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Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Mount Sinai Expert Guides 1. Aufl.

von: Hugh A. Sampson, Scott L. Friedman
64,99 €
Verlag:	Wiley-Blackwell
Format:	EPUB
Veröffentl.:	24.03.2015
ISBN/EAN:	9781118609156
Sprache:	englisch
Anzahl Seiten:	480

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Titelbeschreibung

Mount Sinai Expert Guides: Allergy and Clinical Immunology will provide trainees in allergy and immunology with an extremely clinical and accessible handbook covering the major disorders and symptoms, their diagnosis and clinical management. Perfect as a point-of-care resource on the hospital wards and also as a refresher for board exam preparation, the focus throughout is on providing rapid reference, essential information on each disorder to allow for quick, easy browsing and assimilation of the must-know information. All chapters follow a consistent template including the following features: <ul> <li>An opening bottom-line/key points section</li> <li>Classification, pathogenesis and prevention of disorder</li> <li>Evidence-based diagnosis, including relevant algorithms, laboratory and imaging tests, and potential pitfalls when diagnosing a patient</li> <li>Disease management including commonly used medications with dosages, management algorithms and how to prevent complications</li> <li>How to manage special populations, ie, in pregnancy, children and the elderly</li> <li>The very latest evidence-based results, major society guidelines and key external sources to consult</li> </ul> In addition, the book comes with a companion website housing extra features such as case studies with related questions for self-assessment, key patient advice and ICD codes. Each guide also has its own mobile app available for purchase, allowing you rapid access to the key features wherever you may be. If you're specialising in allergy and immunology and require concise, practical and clinical guidance from one of the world's leading institutions in this field, then this is the perfect book for you. This title is also available as a mobile App from MedHand Mobile Libraries. Buy it now from <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mount-sinai-expert-guides/id1036817500?ls=1&mt=8">iTunes</a>, <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.medhand.WMTSACI&hl=en">Google Play</a> or the <a href="https://www.medhand.com/products/mount-sinai-guides-allergy-and-clinical-immunology">MedHand Store</a>.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contributors, ix Series Foreword, xi Preface, xii List of Abbreviations, xiii About the Companion Website, xvii Part 1: Allergy 1 Atopic Dermatitis in Infants and Young Children, 3 Jean?]Christoph Caubet and Anna Nowak?]Węgrzyn 2 Atopic Dermatitis in Teenagers and Adults, 15 Saakshi Khattri and Emma Guttman?]Yassky 3 Contact Dermatitis, 25 Mariya Rozenblit and Emma Guttman?]Yassky 4 Allergic Rhinitis, 36 Supinda Bunyavanich 5 Non?]Allergic Rhinitis, 44 Beth E. Corn 6 Sinusitis, 52 Yan W. Ho and Satish Govindaraj 7 Allergic Diseases of the Eye, 66 Amanda L. Cox 8 Tests for Assessing Asthma, 77 Gwen S. Skloot 9 Asthma in Infants and Children, 82 Kate Welch and Jennifer S. Kim 10 Asthma in Teenagers and Adults, 91 Supinda Bunyavanich 11 Evaluation of Cough, 98 Paula J. Busse 12 Exercise?]Induced Asthma, 107 Supinda Bunyavanich 13 Occupational Asthma, 114 Paula J. Busse 14 Status Asthmaticus and Pending Pulmonary Failure, 123 Jacob D. Kattan 15 Evaluation of Food Allergy, 132 Scott H. Sicherer 16 Oral Allergy Syndrome, 140 Julie Wang 17 Food Allergy and Atopic Dermatitis, 148 Kate Welch and Hugh A. Sampson 18 Food Protein?]Induced Enterocolitis Syndrome, 155 Elizabeth J. Feuille and Anna Nowak?]Węgrzyn 19 Food Protein?]Induced