Travel Medicine

Section 1: The Practice of Travel Medicine 1. Introduction to Travel Medicine 2. Epidemiology: morbidity and mortality in travelers 3. Starting, organizing and marketing a travel clinic 4. Sources of travel medicine information Section 2: The Pre-Travel Consultation 5. Structure and organization of the pre-travel consultation and general advice for travelers 6. Water disinfection for international travelers 7. Insect protection 8. Travel medical kits Section 3: Immunization 9. Principles of immunization 10. Adult immunization 11. Pediatric immunization Section 4: Malaria 12. Malaria: Epidemiology and the risk to the traveler 13. Chemoprophylaxis of malaria 14. Self-diagnosis and self-treatment of malaria 15. Approach to the patient with malaria Section 5: Traveler's Diarrhea 16. Epidemiology of traveler's diarrhea 17. Prevention of traveler's diarrhea 18. Clinical presentation of traveler's diarrhea 19. Self treatment and treatment of traveler's diarrhea Section 6: Travelers with special needs 20. The pregnant or breastfeeding traveler 21. The pediatric, neonatal and adolescent travelers 22. The elderly traveler 23. The disabled traveler 24. Travelers with pre-existing disease 25. The immunocompromised traveler 26. The traveler with HIV 27. The corporate short-stay traveler 28. Internation adoption 29. Visiting friends and relatives Section 7: Travelers with special itineraries 30. Expats 31. Expedition medicine 32. Remote destinations 33. The health-seeking traveler Section 8: Psychological aspects of travel medicine 34. Fear of flying 35. Psychiatric disorders and psychiatric emergencies overseas 36. Cultural adaptation 37. Re-entry after long term travel/living abroad Section 9: Environmental aspects of travel medicine 38. Altitude 39. Diving and marine medicine 40. Extremes of temperature and hydration 41. Sun-associated problems 42. Jet lag 43. Motion sickness 44. Environmental issues in travel medicine 45. Aircraft cabin environment Section 10: Health problems while traveling 46. Bites, stings and evenomation 47. Food borne illness 48. Injuries and injury prevention 49. Healthcare abroad 50. Personal security and crime avoidance Section 11: Post-travel care 51. Post-travel screening 52. Fever 53. Skin diseases 54. Travel diarrhea 55. Eosinophilia 56. Respiratory diseases 57. Emerging problems in travel medicine - Glossary: Tropical medicine for the travel medicine practitioner - Appendix: Body of knowledge for the practice of travel medicine - Index