Overview
- Details life-threatening rashes to aid in diagnosis and management of these “can’t miss” diagnoses
- Highly visual with multiple photographs and tables listing distinguishing features of the rashes
- Includes atypical presentations and mimics and the defining differences to ensure accurate diagnosis
Access this book
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Other ways to access
Table of contents (23 chapters)
Keywords
About this book
This book is a visually focused and clinically relevant volume detailing pearls and practical points regarding acute life-threatening rashes. Each chapter covers life-threatening causes of rash or their significant mimics, including Steven Johnson Syndrome, Kawasaki Disease, and HIV. The authors discuss the classic presentation of rashes along with associated symptoms. Additionally, they examine atypical presentations of the rash and key physical exam findings to confirm or exclude the life-threatening diagnosis. The chapters are highly visual with multiple color photos as well as tables to aid the clinician in differentiating between other mimicking conditions and causes of rashes. Coverage continues beyond diagnosis to include management and potential complications. Each chapter concludes with clinical pearls or take-away points that clinicians can easily memorize for quick decision making. This is an ideal reference for all clinicians who encounter patients with rashes, particularly emergency medicine providers.
Reviews
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Emily Rose, MD, FAAP, FAAEM, FACEP is Assistant Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine at Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California. She has led courses on emergency medicine worldwide and is the Director of Pre-Health Undergraduate Studies at Keck School of Medicine and core Emergency Medicine faculty at Los Angeles County + USC Medical Center.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Life-Threatening Rashes
Book Subtitle: An Illustrated, Practical Guide
Editors: Emily Rose
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-75623-3
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-75622-6Published: 25 September 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-09281-8Published: 08 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-75623-3Published: 11 September 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 358
Number of Illustrations: 6 b/w illustrations, 189 illustrations in colour
Topics: Emergency Medicine, Dermatology, Infectious Diseases