Proctocolitis Syndrome, 165 Jean?]Christoph Caubet and Anna Nowak?]Węgrzyn 20 Eosinophilic Esophagitis, 173 Mirna Chehade 21 Eosinophilic Gastroenteritis, 183 Mirna Chehade 22 Food Allergy?]Induced Anaphylaxis, 191 Kate Welch and Hugh A. Sampson 23 Adverse Reactions to Food and Drug Additives, 200 Julie Wang 24 Celiac Disease, 208 Mirna Chehade 25 Oral Food Challenges (Procedure), 217 Hugh A. Sampson 26 Acute Urticaria, 222 Amanda L. Cox 27 Chronic Urticaria, 235 Julie Wang 28 Hereditary Angioedema, 245 Paula J. Busse 29 Anaphylaxis, 256 Jacob D. Kattan 30 Mastocytosis, 267 Amanda L. Cox 31 Insect Sting Allergy, 278 Scott H. Sicherer 32 Latex Allergy, 288 Jennifer S. Kim 33 Allergy to Antibiotics, 294 Jennifer S. Kim 34 Allergy to Non?]Antibiotic Drugs, 301 Jacob D. Kattan 35 Drug Desensitization, 308 Julie Wang 36 Immunotherapy (Procedure), 314 Beth E. Corn 37 Allergy Testing (Procedures: Skin Testing; Blood Tests), 319 Scott H. Sicherer Part 2: Clinical Immunology 38 Evaluating the Child with Recurrent Infections, 327 Shradha Agarwal 39 Evaluating the Adult with Recurrent Infections, 335 Charlotte Cunningham?]Rundles 40 Antibody Deficiencies, 341 Charlotte Cunningham?]Rundles 41 Selective IgA Deficiency, 348 Shradha Agarwal 42 Severe Combined Immunodeficiency, 355 Kate Welch and Elena S. Resnick 43 Wiskott–Aldrich Syndrome, 362 Elena S. Resnick 44 DiGeorge Syndrome, 368 Kate Welch and Elena S. Resnick 45 Chronic Mucocutaneous Candidiasis, 375 Shradha Agarwal 46 X?]linked Immune Dysregulation with Polyendocrinopathy (IPEX) Syndrome, 382 Elena S. Resnick 47 Autoimmune Lymphoproliferative Syndrome, 388 Charlotte Cunningham?]Rundles 48 Hyper IgE Syndrome, 393 Shradha Agarwal 49 Deficiencies of Complement, 402 Paula J. Busse 50 Phagocytic Cell Disorders, 408 Charlotte Cunningham?]Rundles 51 Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection in Infants, Children, and Adolescents, 415 Gail F. Shust and Roberto Posada 52 Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection in Adults, 426 Timothy Sullivan and Michael Mullen 53 Infections in the Compromised Host, 435 Charlotte Cunningham?]Rundles Index, 441 A color plate section appears between pages 206 and 207

Autorenportrait

Edited by Hugh A. Sampson, MD Kurt Hirschhorn Professor of Pediatrics Dean for Translational Biomedical Sciences. Director, Elliot and Roslyn Jaffe Food Allergy Institute Division of Allergy/Immunology; Department of Pediatrics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA Series Editor Scott L. Friedman MD, Fishberg Professor of Medicine, Dean for Therapeutic Discovery, Chief, Division of Liver Diseases, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA

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The Mount Sinai Expert Guides provide quick access to point-of-care specialist clinical information for physicians across a range of therapeutic areas. For each specialty area, the guides emphasize: • Common pitfalls in diagnosis and management • How to prevent complications • Diagnostic and treatment algorithms • Key scientific trials • Evidence-based clinical content • Major society guidelines in order to summarize the very latest in diagnosis and management of diseases and related symptoms. Edited by renowned specialists from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, key faculty members provide the content for all chapters. To ensure consistency within each book and the series as a whole, chapters follow a unified structure throughout. Bonus features such as online case studies with related questions for self-assessment, key patient advice, and ICD codes are provided via the series companion website. Each guide also has its own mobile app available for purchase, allowing you rapid access to the key features wherever you may be.