Emergency dermatology

Many physicians and patients do not believe that dermatology involves life-threatening situations. However, there are many emergencies that the dermatologist needs to address and many cutaneous diseases in the emergency room that require rapid dermatologic consultation. The dermatologist is frequently the first physician to examine these patients before a hospital admission, and also the first to identify a critical situation, stabilize the patient, and choose urgent and appropriate intervention. The first chapters of this book are directed toward those dermatologists who care for hospitalized patients with severe and dangerous skin diseases. Later chapters are intended for all physicians, including dermatologists, who wish to hone their diagnostic skills, expand their knowledge and understanding of pathological events, and learn treatment options available for acute life-threatening skin diseases. This book brings together top dermatologists around the world to address the complicated and multifaceted field of dermatologic emergencies for the practising dermatologist and emergency physician.

1. Cell injury and cell death Adone Baroni, Eleonora Rocco, Maria Antoinetta Tufano, and Elisabetta Buommino 2. Clean and aseptic technique at the bedside Sapna Modi, Aron J. Gewirtzman, and Stephen Tyring 3. New antimicrobials Maryann Mikhail and Jeffrey M. Weinberg 4. Immunomodulators and the 'biologicals' in cutaneous emergencies Batya B. Davidovici and Ronni Wolf 5. Critical care: stuff you really, really need to know Haim Shmilovich and Arie Roth 6. Acute skin failure: concept, causes, consequences, and care Robert A. Norman and Gwynn Coatney 7. Cutaneous symptoms and neonatal emergencies Daniel Wallach and Pierre-Henri Jarreau 8. Necrotizing soft-tissue infections, including necrotizing fasciitis Ronni Wolf, Yalcin Tuzun, and Batya B. Davidovici 9. Life-threatening bacterial skin infections Richard B. Cindrich and Donald Rudikoff 10. Bacteremia, sepsis, septic shock, toxic shock syndrome Geeta Patel, Ryan Hawley, and Noah Scheinfeld 11. Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome Eleonora Ruocco, Adone Baroni, Sonia Sangiuliano, Giovanna Donnarumma, and Vincenzo Ruocco 12. Life-threatening cutaneous viral diseases Aron J. Gewirtzman, Brandon Christianson, Anne Marie Tremaine, Brend…