED CONDITIONS
Biju Vasudevan
50. Pustular psoriasis
Santanu Banerjee and Neerja Saraswat
51. Psoriatic arthritis
Arun Hegde and Rajesh Chilaka
52. Reactive arthritis
Biju Vasudevan and Asmita Sinha
PART 13. MISCELLANEOUS DERMATOLOGICAL EMERGENCIES
Debdeep Mitra
53. Graft versus host disease
Sandeep Arora, Sandeep Lal, and Manasa Shettisara Janney
54. Bites and stings
Ambresh Badad and Vinay Gera
55. Angioedema and anaphylaxis: Angioedema
Vijay Zawar and Manoj Pawar
56. Dermatological emergencies in pregnancy
Riti Bhatia, Neirita Hazarika, and Ruby Bhatia
PART 14. EMERGENCIES IN LEPROSY
Anupam Das
57. Lepromatous leprosy
Anupam Das
58. Lepra reactions
Tanmay Padhi
59. Leprosy: Therapy-related emergencies
G. K. Singh and Anuj Bhatnagar
PART 15. EMERGENCIES IN STD
Sridhar J
60. Sexually transmitted disease related emergencies
K. Leksmi Priya and Afreen Ayub
61. HIV-related dermatological emergencies
S. Yogesh Marfatia and J. Ruchi Shah
PART 16. PROCEDURE-RELATED EMERGENCIES
C. Madura
62. Emergencies in dermatosurgery
B. R. Harish Prasad and M. R. Kusuma
63. Emergencies associated with cosmetological procedures
Rasya Dixit
64. Emergencies due to laser and light-based devices
M. Kumaresan
Index
