Dermatological Emergencies

?Dermatological Emergencies? aims to cover aspects of situations and their management when they present in a Dermatology setup. This includes severe drug reactions, bullous disorders, erythroderma, infections, vasculitis and systemic emergencies presenting with skin signs. This book guides the reader to recognize such emergencies, helps to approach the initial phase of management, identifies the investigations, thus leading to a holistic management of the scene. Case scenarios are used in all chapters with logical flow of text, flowcharts, algorithms and representative clinical and laboratory images for better understanding of the readers.

Key Features

• Details all dermatological emergencies
• Discusses manifestation of these emergencies with unique algorithms and flowcharts
• Examines case scenarios for first-hand experience
• Consists of Do's and Don'ts for effective management of cases
• Uses high quality clinical images for clarity

Preface

Editors

Contributors

PART 1. INTRODUCTION TO DERMATOLOGICAL EMERGENCIES

Ankan Gupta

1. Dermatological emergencies: What the term encompasses and key features in their diagnosis

Indrashish Podder and Biju Vasudevan

2. Acute skin failure

S. S. Vaishampayan, Suneel Singh Senger, Radha Ramesh Lacchiramani, and Ankan Gupta

3. Dermatology intensive care unit: Concept and requirements

Sukriti Baveja and Anwita Sinha

PART 2. SEVERE CUTANEOUS DRUG REACTIONS

Shekhar Neema

4. Stevens-Johnson syndrome/toxic epidermal necrolysis

Ramesh Bhat and Meryl Sonia Rebello

5. Drug-induced eosinophilia and systemic symptoms

Rajesh Verma and Pradeesh Arumugam

6. Acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis

Soumya Jagadeeshan

7. Drugs causing cutaneous necrosis

K. P. Aneesh and P. Vijendran

8. Approach to severe cutaneous adverse drug reactions

Shekhar Neema

PART 3. BULLOUS DISORDERS

Biju Vasudevan

9. Pemphigus vulgaris and foliaceus

Raghavendra Rao

10. Paraneoplastic pemphigus

B. Nirmal

11. Mucous membrane pemphigoid

Dipankar De, Sheetanshu Kumar, and Sanjeev Handa

12. Bullous pemphigoid

Dipankar De, Sheetanshu Kumar, and Sanjeev Handa

PART 4. ERYTHRODERMA

D. V. Lakshmi

13. Approach to Erythroderma

D. V. Lakshmi

14. Psoriatic erythroderma

Tarun Narang and Divya Kamat

15. Eczema-induced erythroderma

Manjunath Hulmani and N. Srilakshmi

16. Drug-induced erythroderma

Anupama Bains and Saurabh Singh

17. Pityriasis rubra pilaris induced erythroderma

Ruby Venugopal and D. V. Lakshmi

PART 5. PEDIATRIC EMERGENCIES -- 1 (NEONATAL)

Sahana M. Srinivas

18. Neonatal erythroderma

Aparna Palit and Arun C. Inamadar

19. Collodion baby and harlequin ichthyosis

D. V. Lakshmi and Sahana M. Srinivas

20. Sclerema neonatorum

Swetha Mukherjee and Shekhar Neema

PART 6. PEDIATRIC EMERGENCIES -- 2 (CHILDHOOD)

Sahana M. Srinivas

21. Epidermolysis bullosa

Sahana M. Srinivas

22. Ichthyotic disorders

Sahana M. Srinivas

23. Kasabach-Meritt phenomenon

Sanjay Singh and Neetu Bhari

PART 7. INFECTIONS AND INFESTATIONS

K. P. Aneesh

24. Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome

Resham Vasani

25. Toxic shock syndrome

Aseem Sharma and Madhulika Mhatre

26. Cellulitis and necrotizing fasciitis

Vikas Pathania

27. Cutaneous manifestations of sepsis

K. P. Aneesh and Mahashweta Das

28. Viral infections

K. B. Anuradha

29. Fungal infections causing emergencies

R. Madhu, S. Pradeesh, and V. Hari Pankaj

30. Dermatological emergencies in tropical infections and infestations

Anup Kumar Tiwary, Niharika Ranjan Lal, and Piyush Kumar

PART 8. VASCULITIS

Biju Vasudevan

31. Small vessel vasculitis

Renu George, Ankan Gupta, and Aswin M. Nair

32. Medium vessel vasculitis

Sujay Khandpur and Subuhi Kaul

33. Vasculitis mimics

Debdeep Mitra, Ajay Chopra, and Neerja Saraswat

34. Purpura fulminans

Rajan Kapoor, A. P. Dubey, and Anuradha Monga

35. Approach to purpura

Manas Chatterjee and Ruchi Hemdani

PART 9. SKIN MALIGNANCIES PRESENTING AS EMERGENCIES

Vinay Gera

36. Dermatological manifestations of malignancies and dermatological emergencies due to malignancy

Tanumay Roychowdhury

37. Melanoma-associated emergencies

Vidya Kharkar and M. R. L. Sujata

38. Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis

Aradhana Sood, Deep Kumar Raman, and Pankaj Das

39. Hypereosinophilic syndrome

Preema Sinha and Sunmeet Sandhu

PART 10. EMERGENCIES IN CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISORDERS

