Dermatologia

Get problem-oriented and disease-specific guidance in treating STDs - in one quick-access source. For more than 70 years, professors, students, and clinicians have trusted LANGE for high-quality, current, concise medical information in a convenient, affordable, portable format. Whether for coursework, clerkships, USMLE prep, specialty board review, or patient care, there's a LANGE book that guarantees success. Featuring the trusted, practical format of the CURRENT series, this authoritative, quick-access guide delivers a top-to-bottom overview of STDs commonly encountered in clinical practice. The book begins with an insightful introduction to the field that emphasizes the patient-doctor relationship, and then explores clinical problems with STDs in terms of diagnostic, management, and treatment considerations. It offers A-to-Z, up-to-the-minute coverage of common STDs - filled with crucial point-of-care guidelines. It has a focus on prevention interventions, including counseling, in recognition of the need to change high-risk sexual behaviors. It features: practical diagnostic algorithms that summarize key protocols and facilitate patient management; detailed, easy-to-locate treatment tables that list specific drugs (generic and trade names), doses, and schedules; a thought-provoking final chapter that includes a brief discussion of the latest STD research, plus unresolved questions and future concerns; useful appendices that include diagnostic protocols, treatment tables, and websites for further information; and, authoritative, on-the-spot information you can quickly apply to your practice - without sifting through pages of data. It is an essential clinical companion for internists, family physicians, pediatricians, nurse practitioners, obstetricians-gynecologists, HIV care specialists, and other healthcare professionals who see patients with STDs. Turn to any chapter on specific STDs, and you'll find expert perspectives on biology, epidemiology, clinical manifestations, diagnosis, treatment, prevention, and issues related to special populations.

This work helps you to treat a full range of pediatric skin disorders! Concise yet thorough, this clinically oriented reference presents exactly what you need to diagnose and treat numerous dermatologic conditions in neonates, infants, children, and adolescents. Each chapter follows a consistent structure, covering everything from clinical features, differential diagnosis, and pathogenesis...to treatment, patient education, and follow-up care. Instructions sheets, included in the text, can be photocopied and distributed to help patients and caregivers follow treatment plans for optimal outcomes. The text's up-to-date information - combined with an easy-to-use organization and conversational writing style - make this the ideal 'all-in-one' dermatology reference for diagnosing and treating pediatric patients.

Safely and effectively prescribe today's full spectrum of topical, intralesional, and systemic drugs for dermatologic disorders! Dr. Steven E. Wolverton and a team of leading international experts explain what drugs to use, when to use them...and what to watch out for. It provides full-text explanations as well as at-a-glance summaries of key pharmacologic information, instantly accessible wherever and whenever questions about skin pharmaceuticals arise.

Questo volume fornisce a dermatologi e chirurghi plastici le informazioni necessarie per fare trattamenti cosmetici adeguati. Tutti i capitoli sono scritti da specialisti con molti anni di esperienza nel settore. Il volume comprende: una revisione dei processi sistemici intrenseci ed estrinseci dei problemi legati all'invecchiamento in tutti i tipi di cute; informazioni essenziali sugli ingredienti dei prodotti per la cura anti-invecchiamento della cute; indicazioni dettagliate sulla scelta dei pazienti e sulle indicazioni terapeutiche; una vasta gamma di procedure cosmetiche. Il volume consente, attraverso una ricca e dettagliata iconografia e numerose tabelle, di trovare qualsiasi informazione sulla dermatologia estetica in tempi rapidi e con notevole facilità. Per le dettagliate informazioni e gli utili aggiornamenti che contiene, il testo si propone come un manuale di aggiornamento sulle nuove frontere della dermatologia estetica e un importante riferimento per gli specialisti che intendono approfondire le conoscenze e le tecniche della dermatologia estetica.

