Dermatology at a Glance.
Chowdhury, Mahbub M. U.
Dermatology at a Glance. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (290 pages) - New York Academy of Sciences Series . - New York Academy of Sciences Series .
Intro -- Companion website -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Preface -- About the authors -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Conflict of interests -- List of abbreviations -- Part I: Principles of dermatology -- 1 Evidence based dermatology -- Influences on clinical decision making -- Guidelines -- Systematic reviews -- UK Clinical Trials Network -- 2 Dermatology: the best on the web -- Free open access journals -- Detailed information about skin diseases -- Dermatology images -- Clinical guidelines -- Quality of Life questionnaires, including DLQI -- Evidence based dermatology -- Patient support groups -- Patient information leaflets -- Medical students -- Dermatology news and reference -- Dermatology quiz -- Short video and sound lectures -- e-learning sample sessions -- Free iPhone apps -- Dermatology postgraduate distance learning course -- 3 Dermatology: then and now -- Historical highlights -- Twenty-first century -- Skin disease: cultural aspects -- 4 How the skin works -- Critical role of evolution -- Ultraviolet protection -- Heat regulation -- Sensory -- Vitamin D production -- Immunological functions -- Sebaceous glands -- Nails -- Regional variation and clinical relevance -- Skin and hair colour -- 5 The burden of skin disease -- How skin disease affects peoples' lives -- Understanding patient's quality of life impact helps clinical practice -- How to measure the impact of skin disease on life quality -- Comparison with non-skin diseases -- Dermatology Life Quality Index -- Rule of Tens: using quality of life scores to help define disease severity -- Major life changing decisions -- Children -- The Greater Patient -- Utility measures -- Part 2: The patient consultation -- 6 Taking the history -- Why taking a history is important -- Structured history taking -- Key points to a successful consultation -- Special circumstances. History taking with experience -- Why recording the history is important -- Multi-tasking in the clinic -- How to take clinical decisions: the art of medicine -- 7 How to examine the skin -- Examination optimal conditions -- Simple structure -- Recording examination findings -- Special situations -- Part 3: Basic procedures -- 8 Surgical basics -- Preparation prior to surgery -- Local anaesthesia -- Haemostasis -- Surgical procedures -- 9 Key procedures -- Cryotherapy -- Laser (light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation) -- Xanthelasma treatment -- Botulinum toxin -- Nail surgery -- Mohs' micrographic surgery -- Part 4: Treatments -- 10 Topical therapy -- What influences absorption? -- What is a cream? -- What is an ointment? -- What is a lotion? -- What is an emollient? -- How often should drugs be applied? -- Topical steroids -- Topical tacrolimus and pimecrolimus -- 11 Practical special management -- Dermatology day care services -- Radiotherapy -- Part 5: Inflammatory diseases -- 12 Psoriasis -- Clinical presentations -- Pathogenesis -- Diagnosis -- Treatment -- 13 Atopic dermatitis -- Clinical patterns according to age -- Clinical features -- Aetiology and pathogenesis -- Complications of atopic dermatitis -- Management -- 14 Acne and teenage skin -- Points to consider when consulting a teenager with a skin disease -- Acne vulgaris -- 15 Common inflammatory diseases -- Lichenoid disorders -- Lichen planus -- Other lichenoid reactions -- Pityriasis rosea -- Part 6: ER dermatology -- 16 Acute dermatology -- Erythroderma -- Erythema multiforme -- Stevens-Johnson syndrome and toxic epidermal necrolysis -- Angio-oedema and anaphylaxis -- Necrotising fasciitis -- 17 Blistering skin diseases -- Autoimmune bullous skin diseases -- Immunofluorescence -- Bullous pemphigoid -- Pemphigus -- Dermatitis herpetiformis -- Part 7: Skin infections. 