Life-Threatening Dermatoses and Emergencies in Dermatology

I. Skin Physiology

1. Skin Barrier
Joachim W. Fluhr, Razvigor Darlenski

2. Skin Immune System
István Nagy, Lajos Kemény

3. Bacteriology of the Skin
Cristina Oprica

4. Acute Skin Failure
Laurence Valeyrie-Allanore, Saskia Oro, Jean-Claude Roujeau

II. Life Threatening Dermatoses

5. Purpura Fulminans
Saul N. Faust, Simon Nadel

6. Severe Infections of Soft Tissues (Including Fasciitis and Diabetic Foot Infections)
Philippe Bernard

7. Severe Staphylococcal Cutaneous Infections and Toxic Shock Syndrome
Isabel C. Valencia, Francisco A. Kerdel

8. Erythroderma and Exfoliative Dermatitis
Michelle A. Thomson, John Berth-Jones

9. Stevens–Johnson Syndrome and Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis
Maja Mockenhaupt

10. Drug Reaction With Eosinophilia and Systemic Symptoms (DRESS/DIHS)
Koji Hashimoto, Mikiko Tohyama, Tetsuo Shiohara

11. Acute Generalized Exanthematous Pustulosis
Alexis Sidoroff

12. Autoimmune Bullous Diseases
Pascal Joly

III. Cutaneous Manifestation in Life Threatening Diseases

13. Skin Manifestations of Systemic Bacterial Infections
Pascal del Giudice, Olivier Chosidow

14. Severe Mycoses in Immunodepressed Patients
Delphine Kerob, Martine Feuillhade-de-Chauvin, Celeste Lebbe

15. Skin Manifestations Associated with Malignant Haemopathies
Sélim Aractingi, Boutros Soutou

16. Skin Manifestations Useful for the Management of Patients in an Intensive Care Unit or an Emergency Room
Camille Francès

IV. Specific Context

17. Emergencies in the Dermatologist's Office
Dominique Penso-Assathiany

18. Life-Threatening Dermatoses Occurring During Gestation
Kiarash Khosrotehrani

19. Main Life-Threatening Dermatoses in Neonatal Period and in Infancy
Christine Bodemer

20. Life-Threatening Dermatoses and Emergencies in Dermatology: The Case of the Paediatric Patient
Christine Léauté-Labrèze, Franck Boralevi, Alain Taïeb

21. Extreme Poverty in Industrial Countries
Lise Lavillonnière

22. Life-Threatening Dermatoses and Emergencies in Dermatology in the Specific Context of the Extreme Poverty of the ‘Third World’
Fatimata Ly

23. Noxious Spider Bites
Batya B. Davidovici, Ronni Wolf

24. Frostbite Injury Management in Emergency
Emmanuel Cauchy, Scrimgeour Carron, Rik Verhellen, Fontanille Bernard

25. Photodermatoses
M. -T. Leccia, J. -C. Beani

26. Life-Threatening Dermatoses and Emergencies in Migrants and Patients Coming Back from a Tropical or Subtropical Country
Eric Caumes

27. Telemedicine in Skin Emergencies
Jim Muir, Terri M. Campbell, H. Peter Soyer

28. Skin Diseases in Bioterrorism
John A. Ebner, Kenneth J. Tomecki

29. Life-Threatening Complications of Dermatologic Therapies
Bénédicte Lebrun-Vignes

V. Diagnostic Charts for the Skin Signs in the Acutely Ill Patient

30. Mechanisms of Pupura, Livedo, Necrosis
Jean-Claude Roujeau

31. Skin Necrosis
Zuleika L. Bonilla-Martinez, Robert S. Kirsner

32. The Patient with Purpura in the ICU or in the Emergency Room
Dan Lipsker

33. Livedo
Julia S. Lehman, Arlo J. Miller, Megha M. Tollefson, Lawrence E. Gibson

34. Diagnosis of Blisters and Vesicles
L. Valeyrie-Allanore

35. Diagnosis of Disseminated Pustulosis
Jean Revuz

36. Diagnosis of Face Oedema
Marion Gabillot-Carré

37. Diagnosis of Oral Lesions
Loïc Vaillant, Laurent Machet

38. Acute Urticaria and Anaphylaxis
Catherine Pecquet

39. Exanthematic Rash
Bruno Sassolas

Keywords: Medicine & Public Health, Dermatology, Intensive / Critical Care Medicine, Internal Medicine, General Practice / Family Medicine, Pediatrics