Life-Threatening Rashes : An Illustrated, Practical Guide / edited by Emily Rose.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rose, Emily, MD, editor.

SpringerLink (Online service)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Emergency medicine.

Dermatology.

Emerging infectious diseases.

Emergency Medicine.

Infectious Diseases.

Local Subjects:

Emergency Medicine.

Dermatology.

Infectious Diseases.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (XIII, 358 pages) : 195 illustrations, 189 illustrations in color

Contained In:

Springer eBooks

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.

System Details:

text file PDF

Summary:

This book is a visually focused and clinically relevant volume detailing pearls and practical points regarding acute life-threatening rashes. Each chapter covers life-threatening causes of rash or their significant mimics, including Steven Johnson Syndrome, Kawasaki Disease, and HIV. The authors discuss the classic presentation of rashes along with associated symptoms. Additionally, they examine atypical presentations of the rash and key physical exam findings to confirm or exclude the life-threatening diagnosis. The chapters are highly visual with multiple color photos as well as tables to aid the clinician in differentiating between other mimicking conditions and causes of rashes. Coverage continues beyond diagnosis to include management and potential complications. Each chapter concludes with clinical pearls or take-away points that clinicians can easily memorize for quick decision making. This is an ideal reference for all clinicians who encounter patients with rashes, particularly emergency medicine providers.

Contents:

Introduction/preface

The algorithmic approach to the unidentified rash

Anaphylaxis

Pemphigus Vulgaris

Steven Johnson Syndrome and Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis

Erythema Multiforme

Measles

Kawasaki Disease

Toxic Shock Syndrome

Scarlet Fever

Staphylococcal Scalded Skin Syndrome

Varicella

Omphalitis

Human Immunodeficiency Virus-associated rashes

Syphilis

Meningococcemia

Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever and serious tick borne-illnesses (Lyme, erlichiosis, babeosis, tick paralysis)

Henoch Scholein Purpura

Necrotizing Infections

Erythroderma

Drug-Associated Hypersensitivity Syndrome (DHS)/Drug Rash with Eosinophilia and Systemic Symptoms (DRESS) Syndrome

Ebola and hemorrhagic fever

Potential bioterrorism agents with mucocutaneous findings (anthrax, plague, tularemia, smallpox, ricin)

Other potentially life-threatening conditions with mucocutaneous findings (diphtheria, leptospirosis, murine typhus, typhoid fever, dengue.

Other Format:

Printed edition:

ISBN:

9783319756233

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.