18 Bacterial infections -- Cellulitis and erysipelas -- Impetigo -- Folliculitis -- Boil (furuncle) -- Erythrasma -- Intertrigo -- Pitted keratolysis -- Trichomycosis axillaris -- Tuberculosis -- Fish-tank granuloma -- Lyme disease -- 19 Viral infections -- Viral warts -- Herpes infections -- Molluscum contagiosum -- 20 Fungal infections -- Pityriasis versicolor -- Malassezia folliculitis -- Seborrhoeic dermatitis, dandruff -- Dermatophyte infections -- Investigations for fungal infections -- Dermatophyte infection treatment -- Candida infection -- 21 Skin infestations -- Scabies -- Head lice (pediculosis capitis) -- Body lice -- 22 Tropical skin disease -- Cutaneous larva migrans -- Leishmaniasis -- Leprosy -- Part 8: Specific sites -- 23 The red face -- Rosacea -- Perioral dermatitis -- Atopic eczema -- Seborrhoeic dermatitis -- Psoriasis -- Contact dermatitis -- Discoid lupus erythematosus -- Tinea faciei -- 24 Oral and genital disease -- Genital skin disease -- Oral mucosal disease -- 25 Nail and hair disease -- Nail diseases -- Hair -- Part 9: Specific ages -- 26 The newborn infant -- Benign physiological phenomenon -- Benign skin pigmentation -- Transient rashes -- Persistent and/or progressive rashes -- Skin lesions -- 27 The child with a rash -- Macular (± papular) rash -- Papular rash -- Papular-vesicular rash -- Blistering rash -- Urticarial rash -- Petechial and purpuric rash -- Important conditions not to miss -- 28 Skin problems in pregnancy -- Physiological skin changes in pregnancy -- Skin lesions in pregnancy -- Pregnancy-related dermatoses -- Effect of pregnancy on pre-existing skin diseases -- Management of skin diseases during pregnancy -- 29 Elderly skin -- Attitudes to skin diseases in the elderly -- Co-morbidities impacting on skin disease in the elderly -- Factors to consider when managing elderly people with skin diseases. Benign skin lesions -- Malignant skin lesions -- Xerosis and pruritus -- Bullous pemphigoid -- Part 10: Skin allergy -- 30 Cutaneous allergy -- Irritant contact dermatitis -- Allergic contact dermatitis -- Patch testing -- Prick testing -- Management and prognosis of contact dermatitis -- 31 The working hands -- Hand eczema -- Prevention of hand eczema -- Treatment -- 32 Urticaria -- Classification -- Histology and pathophysiology -- Clinical features -- Causes -- Prognosis -- Management -- Physical and cholinergic urticarias -- Hereditary angio-oedema -- Part 11: Skin tumours -- 33 Benign skin lesions -- Benign melanocytic naevi -- Freckles and lentigos -- Seborrhoeic keratosis (basal cell papilloma) -- Epidermoid cyst -- Dermatofibroma (histiocytoma) -- Skin tag (fibro-epithelial polyp) -- Solar keratoses (actinic keratoses) -- Bowen's disease (intra-epidermal squamous cell carcinoma) -- 34 Non-melanoma skin cancers -- Basal cell carcinoma ('rodent ulcer') -- Squamous cell carcinoma -- Keratoacanthoma -- 35 Malignant melanoma -- Epidemiology -- Risk factors -- Diagnosis -- Pathology -- Management -- Prognosis -- 36 Other malignant skin conditions -- Cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (mycosis fungoides) -- Paget's disease -- Kaposi's sarcoma -- Cutaneous metastases -- Part 12: Photodermatology -- 37 Pigmentation -- Effect of inflammation -- Skin lighteners -- Too little pigment -- Too much pigment -- 38 Sun and skin -- Sunburn reaction -- Photoageing -- Tanning -- Vitamin D synthesis -- Sunscreens -- 39 Phototherapy -- Phototherapy: general principles -- UVB phototherapy -- UVA phototherapy -- Phototherapy in special circumstances -- Photodynamic therapy -- 40 Photodermatoses -- Polymorphic light eruption -- Solar urticaria -- Porphyrias -- Xeroderma pigmentosa -- Phototesting -- Part 13: Systemic diseases -- 41 Skin signs of systemic disease. Conditions with several causes -- Systemic diseases with specific signs -- 42 Autoimmune disease and vasculitis -- Lupus erythematosus -- Scleroderma (systemic sclerosus) -- Dermatomyositis -- Small vessel vasculitis -- 43 The immunosuppressed patient -- Human immunodeficiency virus infection -- Immunocompromised patients and skin conditions -- Part 14: Miscellaneous conditions -- 44 Psychodermatology -- Psychiatric and skin co-morbidity -- Skin diseases primarily caused by psychological and psychiatric problems -- 45 Skin breakdown -- Leg ulcers -- Other ulcers -- Burns -- 46 Hereditary skin diseases -- Ichthyoses -- Epidermolysis bullosa -- Darier's disease -- Neurofibromatosis 1 (NF1) -- Tuberous sclerosis -- Self-assessment -- Clinical picture quiz -- Clinical picture quiz answers -- Index.
9781118518434
Dermatology.
Skin-Diseases.
Electronic books.
