Since extensive dermatoses can be life threatening, it is important to recognize and treat skin emergencies rapidly. This book covers all cutaneous emergencies and life threatening dermatoses, as well as true and false emergencies in the dermatologic office. It provides treatment advice for the management of major life threatening dermatoses, such as severe infections, severe drug eruptions and bullous diseases. In addition, it describes the manifestations in acutely ill patients in the ICU, as well as severe cutaneous manifestations occurring during pregnancy, after sun exposure, in cold weather, as a result of extreme poverty, and in other situations. With diagnostic clues, reader-friendly charts and clinical photographs, this clinical guide will not only benefit the hospital-based dermatologist, but will also be a helpful guide for non-dermatologists, such as ER and ICU physicians.

Skin Physiology

Skin Barrier
Skin Immune System
Bacteriology of the Skin
Acute Skin Failure
Life Threatening Dermatoses
Purpura Fulminans
Severe Infections of Soft Tissues (Including Fasciitis and Diabetic Foot Infections)
Severe Staphylococcal Cutaneous Infections and Toxic Shock Syndrome
Erythroderma and Exfoliative Dermatitis
Stevens-Johnson Syndrome and Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis
Drug Reaction With Eosinophilia and Systemic Symptoms (DRESS/DIHS)
Acute Generalized Exanthematous Pustulosis
Autoimmune Bullous Diseases
Cutaneous Manifestation in Life Threatening Diseases
Skin Manifestations of Systemic Bacterial Infections
Severe Mycoses in Immunodepressed Patients
Skin Manifestations Associated with Malignant Haemopathies
Skin Manifestations Useful for the Management of Patients in an Intensive Care Unit or an Emergency Room
Specific Context
Emergencies in the Dermatologist's Office
Life-Threatening Dermatoses Occurring During Gestation
Main Life-Threatening Dermatoses in Neonatal Period and in Infancy
Life-Threatening Dermatoses and Emergencies in Dermatology: The Case of the Paediatric Patient
Extreme Poverty in Industrial Countries
Life-Threatening Dermatoses and Emergencies in Dermatology in the Specific Context of the Extreme Poverty of the 'Third World'
Noxious Spider Bites
Frostbite Injury Management in Emergency
Photodermatoses
Life-Threatening Dermatoses and Emergencies in Migrants and Patients Coming Back from a Tropical or Subtropical Country
Telemedicine in Skin Emergencies
Skin Diseases in Bioterrorism
Life-Threatening Complications of Dermatologic Therapies
Diagnostic Charts for the Skin Signs in the Acutely Ill Patient
Mechanisms of Pupura, Livedo, Necrosis
Skin Necrosis
ThePatient with Purpura in the ICU or in the Emergency Room
Livedo
Diagnosis of Blisters and Vesicles
Diagnosis of Disseminated Pustulosis
Diagnosis of Face Oedema
Diagnosis of Oral Lesions
Acute Urticaria and Anaphylaxis
Exanthematic Rash.