Emergency dermatology / edited by Ronni Wolf ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Wolf, Ronni.

Series:

Cambridge medicine.

Cambridge medicine

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dermatology.

Medical emergencies.

Skin Diseases--therapy.

Emergencies.

Emergency Treatment.

Medical Subjects:

Skin Diseases--therapy.

Emergencies.

Emergency Treatment.

Physical Description:

xii, 363 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.

Summary:

Wolf (dermatology, Hebrew U.-Hadassah Medical School, Israel) et al. bring together dermatologists and other specialists from around the world for 36 chapters aimed at helping dermatologists, emergency physicians, and other physicians diagnose and treat life-threatening skin diseases. Topics covered include cell injury and death; new antimicrobials; immunomodulators and biologics; acute skin failure; neonatal emergencies; necrotizing soft tissue and bacterial skin infections; viral, fungal, and parasitic diseases; stings, bites, and marine envenomations; drug, allergic, and immunological reactions; complications of dermatologic therapies; purpura and vasculitis; connective tissue disorders and their complications; skin signs of systemic infections and neoplastic and paraneoplastic diseases; sexually transmitted diseases; torture and self-inflicted dermatoses; environmental skin disorders; signs of poisoning; disaster planning; and catastrophes in cosmetic procedures. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780521717335

0521717337

OCLC:

311060068