Pediatric Dermatology: A Quick Reference Guide - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1610020200 ISBN 13: 9781610020206

Publisher: American Academy of Pediatrics, 2016

Synopsis

Now updated into a third edition, this best-selling quick reference provides practical and concise guidance on the recognition and treatment of more than 100 pediatric and adolescent skin conditions.

Key Features:

• All chapters are significantly reviewed and updated.
• Provides 13 new chapters on topics such as pigmentary mosaicism, Henoch-Schonlein purpura, polymorphous light eruption, acrodermatitis enteropathica, aplasia cutis congenita, dermoid cysts, kwashiorkor, and Langerhans cell histiocytosis.
• Features 79 new full-colour images to aid in accurate visual diagnosis - with more than 300 colour images in total.
• Must-have information on each condition is presented in the precise sequence in which it is required in the clinical setting: etiology/epidemiology; symptoms and signs; how to make the diagnosis; treatment; prognosis; referral considerations; and resources for families.

Content highlights:
• Approach to the patient with a rash.
• Diagnostic Techniques.
• Therapeutics.
• Dermatitis.
• Acne.
• Localized Viral Infections.
• Systemic Viral Infections.
• Localized Bacterial Infections.
• Systemic Bacterial, Rickettsial, or Spirochetal Infections with Skin Manifestations.
• Funal and Yeast Infections.
• Papulosquamous Diseases.
• Vascular Lesions.
• Hypopigmentation.
• Hyperpigmentation.
• Lumps and Bumps.
• Bullous Diseases.
• Genodermatoses.
• Hair Disorders.
• Skin Disorders in Neonates/Infants.
• Acute Drug/Toxic Reactions.
• Cutaneous Manifestations of Rheumatologic Diseases.
• Nutritional Dermatoses.
• Other Disorders.

About this title

About the Author

Daniel P. Krowchuk, MD, FAAP, is a professor of pediatrics and dermatology at Wake Forest School of Medicine in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA. Anthony J. Mancini, MD, FAAP, is the head of the division of dermatology at AnTen & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago ad professor of pediatrics and dermatology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicone, USA.

Edition details

• Publisher: American Academy of Pediatrics
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1610020200
• ISBN 13: 9781610020206
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 754
• Editor: Mancini Anthony J., Krowchuk Daniel P.