Emergency Dermatology

Ronni Wolf, Batya B. Davidovici, Jennifer L. Parish, Lawrence Charles Parish

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Topic: Medicine
• eBook ISBN:
  9781139142342
• Subtopic: Dermatology

Many physicians and patients do not believe that dermatology involves life-threatening situations. However, there are many emergencies that the dermatologist needs to address and many cutaneous diseases in the emergency room that require rapid dermatologic consultation. The dermatologist is frequently the first physician to examine these patients before a hospital admission, and also the first to identify a critical situation, stabilize the patient, and choose urgent and appropriate intervention. The first chapters of this book are directed toward those dermatologists who care for hospitalized patients with severe and dangerous skin diseases. Later chapters are intended for all physicians, including dermatologists, who wish to hone their diagnostic skills, expand their knowledge and understanding of pathological events, and learn treatment options available for acute life-threatening skin diseases. This book brings together top dermatologists around the world to address the complicated and multifaceted field of dermatologic emergencies for the practising dermatologist and emergency physician.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Contributors
• Preface
• CHAPTER 1 Cell Injury and Cell Death
• CHAPTER 2 Clean and Aseptic Technique at the Bedside
• CHAPTER 3 New Antimicrobials
• CHAPTER 4 Immunomodulators and the “Biologics” in Cutaneous Emergencies
• CHAPTER 5 Critical Care: Stuff You Really, Really Need to Know
• CHAPTER 6 Acute Skin Failure: Concept, Causes, Consequences, and Care
• CHAPTER 7 Cutaneous Symptoms and Neonatal Emergencies
• CHAPTER 8 Necrotizing Soft-Tissue Infections, Including Necrotizing Fasciitis
• CHAPTER 9 Life-Threatening Bacterial Skin Infections
• CHAPTER 10 Bacteremia, Sepsis, Septic Shock, and Toxic Shock Syndrome
• CHAPTER 11 Staphylococcal Scalded Skin Syndrome
• CHAPTER 12 Life-Threatening Cutaneous Viral Diseases
• CHAPTER 13 Life-Threatening Cutaneous Fungal and Parasitic Diseases
• CHAPTER 14 Life-Threatening Stings, Bites, and Marine Envenomations
• CHAPTER 15 Severe, Acute Adverse Cutaneous Drug Reactions I: Stevens–Johnson Syndrome and Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis
• CHAPTER 16 Severe, Acute Adverse Cutaneous Drug Reactions II: DRESS Syndrome and Serum Sickness-Like Reaction
• CHAPTER 17 Severe, Acute Complications of Dermatologic Therapies
• CHAPTER 18 Severe, Acute Allergic and Immunological Reactions I: Urticaria, Angioedema, Mastocytosis, and Anaphylaxis
• CHAPTER 19 Severe, Acute Allergic and Immunological Reactions II: Other Hypersensitivities and Immune Defects, Including HIV
• CHAPTER 20 Graft Versus Host Disease
• CHAPTER 21 ErythrodermaExfoliative Dermatitis
• CHAPTER 22 Acute, Severe Bullous Dermatoses
• CHAPTER 23 Emergency Management of Purpura and Vasculitis, Including Purpura Fulminans
• CHAPTER 24 Emergency Management of Connective Tissue Disorders and Their Complications
• CHAPTER 25 Skin Signs of Systemic Infections
• CHAPTER 26 Skin Signs of Systemic Neoplastic Diseases and Paraneoplastic Cutaneous Syndromes
• CHAPTER 27 Burn Injury
• CHAPTER 28 Emergency Dermatoses of the Anorectal Regions
• CHAPTER 29 Emergency Management of Sexually Transmitted Diseases and Other Genitourethral Disorders
• CHAPTER 30 Emergency Management of Environmental Skin Disorders: Heat, Cold, Ultraviolet Light Injuries
• CHAPTER 31 Endocrinologic Emergencies in Dermatology
• CHAPTER 32 Emergency Management of Skin Torture and Self-Inflicted Dermatoses
• CHAPTER 33 Skin Signs of Poisoning
• CHAPTER 34 Disaster Planning: Mass Casualty Management
• CHAPTER 35 Catastrophes in Cosmetic Procedures
• CHAPTER 36 Life-Threatening Dermatoses in Travelers
• Index