Pediatric Dermatology: A Quick Reference Guide

Significantly updated and revised, this best-selling quick reference provides practical and concise guidance on the recognition and treatment of more than 100 pediatric and adolescent skin conditions. Includes more than 300 full color images that aid in accurate visual diagnosis. Coverage spans everything from dermatitis and acne to infections, pigmentation disorders, hair disorders, neonatal and infant conditions, drug eruptions, and much more.

Key Features
Nine new chapters

• Cercarial Dermatitis
• Pityriasis Rubra Pilaris (PRP)
• Pilomatricoma
• Spitz Nevus
• Ectodermal Dysplasia
• Subcutaneous Fat Necrosis
• Stevens-Johnson Syndrome (SJS) and Mycoplasma pneumoniae-Induced Rash and Mucositis
• Confluent and Reticulated Papillomatosis (CARP)
• Hyperhidrosis

35+ new color images to aid in accurate visual diagnosis

Must-have information on each condition is presented in the precise sequence in which you need it in the clinical setting:

1. Etiology/epidemiology
2. Symptoms and signs
3. How to make the diagnosis
4. Treatment
5. Prognosis
6. Referral considerations
7. 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
• Fungal and Yeast Infections
• Infestations & Bites
• 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

 


 

Anthony J. Mancini, MD, FAAP, FAAD, is the head of the division of dermatology at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago and professor of pediatrics and dermatology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.

Daniel P. Krowchuk, MD, FAAP, is professor of pediatrics and dermatology at Wake Forest School of Medicine in Winston-Salem, NC.