Severe Skin Diseases in Children: Beyond Topical Therapy

ISBN-13: 9783642395314 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 251 str.

Wynnis Tom

Opis

A textbook to guide practitioners on treating severe skin diseases in children, when they have failed topical therapy-- will discuss the appropriate candidates, considerations and approaches in drug therapy, possible problems that may arise. Photographs will help to illustrate the cases/conditions.

Recenzje

From the reviews:

"This is an excellent book on how to manage difficult-to-control skin diseases in the pediatric population. ... The audience is dermatologists, but pediatricians would benefit from reading this book as well. ... I highly recommend this book. It contains practical, valuable clinical information on managing skin diseases that do not respond to the usual approaches." (Patricia Wong, Doody's Book Reviews, June, 2014)

Spis treści

Inflammatory Diseases:- Immune-Mediated/Autoimmune Diseases.- Photosensitive Disorders.- Tumors.- Genodermatoses.- Appendix.

O autorze

Wynnis L. Tom, MD, is Associate Clinical Professor in the Departments of Pediatrics and Medicine at the University of California, San Diego and Rady Children’s Hospital. She is a graduate of Stanford University and the University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine. After completing her training in dermatology at Saint Louis University, she returned to the San Diego area to pursue a fellowship in pediatric dermatology and has since been an active faculty member in the Division of Dermatology.  

 

Dr. Tom’s clinical and research interests include chronic inflammatory skin conditions and the management of patients with more difficult disorders that require systemic medicines. She has been invited to speak on approaches to complex skin disorders at multiple venues, particularly addressing the pediatric perspective. She is a reviewer for several leading journals and has authored a number of journal articles, book chapters, and scientific works.

Blurb

Children are no less spared from severe skin diseases. This textbook is designed as a practical clinical reference that will guide practitioners in treating difficult dermatoses in children in whom topical therapy has been unsuccessful. Individual sections are devoted to inflammatory diseases, immune-mediated/autoimmune diseases, tumors and proliferative disorders, and genodermatoses. Each chapter addresses which patients represent suitable candidates for systemic or other non-topical therapy and considerations and caveats in the use of such approaches. Potential treatments are then appraised from a current evidence-based perspective, with provision of detailed but relevant information and reference tables that summarize recommendations in use and monitoring. Future directions in management are also presented.