Full Description
Principles of Medicine in Africa combines clinical medicine with a rich understanding of the major environmental and cultural influences on health and disease, providing comprehensive guidance for anyone intending to practise medicine in Africa. Presenting disease in the context of family and culture, the effects of inequality and problems of limited resources are addressed. The authors have a wealth of experience in front line healthcare in Africa and provide practical, evidence-based management guidelines for all the common and less common conditions likely to be encountered. This fifth edition has been thoroughly updated to incorporate the latest research findings and management guidelines and there has been much greater involvement of African physicians in the writing and editorial process. The chapters on cancer and non-communicable diseases have been expanded and new chapters have been added on digital health, critical care in a resource-limited setting, antimicrobial resistance, COVID-19 and other emerging infectious diseases.
Contents
Part I. Health and Disease: 1. People and the environment; 2. Food and nutrition; 3. Humanitarian crises and forced displacement; 4. Managing a health service with management and financing of drug supply; 5. Digital health; 6. Critical care medicine; Part II. Mother and Child Health: 7. The pregnant patient; 8. Neonatal care; 9. The integrated management of childhood illness (IMCI); 10. Severe acute malnutrition in childhood; 11. Diarrhoea; 12. Pneumonia and other acute lower respiratory tract infections in children; 13. Measles; 14. Pertussis; Part III. Infection: General Principles: 15. Immune response to infections; 16. Approach to the febrile adult patient; 17. Management of Sepsis; 18. Infection prevention and control; 19. Outbreaks and epidemics; Part IV. Major Common Infections: 20. Malaria; 21. HIV/AIDS; 22. Tuberculosis; 23. Pneumonia in adults; 24. Meningitis; 25. Sexually transmitted infections; Part V. Bacterial Infections: 26. Typhoid, paratyphoid and non-typhoid Salmonella infections; 27. Streptococcus pyogenes and Staphylococcus aureus; 28. Rickettsioses and other rickettsial disease; 29. Brucellosis; 30. Leptospirosis; 31. Relapsing fever; 32. Plague; 33. Anthrax; 34. Tetanus; 35. Diptheria; 36. Leprosy; 37. Mycobacterium ulcerans Disease (Buruli ulcer); 38. Cholera; 39. Antimicrobial resistance; Part VI. Viral Infections: 40. Viral haemorrhagic fevers: lassa fever, rift valley fever, ebola/marburg fever and crimean-congo fever; 41. Yellow fever; 42. Hepatitis; 43. Dengue; 44. Rabies; 45. Influenza; 46. Poliomyelitis; 47. Varicella (chickenpox), herpes zoster and monkeypox; 48. Rubella; 49. Mumps; 50. Covid-19; Part VII. Protozoal Infections: 51. Leishmaniasis; 52. Human African trypanosomiasis; 53. Amoebiasis; 54. Intestinal protozoa; Part VIII. Helminth Infections: 55. Intestinal helminths; 56. Schistosomiasis; 57. Lymphatic filariasis and loa loa; 58. Onchocerciasis; 59. Cysticercosis and neurocysticercosis; 60. Hydatid disease; 61. Paragonimiasis; 62. Trichinellosis; 63. Guinea Worm; Part IX. Fungal Infections: 64. Fungal infections; Part X. Non-Communicable Diseases: 65. Chronic and non-communicable disease in Africa; 66. Diabetes mellitus; 67. Hypertension; 68. Stroke; 69. Epilepsy; 70. Mental health: depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, substance misuse and stigma; 71. Chronic respiratory diseases: asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, post-tuberculosis lung disease, bronchiectasis and HIV lung disease; 72. The disabled patient; Part XI. Diseases of Body Systems: 73. The heart; 74. The lung; 75. Blood disorders; 76. The gut; 77. The liver; 78. The kidney and body fluids; 79. Bones and joints; 80. Endocrinology; 81. The nervous system; 82. The skin; 83. The eye; 84. Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT); Part XII. Cancer and Palliative Care: 85. Approach to cancer care, the key role of palliative Medicine; 86. Approach to palliative care in cancer patients; 87. Common solid malignancies; 88. Common hematological malignancies; 89. Common childhood cancers; 90. Cancers in the HIV infected; Part XIII. Venoms and Poisons: 91. Venomous and other dangerous animals; 92. Poisoning.
