Dermatology for Clinicians: A Practical Guide to Common Skin Conditions

Author: Massad Gregory Joseph
Published: June 2002
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1842141260
Hardcover Book
Number of Pages: 344

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When patients present with skin conditions in your daily practice, have you ever wished you had a dermatologist looking over your shoulder? Or that you could confer with a dermatologist and get the latest information on techniques and approaches? How many times have you referred a patient to a specialist when treating the condition yourself would save time, money, and the effort of filling out paperwork? Now you can have all that and more. Dermatology for Clinicians: A Practical Guide to Common Skin Conditions contains detailed instructions that enable you to use comfortably the advanced approaches that dermatologists use. The book describes each condition and discusses its treatment in a clear, simple, detailed, step-by-step fashion. The information is easy to find, easy to understand, and, ultimately, easy to employ. The author takes a pathology/disease-oriented approach to general dermatological problems. He presents both simple and more advanced approaches to diagnosing and managing common skin problems. In addition, the book features unique, not well known, or not previously described "pearls" for diagnosing and managing dermatological conditions. The ability to provide quality cost-effective care has become paramount in health care. Needless referrals increase costs in time and money for all concerned. Dermatology for Clinicians: A Practical Guide to Common Skin Conditions allows you to grasp easily and apply efficiently dermatological approaches. It also helps you provide cost-effective care to patients while saving yourself the time-consuming administrative procedures that many insurance companies require for referrals. Aimed at primary care physicians, this book outlines advanced dermatological options, as well as basic approaches, for dealing with common dermatological conditions, offering step-by-step instructions for diagnosing and treating conditions such as psoriasis, herpes, acne, scars, fungal infections, and skin cancers. The book will also be useful to physicians in dermatology residency training, nurse practitioners, physician's assistants, and medical students. Joseph is affiliated with the University of California-Los Angeles School of Medicine.

Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
About the author
1 Understanding and using topical corticosteroids and non-steroidal topical immunomodulator substitutes for topical corticosteroids 1
2 Dermatitis/eczema/eczematous dermatitis and lichen simplex chronicus/prurigo nodularis 11
3 Drug eruptions 45
4 Psoriasis 51
5 Herpes simplex, varicella, herpes zoster, and aphthous stomatitis 61
6 Pityriasis rosea and non-specific viral eruptions 71
7 Common conditions consisting of pigmentary alteration 77
8 Hypertrophic scars and keloids 87
9 Seborrhea and acne 93
10 Acne-like skin conditions 121
11 Hirsutism and hypertrichosis 131
12 Alopecia areata 137
13 Diffuse non-lesional alopecia and the scalp 143
14 Hyperhidrosis and xerosis 151
15 Stasis ulcer 155
16 Scabies and pediculosis 159
17 Impetigo/bullous impetigo, ecthyma, bacterial folliculitis, furuncles/carbuncles/cutaneous abscesses, and bacterial paronychia 169
18 Common superficial fungal infections, intertrigo and perleche 179
19 Pseudofolliculitis barbae 207
20 Pseudomonas nail infection, idiopathic distal onycholysis and pigmented nail streaks 209
21 Urticaria/angioedema, urticarial vasculitis and pruritus without rash 213
22 Liquid nitrogen treatment of appropriate skin lesions 223
23 Common benign non-melanocytic skin lesions 229
24 Common benign melanocytic skin lesions 251
25 Actinic (solar) keratoses 267
26 Common skin cancers 273
27 Secondary syphilis 317
Glossary of commonly used dermatological terms 319
Bibliography 321
Index 323

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