VisualDx: Essential Adult Dermatology

VisualDx: Essential Adult Dermatology
Author: Noah Craft
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Total Pages: 601
Release: 2011-12-07
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1451148283

VisualDx: Essential Adult Dermatology combines a desk reference and a powerful online decision support system to give you point-of-care assistance in diagnosing and managing adult skin diseases. The book is organized by symptoms and visual clues and covers 195 skin disorders, with over 800 full-color illustrations and detailed information on diagnostic criteria, skin characteristics, best laboratory tests, differential diagnosis, and characteristics of the condition in immunocompromised patients and those with darker skin colors. An additional chapter covers dermatologic therapy. The online clinical decision support system enables you to search by patient findings, such as symptoms and lesion features, to obtain a visual differential diagnosis. Thousands of images show both typical and variant disease presentations. Patient information sheets are also included.

VisualDx: Essential Dermatology in Pigmented Skin

VisualDx: Essential Dermatology in Pigmented Skin
Author: Aída Lugo-Somolinos
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Total Pages: 1783
Release: 2012-03-29
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1451163622

VisualDx: Essential Dermatology in Pigmented Skin combines a desk reference and a powerful online decision support system to give you point-of-care assistance in diagnosing and managing skin diseases in darkly pigmented skin. The book is written and edited by clinicians with extensive experience caring for patients with pigmented skin, including Hispanics, African-Americans, and diverse patients from many countries. It features over 700 full-color illustrations depicting the distinctive presentations of skin diseases in adults and children with darkly pigmented skin. These illustrations are valuable aids to both diagnosis and patient teaching because they show patients how the disease appears in skin types resembling their own pigmentation. The text is organized by skin lesion morphology to assist the differential diagnostic process. It covers 195 skin disorders, with illustrations and succinct text on visual signs and symptoms, diagnostic pearls, best laboratory tests, differential diagnosis, and treatment. An additional chapter covers dermatologic therapy. The online clinical decision support system can be accessed on a desktop computer, laptop, tablet, or mobile device. It enables you to search by patient findings, such as visual clues, signs and symptoms, medications, medical history, and travel history, to build a custom differential diagnosis. Thousands of images show both typical and variant disease presentations. Patient information sheets are also included.

VisualDx: Essential Pediatric Dermatology

VisualDx: Essential Pediatric Dermatology
Author: Craig Burkhart
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Total Pages: 695
Release: 2012-03-28
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1451148585

VisualDx: Essential Pediatric Dermatology is the first of a series of printed companions to the VisualDx online decision support system. The book enables the clinician to read the fundamentals of common and serious pediatric skin diseases on the printed page, then search the online system to answer a clinical question at the point of care. Like the VisualDx online system, the book is organized by symptoms and other visual clues. Searching in this fashion will lead to precise, targeted, and patient-specific differential diagnoses. More than 500 full-color illustrations show variations of pediatric skin disorders in children of all skin colors.

Clinical Cases in Geriatric Dermatology

Clinical Cases in Geriatric Dermatology
Author: Robert A. Norman
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 151
Release: 2012-11-15
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1447141350

This concise practical guide is designed to facilitate the clinical decision-making process by reviewing a number of cases and defining the various diagnostic and management decisions open to clinicians. It is richly illustrated and diverse in scope, enabling the reader to obtain relevant information regarding both standard and unusual cases in a rapid, easy to digest format. The first in the series will be on Geriatric Dermatology and will be prepared within one month of acceptance and include photos. Each case will also include a narrative description and patient management tips

Dermatologic Nursing Essentials

Dermatologic Nursing Essentials
Author: Noreen Nicol
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Total Pages: 472
Release: 2016-02-02
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1496348877

An official publication of the Dermatology Nurses Association, Dermatologic Nursing Essentials: A Core Curriculum is the definitive source for concepts and practices in dermatology nursing. It serves as an excellent review tool for certification, as well as day-to-day interaction with patients. Chapters include coverage of anatomy and physiology of the skin; skin assessment and diagnostic techniques; therapeutic/treatment modalities; diseases of the epidermis; dermatitis/eczemas; cutaneous malignancies; benign neoplasms/hyperplasia; cutaneous manifestations of systemic disease; connective tissue disorders; pediatric dermatology/acne; infections; aging skin; biologics; disorders of pigmentation; bites, stings, and infestations; cutaneous manifestations of HIV; wound healing; and psychosocial effects of dermatologic disease and psychodermatoses.

