RT Book, Section
A1 Brown, Shannon
A1 Collins, Jason N.
A2 Stone, C. Keith
A2 Humphries, Roger L.
SR Print(0)
ID 1176297617
T1 Dermatologic Emergencies
T2 CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment: Emergency Medicine, 8e
YR 2017
FD 2017
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071840613
LK accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1176297617
RD 2024/04/23
AB To  some,  emergency  medicine  and  dermatology  may  seem  to  be  two  of  the  most  unrelated  specialties  in  medicine.  In  daily  practice,  dermatologic  complaints  typically  represent  a  small  percentage  of  the  normal  daily  census,  but  the  emergency  physician  will  encounter  many  patients  presenting  with  dermatologic  complaints.  The  astute  clinician  will  realize  that,  although  rare,  some  of  these  problems  can  be  life  threatening.  Some  patients  may  even  require  emergency  airway  protection  and  vigorous  resuscitation;  certain  cases  may  even  require  transfer  to  a  specialized  facility  (ie,  burn  center).  This  chapter  reviews  those  special  situations  and  discusses  common  and  uncommon  dermatologic  complaints.