ABSTRACT

‘Dermatological Emergencies’ aims to cover aspects of situations and their management when they present in a Dermatology setup. This includes severe drug reactions, bullous disorders, erythroderma, infections, vasculitis and systemic emergencies presenting with skin signs. This book guides the reader to recognize such emergencies, helps to approach the initial phase of management, identifies the investigations, thus leading to a holistic management of the scene. Case scenarios are used in all chapters with logical flow of text, flowcharts, algorithms and representative clinical and laboratory images for better understanding of the readers.

Key Features

  • Details all dermatological emergencies
  • Discusses manifestation of these emergencies with unique algorithms and flowcharts
  • Examines case scenarios for first-hand experience
  • Consists of Do's and Don'ts for effective management of cases
  • Uses high quality clinical images for clarity

part |1 pages

Introduction to Dermatological Emergencies

part |1 pages

Severe Cutaneous Drug Reactions

part |1 pages

Bullous Disorders

chapter |7 pages

Pemphigus vulgaris and foliaceus

chapter |5 pages

Paraneoplastic pemphigus

chapter |9 pages

Mucous membrane pemphigoid

chapter |6 pages

Bullous pemphigoid

part |1 pages

Erythroderma

chapter |14 pages

Approach to Erythroderma

chapter |7 pages

Psoriatic erythroderma

chapter |8 pages

Eczema-induced erythroderma

chapter |9 pages

Drug-induced erythroderma

part |1 pages

Pediatric Emergencies–1 (Neonatal)

chapter |11 pages

Neonatal erythroderma

chapter |10 pages

Collodion baby and harlequin ichthyosis

chapter |3 pages

Sclerema neonatorum

part |1 pages

Pediatric Emergencies–2 (Childhood)

chapter |11 pages

Epidermolysis bullosa

chapter |6 pages

Ichthyotic disorders

chapter |6 pages

Kasabach-Meritt phenomenon

part |1 pages

Infections and Infestations

chapter |7 pages

Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome

chapter |11 pages

Toxic shock syndrome

chapter |6 pages

Cellulitis and necrotizing fasciitis

chapter |5 pages

Cutaneous manifestations of sepsis

chapter |8 pages

Viral infections

chapter |9 pages

Fungal infections causing emergencies

part |1 pages

Vasculitis

chapter |13 pages

Small vessel vasculitis

chapter |10 pages

Medium vessel vasculitis

chapter |6 pages

Vasculitis mimics

chapter |7 pages

Purpura fulminans

chapter |11 pages

Approach to purpura

part |1 pages

Skin Malignancies Presenting as Emergencies

part |1 pages

Emergencies in Connective Tissue Disorders

part |1 pages

Systemic Emergencies Presenting with Dermatological Signs

part |1 pages

Psoriasis and Related Conditions

chapter |8 pages

Pustular psoriasis

chapter |12 pages

Psoriatic arthritis

chapter |8 pages

Reactive arthritis

part |1 pages

Miscellaneous Dermatological Emergencies

chapter |10 pages

Graft versus host disease

chapter |8 pages

Bites and stings

chapter |8 pages

Angioedema and anaphylaxis: Angioedema

chapter |9 pages

Dermatological emergencies in pregnancy

part |1 pages

Emergencies in Leprosy

chapter |3 pages

Lepromatous leprosy

chapter |9 pages

Lepra reactions

chapter |5 pages

Leprosy: Therapy-related emergencies

part |1 pages

Emergencies in STD

part |1 pages

Procedure-related Emergencies