Dermatology

Dermatology
Author: Caroline Nelson
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Total Pages: 1192
Release: 2023-08-14
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1975141725

With high-yield coverage of content on the newly restructured in-training and certification examinations, Dermatology: Comprehensive Board Review and Practice Examinations provides the information you need to excel. The Board Review begins with an overview of science and research, progresses to review dermatologic diagnoses, and concludes with a summary of treatment techniques. The Practice Examinations, delivered in basic, core, and applied formats, are an invaluable preparation tool. Both the Board Review and the Practice Examinations are packed with clinical and histopathological images and memory aids, ideal for visual learners. From cover to cover, this resource developed by a team of experts will help you master the foundations of dermatology and perform at the highest level on the “Exam of the Future” and in clinical practice.

Dermatology for Advanced Practice Clinicians

Dermatology for Advanced Practice Clinicians
Author: Margaret Bobonich
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Total Pages: 1686
Release: 2021-05-14
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1975148371

The newly updated, abundantly illustrated Dermatology for Advanced Practice Clinicians: A Comprehensive Guide to Diagnosis and Treatment, 2nd Edition is your complete, evidence-based guide to accurate and successful assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of cutaneous diseases. Focusing on the most common and most critical skin conditions, this expertly-written guide offers essential dermatology knowledge for diagnosing and managing a broad range of skin, hair, and nail conditions. Whether in primary care or full-time dermatology, this comprehensive text is both an ideal foundation for new practitioners and an essential companion to experienced clinicians.

Neinstein's Adolescent and Young Adult Health Care

Neinstein's Adolescent and Young Adult Health Care
Author: Catherine M. Gordon
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Total Pages: 2326
Release: 2022-12-29
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1975160312

The #1 choice for more than 35 years for those involved in the care of adolescents and young adults, Neinstein’s Adolescent and Young Adult Health: A Practical Guide, 7th Edition is your go-to resource for practical, authoritative guidance. The fully updated seventh edition, edited by Drs. Debra K. Katzman, Catherine M. Gordon, S. Todd Callahan, Richard J. Chung, Alain Joffe, Susan L. Rosenthal, and Maria E. Trent, offers a comprehensive view of the interdisciplinary nature of the field and is inclusive of the wide variety of health professionals who care for adolescents and young adults. This award-winning text features a full-color design, several new chapters, numerous algorithms, bulleted text throughout for quick reference at the point of care, and fresh perspectives from new editors—making it ideal for daily practice or certification examination preparation.

Neinstein’s Adolescent and Young Adult Health Care

Neinstein’s Adolescent and Young Adult Health Care
Author: Debra K. Katzman
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Total Pages: 858
Release: 2016-02-22
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1496328175

Highly regarded as the go-to-resource of adolescent medicine for more than 30 years, Neinstein’s Adolescent and Young Adult Health Care remains the #1 choice for those involved in the care of adolescents and young adults. The 6th Edition continues to deliver practical, authoritative guidance on everything from normal development to legal issues, psychosocial care, and special populations. Extensive updates include the addition of young adult health care; a new color design; numerous new chapters; more algorithms, photos, and bulleted text; and fresh perspectives from a new senior editor and two new associate editors. This renowned title is ideal for daily practice or board preparation, and is recommended by the American College of Physicians for their internal medicine library. The 6th Edition is a highly useful resource for pediatricians, family practitioners, gynecologists, internists, house staff, nurse practitioners, PAs, residents, medical students, and fellows, as well as school-based clinics, college health centers, juvenile detention centers, pediatric ERs, and other facilities that serve adolescents and young adults. Features: One of the first texts to incorporate young adults into the scope of adolescent health care. New full-color design and more clinical photos provide visual appeal and clarity. New chapters cover U.S. and world data on the health of adolescents and young adults, potential effects of technology use on youth, and the growing issues regarding transgender adolescents and young adults. New section explores special populations such as foster placement; young adults in the military; homeless, incarcerated, and immigrant youth and young adults; Native American youth, and more. More algorithms and bulleted lists make the text more readable and useful as a quick reference. Evidence based throughout, with numerous references provided for further research. Key topics include psychological issues, ways to develop rapport with teenagers, interviewing, sports medicine, LARC, HPV, substance abuse, and college health. Hundreds of useful websites on nearly every topic, where professionals, teenagers, and parents can find up-to-the-minute information.

Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses Society Core Curriculum: Wound Management

Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses Society Core Curriculum: Wound Management
Author: Laurie McNichol
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Total Pages: 2084
Release: 2021-03-02
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1975164601

Written by expert clinicians, Core Curriculum Wound Management, 2nd Edition is one of the few nursing texts to offer the basic pathology, physiology and current clinical skills required for high-level wound care. This is essential content for those seeking WOC certification, including nursing students in wound care programs; nurses involved in wound care; nurses in gastroenterology, urology, and surgical nursing; graduate nursing students and nursing faculty.