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.
Improve your diagnostic accuracy, dermatology knowledge and skills with evidence-based guidance for management:
- NEW and updated scientific evidence that supports correct diagnoses and treatment
- NEW organization with sections and chapters grouped based on visual characteristics, anatomical location of condition, or by symptom or patient complaint
- More than 600 colorful, high-resolution photos that support prompt, accurate diagnoses
- Numerous charts, tables and detailed images followed by evidenced-based algorithms, pharmacologic management pearls, and NCAA guidelines for treatment of infections
- Practical support for everyday challenges with clearly worded definitions and descriptions of common presentations
- Easy-to-follow format for those in primary care, but comprehensive enough for those in full-time dermatology
- Explains pathophysiology and patient management topics in easy-to-remember terms, including:
- Fundamentals – Structure and function of skin, exam approaches, morphology, dermatologic therapeutics, and photobiology, photoprotection and photodermatoses
- Skin Tumors – Pigmented lesions and melanoma, precancerous and nonmelanoma skin cancers, benign neoplasms
- Acne and related disorders
- Red and Scaly Disorders – Seborrheic dermatitis, psoriasis, erythroderma, and others
- Infectious Skin Diseases – Superficial fungal and bacterial infections, viral infections, sexually transmitted disease, HIV and the skin
- Infestations, Stings and Bites
- Drugs, Hives and Angioedema – Adverse cutaneous drug reactions
- Inflammatory Skin Diseases – Treating blisters, inflammatory skin disease, vasculitis and purpura
- Specialized Skin Structures – Hair disorders; nail disorders; oral cavity, lips, gums, and tongue; genital dermatoses
- Childhood Skin Disorders
- Common Office-Based Diagnostic and Wound Care Procedures
- Chapter features include:
- Differential Diagnosis – Boxes featuring the most likely differential diagnoses
- Clinical Pearls – Highlighting key points from clinical experts on disease management, including pharmacology
- Clinical Presentations with Skin Findings and Non-Skin Findings
- Management and Patient Education – Bullet points containing prognosis and complications, patient education, follow-up, and referral and consultation topics