RL74 .C46 2013
616.5
Dermatology at a Glance. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (290 pages) - New York Academy of Sciences Series . - New York Academy of Sciences Series .
Intro -- Companion website -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Preface -- About the authors -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Conflict of interests -- List of abbreviations -- Part I: Principles of dermatology -- 1 Evidence based dermatology -- Influences on clinical decision making -- Guidelines -- Systematic reviews -- UK Clinical Trials Network -- 2 Dermatology: the best on the web -- Free open access journals -- Detailed information about skin diseases -- Dermatology images -- Clinical guidelines -- Quality of Life questionnaires, including DLQI -- Evidence based dermatology -- Patient support groups -- Patient information leaflets -- Medical students -- Dermatology news and reference -- Dermatology quiz -- Short video and sound lectures -- e-learning sample sessions -- Free iPhone apps -- Dermatology postgraduate distance learning course -- 3 Dermatology: then and now -- Historical highlights -- Twenty-first century -- Skin disease: cultural aspects -- 4 How the skin works -- Critical role of evolution -- Ultraviolet protection -- Heat regulation -- Sensory -- Vitamin D production -- Immunological functions -- Sebaceous glands -- Nails -- Regional variation and clinical relevance -- Skin and hair colour -- 5 The burden of skin disease -- How skin disease affects peoples' lives -- Understanding patient's quality of life impact helps clinical practice -- How to measure the impact of skin disease on life quality -- Comparison with non-skin diseases -- Dermatology Life Quality Index -- Rule of Tens: using quality of life scores to help define disease severity -- Major life changing decisions -- Children -- The Greater Patient -- Utility measures -- Part 2: The patient consultation -- 6 Taking the history -- Why taking a history is important -- Structured history taking -- Key points to a successful consultation -- Special circumstances. History taking with experience -- Why recording the history is important -- Multi-tasking in the clinic -- How to take clinical decisions: the art of medicine -- 7 How to examine the skin -- Examination optimal conditions -- Simple structure -- Recording examination findings -- Special situations -- Part 3: Basic procedures -- 8 Surgical basics -- Preparation prior to surgery -- Local anaesthesia -- Haemostasis -- Surgical procedures -- 9 Key procedures -- Cryotherapy -- Laser (light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation) -- Xanthelasma treatment -- Botulinum toxin -- Nail surgery -- Mohs' micrographic surgery -- Part 4: Treatments -- 10 Topical therapy -- What influences absorption? -- What is a cream? -- What is an ointment? -- What is a lotion? -- What is an emollient? -- How often should drugs be applied? -- Topical steroids -- Topical tacrolimus and pimecrolimus -- 11 Practical special management -- Dermatology day care services -- Radiotherapy -- Part 5: Inflammatory diseases -- 12 Psoriasis -- Clinical presentations -- Pathogenesis -- Diagnosis -- Treatment -- 13 Atopic dermatitis -- Clinical patterns according to age -- Clinical features -- Aetiology and pathogenesis -- Complications of atopic dermatitis -- Management -- 14 Acne and teenage skin -- Points to consider when consulting a teenager with a skin disease -- Acne vulgaris -- 15 Common inflammatory diseases -- Lichenoid disorders -- Lichen planus -- Other lichenoid reactions -- Pityriasis rosea -- Part 6: ER dermatology -- 16 Acute dermatology -- Erythroderma -- Erythema multiforme -- Stevens-Johnson syndrome and toxic epidermal necrolysis -- Angio-oedema and anaphylaxis -- Necrotising fasciitis -- 17 Blistering skin diseases -- Autoimmune bullous skin diseases -- Immunofluorescence -- Bullous pemphigoid -- Pemphigus -- Dermatitis herpetiformis -- Part 7: Skin infections. 