Full Description
Since extensive dermatoses can be life threatening, it is important to recognize and treat skin emergencies rapidly. This book covers all cutaneous emergencies and life threatening dermatoses, as well as true and false emergencies in the dermatologic office. It provides treatment advice for the management of major life threatening dermatoses, such as severe infections, severe drug eruptions and bullous diseases. In addition, it describes the manifestations in acutely ill patients in the ICU, as well as severe cutaneous manifestations occurring during pregnancy, after sun exposure, in cold weather, as a result of extreme poverty, and in other situations. With diagnostic clues, reader-friendly charts and clinical photographs, this clinical guide will not only benefit the hospital-based dermatologist, but will also be a helpful guide for non-dermatologists, such as ER and ICU physicians.
Contents
Skin Physiology.- Skin Barrier.- Skin Immune System.- Bacteriology of the Skin.- Acute Skin Failure.- Life Threatening Dermatoses.- Purpura Fulminans.- Severe Infections of Soft Tissues (Including Fasciitis and Diabetic Foot Infections).- Severe Staphylococcal Cutaneous Infections and Toxic Shock Syndrome.- Erythroderma and Exfoliative Dermatitis.- Stevens-Johnson Syndrome and Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis.- Drug Reaction With Eosinophilia and Systemic Symptoms (DRESS/DIHS).- Acute Generalized Exanthematous Pustulosis.- Autoimmune Bullous Diseases.- Cutaneous Manifestation in Life Threatening Diseases.- Skin Manifestations of Systemic Bacterial Infections.- Severe Mycoses in Immunodepressed Patients.- Skin Manifestations Associated with Malignant Haemopathies.- Skin Manifestations Useful for the Management of Patients in an Intensive Care Unit or an Emergency Room.- Specific Context.- Emergencies in the Dermatologist's Office.- Life-Threatening Dermatoses Occurring During Gestation.- Main Life-Threatening Dermatoses in Neonatal Period and in Infancy.- Life-Threatening Dermatoses and Emergencies in Dermatology: The Case of the Paediatric Patient.- Extreme Poverty in Industrial Countries.- Life-Threatening Dermatoses and Emergencies in Dermatology in the Specific Context of the Extreme Poverty of the 'Third World'.- Noxious Spider Bites.- Frostbite Injury Management in Emergency.- Photodermatoses.- Life-Threatening Dermatoses and Emergencies in Migrants and Patients Coming Back from a Tropical or Subtropical Country.- Telemedicine in Skin Emergencies.- Skin Diseases in Bioterrorism.- Life-Threatening Complications of Dermatologic Therapies.- Diagnostic Charts for the Skin Signs in the Acutely Ill Patient.- Mechanisms of Pupura, Livedo, Necrosis.- Skin Necrosis.- ThePatient with Purpura in the ICU or in the Emergency Room.- Livedo.- Diagnosis of Blisters and Vesicles.- Diagnosis of Disseminated Pustulosis.- Diagnosis of Face Oedema.- Diagnosis of Oral Lesions.- Acute Urticaria and Anaphylaxis.- Exanthematic Rash.