Biju Vasudevan

40. Emergencies in systemic lupus erythematosus

Vishalakshi Viswanath and Rashmi Modak

41. Scleroderma and associated complications

Yasmeen Jabeen Bhat and Safiya Bashir

42. Dermatomyositis and its associated complications

Iffat Hassan Shah and Saniya Akhtar

43. Sjögren syndrome and mixed connective tissue disease

Vishal Gupta and Nidhi Kaeley

PART 11. SYSTEMIC EMERGENCIES PRESENTING WITH DERMATOLOGICAL SIGNS

G. K. Singh

44. Dermatological manifestations of renal failure

G. K. Singh and N. S. Beniwal

45. Dermatological manifestations of gastrointestinal disorders

G. K. Singh and Kunal Ghosh

46. Dermatological manifestations of cardiovascular emergencies

Aseem Sharma, O. Biby Chacko, and Madhulika Mhatre

47. Dermatological manifestations of pulmonary and neurological emergencies

Jatinder Singh

48. Endocrine emergencies with skin manifestations

Rajeshwari Dabas

49. Skin manifestation of poisoning

Nilendu Sarma and Sushila Hansda

PART 12. PSORIASIS AND RELATED CONDITIONS

Biju Vasudevan

50. Pustular psoriasis

Santanu Banerjee and Neerja Saraswat

51. Psoriatic arthritis

Arun Hegde and Rajesh Chilaka

52. Reactive arthritis

Biju Vasudevan and Asmita Sinha

PART 13. MISCELLANEOUS DERMATOLOGICAL EMERGENCIES

Debdeep Mitra

53. Graft versus host disease

Sandeep Arora, Sandeep Lal, and Manasa Shettisara Janney

54. Bites and stings

Ambresh Badad and Vinay Gera

55. Angioedema and anaphylaxis: Angioedema

Vijay Zawar and Manoj Pawar

56. Dermatological emergencies in pregnancy

Riti Bhatia, Neirita Hazarika, and Ruby Bhatia

PART 14. EMERGENCIES IN LEPROSY

Anupam Das

57. Lepromatous leprosy

Anupam Das

58. Lepra reactions

Tanmay Padhi

59. Leprosy: Therapy-related emergencies

G. K. Singh and Anuj Bhatnagar

PART 15. EMERGENCIES IN STD

Sridhar J

60. Sexually transmitted disease related emergencies

K. Leksmi Priya and Afreen Ayub

61. HIV-related dermatological emergencies

S. Yogesh Marfatia and J. Ruchi Shah

PART 16. PROCEDURE-RELATED EMERGENCIES

C. Madura

62. Emergencies in dermatosurgery

B. R. Harish Prasad and M. R. Kusuma

63. Emergencies associated with cosmetological procedures

Rasya Dixit

64. Emergencies due to laser and light-based devices

M. Kumaresan

Index

Dr Biju Vasudevan, MD (Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology) from Armed Forces Medical College and FRGUHS (Dermatosurgery) from Bangalore Medical College is presently Professor at Base Hospital Lucknow and is a recognised post-graduate examiner of MUHS, KGMU and West Bengal University. He has 88 indexed publications (14 international), 30 Chapters in various books and is the Editor of the IADVL Colour Atlas of Dermatology, Clinical Correlations in Dermatology and Procedural Dermatosurgery textbooks. He has been a part of 8 research projects, has conducted 24 International/National/ State level quizzes, is on the editorial board of four journals and is presently the Deputy Editor of IJDVL. He has delivered about 76 guest lectures and conducted 8 workshops in various conferences. He has been the Organising/ Scientific secretary of 7 Conferences and has been awarded the young dermatosurgeon award by ACSI in 2017. He has been the past Joint Secretary of IADVL and his interests in dermatology includes vasculitis, connective tissue disorders, skin in systemic medicine and dermatosurgery.

Dr Rajesh Verma, MD (Dermatology, Venereology and Leprosy) from prestigious Armed Forces Medical College Pune, DNB(Dermatology & Venereology), MNAMS, is presently serving as Professor of Dermatology at Army College of Medical Sciences. He has earlier served as Professor and HOD in Departments of Dermatology at Armed Forces Medical College, Puneand Command Hospital, Lucknow. He was awarded gold medal by Pune University for standing first in MD Dermatology. He is a recognised post graduate teacher and examiner at MUHS, RGUHS, KGMU Lucknow and various other universities. He is passionate about teaching Dermatology to undergraduaes and postgraduates and has been PG guide for many postgraduates. He was awarded "Gaurav Sammaan" by Uttar Bhartiya Sangh, Pune for contribution in field of education in 2013 and "Teacher par Excellence" award by IADVL in 2014. He has