| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 159 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Series |
Clinical cases in dermatology |
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Clinical cases in dermatology.
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| Contents |
Part I: Autoimmune Disorders -- An Elderly Female with Blisters -- 67 Year Old with Multiple Nodules on the Thigh -- Ulcer on the Hand of a 74 Year Old Woman -- Elderly Man with Rash on Chest and Back -- Part II: Infestations -- 78 Year Old Man with Severe Pruritus -- A 62 Year Old with Painful Blisters on the Face -- 70-Year Old Man with Oval Macules -- 68 Year Old with AnogenitalLesions -- 72 Year Old Male with Diffuse Rash -- Part III: Premalignant Lesions and Neoplasms -- Growing Lesion on the Scalp -- Questionable "Rash" on Right Leg -- Elderly Woman with Large Facial Growth -- Purple Mass on Middle Finger -- Peeling Rash on the Breast -- A 67 Year Old Female with Scaly Plaques -- Slow Growing Lesion on the Top of Head -- 71 Year Old Woman with Itchy Rash on Breast -- 82 Year Old with Pigmented Lesion -- Scaly Lesion on the Lip -- Painful Mass on Ring Finger -- Part IV: Inflammatory Disorders -- A 66 Year Old Woman with a Blistering Eruption -- 71 Year Old Man with Dry Skin -- 70 Year Old Patient with Plaques -- Man with Ruddy Cheeks and Big Red Nose -- 71 Year Old with Dry, Scaly Arms and Legs -- 76 Year Old Man with Chronic Rash -- Enlarging Plaques on the Left Leg -- 76 Year Old with a Shallow Ulcer -- Part V: Drug Eruptions -- Full Body Rash -- Itchy Edematous Papules -- Part VI: Hair and Nails -- A 65 Year Old Female with Thinning Hair -- A 68-Year-Old Man with Brittle Nails |
| Summary |
The demographic imperative has reached the shores of dermatology. By 2020 those aged 65 years and older will comprise a quarter of the US population, and this percentage will be even more significant in less developed countries. As a specialty, dermatology needs to respond to this unprecedented demographic shift. Over the last few decades dermatology has enjoyed a sustained improvement in understanding of the basic science of skin biology and an increase in proven effectiveness of clinical interventions. As dermatologists, leadership must be in place to provide specialized care for older adults; dermatology should be at the forefront of prevention and treatment of skin diseases and be able to recognize the dermatologic signs of chronic systemic disease so often noted in our elderly. Clinical Cases in Geriatric Dermatology represents a practical tool in understanding the skin of older people and includes chapters on the common presentations of dermatologic disease in the elderly population. It presents practical information to assist in making the correct clinical decision. The concise case-based organization of this book will help those in dermatology training programs, but will also be a welcome revision tool for qualified and recertifying dermatologists |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 13, 2012) |
| Subject |
Skin -- Diseases -- Case studies
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Older people -- Diseases -- Case studies
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Geriatric dermatology.
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Skin -- Diseases.
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Dermatology.
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Disease susceptibility.
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Older people.
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Skin Diseases
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Dermatology
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Disease Susceptibility
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Aged
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Aged, 80 and over
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elderly.
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MEDICAL -- Geriatrics.
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MEDICAL -- Nursing -- Gerontology.
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Médecine.
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Older people
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Disease susceptibility
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Dermatology
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Geriatric dermatology
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Older people -- Diseases
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Skin -- Diseases
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| Genre/Form |
Case studies
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Case studies.
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Études de cas.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Endo, Justin.
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| ISBN |
9781447141358 |
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1447141350 |
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1447141342 |
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9781447141341 |
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9781283908047 |
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1283908042 |
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