Lecture Notes on Tropical Medicine
5th Edition
Published on 17. February 2004
Book
Paperback/Softback
368 pages
978-0-632-06496-0 (ISBN)
Description
"Lecture Notes on Tropical Medicine" is a core text with an emphasis on the clinical aspects of problem-solving in the tropics. This new, revised edition includes a more global and syndromic approach to tropical medicine. Section A covers clinical presentations according to body systems and syndromic approaches, so that the reader can go straight to the relevant section for clues to the likely diagnosis. Section B gives core knowledge and clinical advice on the major tropical infections such as malaria and leprosy. The final section covers other serious tropical diseases, grouped by main body system of presentation, which includes cholera, hepatitis and scabies amongst others.Additionally, this edition includes new chapters that broaden the traditional scope of 'tropical medicine'. These include a chapter on HIV & Aids which reflects the impact that these have had on the tropics, a chapter on non-communicable diseases and their management, as well as a new chapter on refugee health that covers humanitarian emergencies, control of epidemics as well as health assessment of asylum seekers.
As always, carefully selected colour plates and an increased number of illustrations, effectively portray clinical conditions. This fifth edition of "Lecture Notes on Tropical Medicine" is a very practical companion for the increasing number of medical students and junior doctors who have the opportunity to practice medicine in the tropics. It is also a key resource for clinicians who see patients with 'tropical' disorders.
As always, carefully selected colour plates and an increased number of illustrations, effectively portray clinical conditions. This fifth edition of "Lecture Notes on Tropical Medicine" is a very practical companion for the increasing number of medical students and junior doctors who have the opportunity to practice medicine in the tropics. It is also a key resource for clinicians who see patients with 'tropical' disorders.
Reviews / Votes
'[this book] tells you what the safe humane doctor actually does when confronted by an will patient with only his or her clinical skills for guidance, nothing in the laboratory pipeline and a very limited choice of available treatments' British Medical Journal "An ideal quick reference text with just that little bit extra and no burden of detail" 2nd Opinion, 1996"Buy it if you want a refreshingly practical book for your tropical elective" Sheffield Medical Gazette, 1997 'easy to access and up-to-date' British Journal of Dermatology 'provides excellent value for money' Tropical Diseases Bulletin "Perfect for third years off on their electives who need a lightweight reference book, and a useful grounding for students considering tropical medicine as a future career." 5th Year Medical Student, University of Liverpool Sphincter, June 2004More details
Series
Edition
5th Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
78 illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 231 mm
Width: 153 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
668 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-632-06496-0 (9780632064960)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
The team of authors are based at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and beyond. All of the authors have considerable first-hand experience in working in the tropics as well as teaching tropical medicine both to undergraduates and post-graduates.
Content
1: A General Approach to Syndromes/Symptom Complexes.1 Gastrointestinal presentations.2 Respiratory presentations.3 Neurological presentations.4 Febrile Presentations.5 Dermatological presentations.6 The patient with anaemia.7 A syndromic approach to sexually transmitted infections.8 Splenomegaly in the Tropics.2: Major Tropical Infections.9 Malaria.10 Visceral Leishmaniasis.11 Cutaneous Leishmaniasis.12 Tuberculosis.13 HIV infection and disease in the Tropics.14 Filariasis and Onchocerciasis.15 African Trypanosomiasis.16 South American Trypanosomiasis (Chagas' Disease).17 Schistosomiasis.18 Leprosy.3: Other Tropical Diseases.Gastrointestinal:.19 Amoebiasis.20 Bacillary Dysentery.21 Cholera.22 Giardiasis.23 Intestinal Cestode Infections (Tapeworms).24 Soil-transmitted helminths.25 Viral Hepatitis.26 Liver flukes.27 Hydatid disease.Respiratory:.28 Pneumonia.29 Lung flukes.30 Tropical Pulmonary eosinophilia.Neurological:.31 Pyogenic Meningitis.32 Cryptococcal Meningitis.33 Encephalitis.34 Acute flaccid paralysis.35 Spastic paralysis.36 Rabies.37 Tetanus..Fever:.38 Brucellosis.39 Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers.40 Arboviruses.41 Viral Haemorrhagic Fevers.42 Dengue and Yellow Fever.43 Relapsing Fevers.44 Rickettsia.45 Leptospirosis.46 Melioidosis.Miscellaneous:.47 Tropical Ulcer.48 Buruli Ulcer.49 Myiasis.50 Cutaneous Larva Migrans.51 Scabies and Lice.52 Strongyloides stercoralis.53 Guinea worm infection (Dracunculiasis).54 Histoplasmosis.55 Other Fungal Infections.56 Haemoglobinopathies and Red Cell Enzymopathies.57 Haematinic Deficiences.58 Bites and Stings.59 Non-Communicable Diseases.60 Refugee Health