18 Bacterial infections -- Cellulitis and erysipelas -- Impetigo -- Folliculitis -- Boil (furuncle) -- Erythrasma -- Intertrigo -- Pitted keratolysis -- Trichomycosis axillaris -- Tuberculosis -- Fish-tank granuloma -- Lyme disease -- 19 Viral infections -- Viral warts -- Herpes infections -- Molluscum contagiosum -- 20 Fungal infections -- Pityriasis versicolor -- Malassezia folliculitis -- Seborrhoeic dermatitis, dandruff -- Dermatophyte infections -- Investigations for fungal infections -- Dermatophyte infection treatment -- Candida infection -- 21 Skin infestations -- Scabies -- Head lice (pediculosis capitis) -- Body lice -- 22 Tropical skin disease -- Cutaneous larva migrans -- Leishmaniasis -- Leprosy -- Part 8: Specific sites -- 23 The red face -- Rosacea -- Perioral dermatitis -- Atopic eczema -- Seborrhoeic dermatitis -- Psoriasis -- Contact dermatitis -- Discoid lupus erythematosus -- Tinea faciei -- 24 Oral and genital disease -- Genital skin disease -- Oral mucosal disease -- 25 Nail and hair disease -- Nail diseases -- Hair -- Part 9: Specific ages -- 26 The newborn infant -- Benign physiological phenomenon -- Benign skin pigmentation -- Transient rashes -- Persistent and/or progressive rashes -- Skin lesions -- 27 The child with a rash -- Macular (± papular) rash -- Papular rash -- Papular-vesicular rash -- Blistering rash -- Urticarial rash -- Petechial and purpuric rash -- Important conditions not to miss -- 28 Skin problems in pregnancy -- Physiological skin changes in pregnancy -- Skin lesions in pregnancy -- Pregnancy-related dermatoses -- Effect of pregnancy on pre-existing skin diseases -- Management of skin diseases during pregnancy -- 29 Elderly skin -- Attitudes to skin diseases in the elderly -- Co-morbidities impacting on skin disease in the elderly -- Factors to consider when managing elderly people with skin diseases. Benign skin lesions -- Malignant skin lesions -- Xerosis and pruritus -- Bullous pemphigoid -- Part 10: Skin allergy -- 30 Cutaneous allergy -- Irritant contact dermatitis -- Allergic contact dermatitis -- Patch testing -- Prick testing -- Management and prognosis of contact dermatitis -- 31 The working hands -- Hand eczema -- Prevention of hand eczema -- Treatment -- 32 Urticaria -- Classification -- Histology and pathophysiology -- Clinical features -- Causes -- Prognosis -- Management -- Physical and cholinergic urticarias -- Hereditary angio-oedema -- Part 11: Skin tumours -- 33 Benign skin lesions -- Benign melanocytic naevi -- Freckles and lentigos -- Seborrhoeic keratosis (basal cell papilloma) -- Epidermoid cyst -- Dermatofibroma (histiocytoma) -- Skin tag (fibro-epithelial polyp) -- Solar keratoses (actinic keratoses) -- Bowen's disease (intra-epidermal squamous cell carcinoma) -- 34 Non-melanoma skin cancers -- Basal cell carcinoma ('rodent ulcer') -- Squamous cell carcinoma -- Keratoacanthoma -- 35 Malignant melanoma -- Epidemiology -- Risk factors -- Diagnosis -- Pathology -- Management -- Prognosis -- 36 Other malignant skin conditions -- Cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (mycosis fungoides) -- Paget's disease -- Kaposi's sarcoma -- Cutaneous metastases -- Part 12: Photodermatology -- 37 Pigmentation -- Effect of inflammation -- Skin lighteners -- Too little pigment -- Too much pigment -- 38 Sun and skin -- Sunburn reaction -- Photoageing -- Tanning -- Vitamin D synthesis -- Sunscreens -- 39 Phototherapy -- Phototherapy: general principles -- UVB phototherapy -- UVA phototherapy -- Phototherapy in special circumstances -- Photodynamic therapy -- 40 Photodermatoses -- Polymorphic light eruption -- Solar urticaria -- Porphyrias -- Xeroderma pigmentosa -- Phototesting -- Part 13: Systemic diseases -- 41 Skin signs of systemic disease. Conditions with several causes -- Systemic diseases with specific signs -- 42 Autoimmune disease and vasculitis -- Lupus erythematosus -- Scleroderma (systemic sclerosus) -- Dermatomyositis -- Small vessel vasculitis -- 43 The immunosuppressed patient -- Human immunodeficiency virus infection -- Immunocompromised patients and skin conditions -- Part 14: Miscellaneous conditions -- 44 Psychodermatology -- Psychiatric and skin co-morbidity -- Skin diseases primarily caused by psychological and psychiatric problems -- 45 Skin breakdown -- Leg ulcers -- Other ulcers -- Burns -- 46 Hereditary skin diseases -- Ichthyoses -- Epidermolysis bullosa -- Darier's disease -- Neurofibromatosis 1 (NF1) -- Tuberous sclerosis -- Self-assessment -- Clinical picture quiz -- Clinical picture quiz answers -- Index.
9781118518434
Dermatology.
Skin-Diseases.
Electronic books.
RL74 .C46 2013
616.5