Although vitiligo has traditionally been very difficult to treat, a new breakthrough surgical treatment is expanding options for practitioners and patients. Standard treatments depend on the severity of the condition and the patient's feelings of disfigurement. Cover-up cosmetics work well for some people. Other more sophisticated forms of treatment include gradually developing color back in the depigmented areas (repigmentation) by PUVA or other ultraviolet light treatments, but this is extremely slow and intensive, often requiring several hundred treatments. This new form of treatment, which involves surgically transplanting melanocytes into the white areas, is most successful in patients with stable vitiligo over less than 30% of their body surface area. It complements medical therapies in achieving complete and sustained repigmentation and is rapidly gaining popularity in all major centers. This is the first book available which describes this major advance in detail. * Explains the new treatment of surgically transplanting melanocytes into the affected areas of the skin to provide dermatologists and surgeons with the latest state-of-the-art information * Written by the international leaders who pioneered this treatment * Presents all the latest information on the topic, eliminating the need to search through multiple sources for specific data

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This book introduces the principles of microscopic pathology of acquired skin diseases in a concise, yet comprehensive manner. The underlying mechanisms of the different diseases are discussed with reference to modern knowledge about immunology, molecular biology, and inflammatory response to infections and injury. The book is abundantly illustrated.

Editorial Board: Jack L. Lesher, Loretta S. Davis, David E. Kent, David J. Cohen Pocket Guide for Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery is written for dermatology residents and clerkship students. It contains up-to-date and easily accesible medical and surgical information. It is a quick reference on a wide range of dermatologic diseases including concise clinical information on diagnostic features, lab findings and practical management as well as key surgical anatomy and pearls on lasers, basic science and pharmacology. Also included are notable dermatologic/dermpath mnemonics and a comprehensive quick reference of cutaneous disease and syndrome associations. In all, this book provides a comprehensive collection of dermatology and dermatopathology signs and concise guidance on their significance, associated clinical and laboratory findings, as well as an extensive compilation of board review essentials.

The study of the biological effects of ultraviolet and visible light on the skin has expanded rapidly over the last 20 years, recognizing the clinical significance of light sensitive skin disorders. In this book the authors address all aspects of photodermatology by providing a clear straightforward introduction to these diseases, their investigation, diagnosis and management, including the use of lasers. Each light sensitive disorder and each type of phototherapy is supported by the principles of the underlying photophysics, chemistry and biology. Doctors, nurses and technicians all have an important role to play in the diagnosis of photodermatoses and in the administration of phototherapy. This concise, richly illustrated text provides them with valuable insights and a good working overview of the light related areas of dermatology.

The study of the biological effects of ultraviolet and visible light on the skin has expanded rapidly over the last 20 years, recognizing the clinical significance of light sensitive skin disorders. In this book the authors address all aspects of photodermatology by providing a clear straightforward introduction to these diseases, their investigation, diagnosis and management, including the use of lasers. Each light sensitive disorder and each type of phototherapy is supported by the principles of the underlying photophysics, chemistry and biology. Doctors, nurses and technicians all have an important role to play in the diagnosis of photodermatoses and in the administration of phototherapy. This concise, richly illustrated text provides them with valuable insights and a good working overview of the light related areas of dermatology.

This book represents the state-of-the-art in the field of skin and autoimmune rheumatic diseases. It covers systematically a growing and multifaceted topic which is of great importance in the clinical practice. It also serves as a sharp educational tool as each chapter provides summaries and specific highlights to key references cited into the text. The pathophysiological link between skin involvement and autoimmunity has been explained in detail, as well as diagnostic and therapeutic aspects. This book yields an impressive body of well ordered information which summarizes the experience of a selected panel of distinguished physicians and scientists actively involved in the field of skin immunology and systemic autoimmunity. This book is written by a respected panel of distinguished physician-scientists actively involved in the field of skin immunology and systemic autoimmunity. Box summaries at the end of each chapter highlight important topics. It provides up-to-date basic knowledge as well as modern approach to diagnosis and therapy.

La cicatrice chirurgica nasce come una figlia povera nell'ambito del risarcimento del danno alla persona. La mancanza di dialogo tra dermatologia, chirurgia plastica e medicina legale ha creato una specie di malinteso persistente. Oggi l'incomunicabilità tra discipline mediche e chirurgiche e medico legali è cessata. La crescita allarmante delle cause contro i professionisti sanitari ha prodotto pubblicazioni sulla responsabilità professionale e sul risarcimento del danno tegumentario. Il volume illustra le novità cliniche, chirurgiche e terapeutiche sulla cute e sulla cicatrice; verifica i presupposti delle valutazioni della cicatrice chirurgica in ambito giurisprudenziale e medico-legale; presenta un metodo articolato di quantificazione del danno, del suo aggravamento, del rimborso di spese sanitarie, e descrive i prodotti assicurativi privati offerti in tema di garanzie sanitarie e responsabilità professionale.