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The Travel and Tropical Medicine Manual

Buch | Softcover
664 Seiten
2016 | 5th edition
Elsevier - Health Sciences Division (Verlag)
978-0-323-37506-1 (ISBN)
CHF 109,95 inkl. MwSt
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Prevent, evaluate, and manage diseases that can be acquired in tropical environments and foreign countries with The Travel and Tropical Medicine Manual. This pragmatic, pocket-sized resource equips medical providers with the knowledge they need to offer effective aid, covering key topics in pre- and post-travel medicine, caring for immigrants and refugees, and working in low-resource settings. It's also the perfect source for travelers seeking quick, easy access to the latest travel medicine information.



Dynamic images illustrate key concepts for an enhanced visual understanding.
Evidence-based treatment recommendations enable you to manage diseases confidently.
Pocket-sized format provides access to need-to-know information quickly and easily.



Expert Consult eBook version included with purchase. This enhanced eBook experience allows you to search all of the text, figures, images, and references from the book on a variety of devices.
Evidence-based appendix, available at Expert Consult, helps to validate treatments.
Highlights new evidence and content surrounding mental health and traveling.
Covers emerging hot topics such as Ebola virus disease, viral hemorrhagic fevers, the role of point-of-care testing in travel medicine, and antibiotic-resistant bacteria in returning travelers and students traveling abroad.
Includes an enhanced drug appendix in the back of the book.

Section 1: Pre-Travel Advice

01Approach to Travel Medicine and a Personal Travel Medicine Kit

02Urban Medicine: Threats to Health of Travelers to Developing World Cities

03Emerging Diseases and the International Traveler

04Air Carrier Issues in Travel Medicine

05Immunizations For Travelers

06Malaria Prevention

07Traveler's Diarrhea: Prevention & Self-Treatment

08Water Disinfection

09Motion, Cold and Heat Disorders

Section 2: Advice for Special Travelers'

10Altitude Illness

11Diving Medicine

12Travel Advice for Pediatrics Travelers: Infants, Children and Adolescents

13Advice for Women Travelers

14Travel & HIV Infection

15Travel with Chronic Medical Conditions

16Pre-Travel Risk Assessment & Health Advice for Missionaries and Other Long-Term Expatriate Volunteers

17The Business Expatriate

18Health Screening in Immigrants, Refugees and International Adoptees

Section 3: Fever

19Malaria Diagnosis & Treatment

20Travel-Acquired Illnesses Associated with Fever

21Viral Hepatitis in Travelers and Immigrants


22Leptospirosis

23Lyme Disease

24Tuberculosis in Travelers and Immigrants

25Chagas' Disease

26African Trypanosomiasis (African Sleeping Sickness)

Section 4: Diarrhea

27Approach to Diarrhea in Returned Travelers

28Amebiasis, Giardiasis and Other Intestinal Protozoan Infections

29Food Poisoning: Toxic Syndromes

30Fish and Shellfish Poisoning: Toxic Syndromes


Section 5: Skin Lesions

31Approach to Tropical Dermatology

32Acute Skin Reactions and Bacterial Infections

33Ectoparasites, Cutaneous Parasites, and Cnidarian Envenomation

34Fungal Skin Infections

35Leishmaniasis

36Leprosy (Hansen's Disease)


Section 6: Sexually Transmitted Diseases

37Sexually transmitted Infections and Foreign Travel

38Gonococcal and Chlamydial Genital Infections and Pelvic Inflammatory Disease

39Syphilis

40Genital Ulcer Disease

Section 7: Worms

41Common Intestinal Roundworms

42Cestodes: Intestinal and Extraintestinal Tapeworms Infections, including Echinococcocis and Cysticercosis


43Filarial Infections

44Trematodes

45The Eosinophilic Patient with Suspected Parasite Infection

Erscheinungsdatum
Verlagsort Philadelphia
Sprache englisch
Gewicht 700 g
Themenwelt Medizin / Pharmazie Medizinische Fachgebiete Mikrobiologie / Infektologie / Reisemedizin
Studium Querschnittsbereiche Infektiologie / Immunologie
ISBN-10 0-323-37506-5 / 0323375065
ISBN-13 978-0-323-37506-1 / 9780323375061
Zustand Neuware
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