Andrews’ remains as it was from the beginning: an authored text whose one volume is filled with clinical signs, symptoms, diagnostic tests, and therapeutic pearls. The authors have remained general clinical dermatologists in an era of subspecialists in academia. They are committed to keeping Andrews’ as an excellent tool for anyone who needs help in diagnosing a patient with a clinical conundrum or treating a patient with a therapeutically challenging disease.
Andrews’ is primarily intended for the practicing dermatologist. It is meant to be used on the desktop at his or her clinic, giving consistent, concise advice on the whole gamut of clinical situations faced in the course of a busy workday. While we have been true to our commitment to a single-volume work, we provide our text in a convenient online format as well. Because of its relative brevity but complete coverage of our field, many find the text ideal for learning dermatology the first time. It has been a mainstay of the resident yearly curriculum for many programs. We are hopeful that trainees will learn clinical dermatology by studying the clinical descriptions, disease classifications, and treatment insights that define Andrews’. We believe that students, interns, internists or other medical specialists, family practitioners, and other health professionals who desire a comprehensive dermatology textbook will find that ours meets their needs. Long-time dermatologists will hopefully discover Andrews’ to be the needed update that satisfies their lifelong learning desires. On our collective trips around the world, we have been gratified to see our international colleagues studying Andrews’. Several thousand books have been purchased by Chinese and Brazilian dermatologists alone.Many major changes have been made to this edition. Bill James, Tim Berger and Dirk Elston, three great friends of nearly three decades, have worked closely to continue to improve the quality of our text. The surgical chapters have been updated and expanded by Isaac Neuhaus. We thank him for his efforts to enhance the procedural portion of our textbook and acknowledge the contributions of Roy Grekin in prior editions. We have tried to ensure that each entity is only discussed once, in a complete yet concise manner. In order to do this we have had to make decisions regarding the placement of disease processes in only one site. Clearly, neutrophilic eccrine hidradenitis, for example, could be presented under drug eruptions, neutrophilic reactive conditions, infection or cancer-associated disease, or with eccrine disorders. The final decisions were a team effort and made in the interest of eliminating redundancy. This allows us to present our unified philosophy in treating patients in one dense volume.Medical science continues to progress with break-neck speed. Our understanding of the etiology of certain conditions has now led us to recategorize well-recognized disease states and dictated the addition over 70 newly described entities. Molecular investigative techniques, technologic breakthroughs, and designer therapeutics lead the way in providing advances in our specialty. We cover the new understanding following from such innovations by discussing the mechanisms at work in genetic diseases, covering the latest in dermatopathologic staining and analysis, adding a second chapter on cosmetic surgery, and enlarging the therapeutic recommendations to include our expanded therapeutic options, such as biologic response modifiers, and biologically engineered targeted medications. We have attempted to define therapeutics in a fashion that emphasizes those interventions with the highest level of evidence, but also present less critically investigated therapeutic options. To care for our patients we need a large array of options. Not all are fully supported by formal evidence, yet are helpful to individual patients.Extensive revisions were necessary to add this wealth of new information. We selectively discarded older concepts. By eliminating older, not currently useful information we maintain the brief but complete one-volume presentation that we and all previous authors have emphasized. Additionally, older references have been updated. The classic early works are not cited; instead we have chosen to include only new citations and let the bibliographies of the current work provide the older references as you need them. A major effort in this edition was to reillustrate the text with 567 new color images. Many have been added to the printed text; you will also find a large number only in the online version. Enjoy! We have looked to our own collections to accomplish this. These are the result of many hours of personal effort, the generosity of our patients, and a large number of residents and faculty of the programs in which we currently work or have worked in the past. Additionally, friends and colleagues from all parts of the globe have allowed us to utilize their photographs. They have given their permission for use of these wonderful educational photos to enhance your understanding of dermatology and how these diseases affect our patients. We cannot thank them enough.All of the authors recognize the importance of our mentors, teachers, colleagues, residents, and patients in forming our collective expertise in dermatology. Dirk, Tim and Bill were all trained in military programs, and our indebtedness to this fellowship of clinicians is unbounded. The many institutions we have called home, from the East Coast of Walter Reed, to the West Coast of the University of California at San Francisco, and many in between, such as Brooke in San Antonio and the Cleveland Clinic, nurtured us and expanded our horizons. Our friendship goes well beyond the limits of our profession; it is wonderful to work with people you not only respect as colleagues, but also enjoy as closely as family. Finally we are proud to be a part of the Elsevier team and have such professionals as Claire Bonnett, Sven Pinczewski, Elouise Ball, and Russell Gabbedy supporting us every step of the way.
Features
- Practice with confidence through the valued authorship of seasoned professionals Dr. William D. James, Dr. Timothy G. Berger, and Dr. Dirk M. Elston.
- Rapidly improve your knowledge of skin conditions through a concise, clinically focused, user-friendly format.
- Obtain thorough guidance on clinical presentation and therapy for a full range of common and rare skin diseases.
- Consult the book from any computer at home, in your office, or at any practice location.
- Instantly locate the answers to your clinical questions via a simple search query.
- Quickly find out more about any bibliographical citation by linking to its MEDLINE abstract.
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New to this edition
- Confirm your diagnoses by comparing your clinical findings to more than 1,150 illustrations, 40% of which are brand new.
- Update your surgical skills with chapters devoted to basic dermatologic, laser, and cosmetic surgery, contributed by Dr. Issac M. Neuhaus.
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- Chapter 1 - Skin
- Chapter 2 - Cutaneous Signs and Diagnosis
- Chapter 3 - Dermatoses Resulting from Physical Factors
- Chapter 4 - Pruritus and Neurocutaneous Dermatoses
- Chapter 5 - Atopic Dermatitis, Eczema, and Noninfectious Immunodeficiency Disorders
- Chapter 6 - Contact Dermatitis and Drug Eruptions
- Chapter 7 - Erythema and Urticaria
- Chapter 8 - Connective Tissue Diseases
- Chapter 9 - Mucinoses
- Chapter 10 - Seborrheic Dermatitis, Psoriasis, Recalcitrant Palmoplantar Eruptions, Pustular Dermatitis, and Erythroderma
- Chapter 11 - Pityriasis Rosea, Pityriasis Rubra Pilaris, and Other Papulosquamous and Hyperkeratotic Diseases
- Chapter 12 - Lichen Planus and Related Conditions
- Chapter 13 - Acne
- Chapter 14 - Bacterial Infections
- Chapter 15 - Diseases Resulting from Fungi and Yeasts
- Chapter 16 - Mycobacterial Diseases
- Chapter 17 - Hansen's Disease
- Chapter 18 - Syphilis, Yaws, Bejel, and Pinta
- Chapter 19 - Viral Diseases
- Chapter 20 - Parasitic Infestations, Stings, and Bites
- Chapter 21 - Chronic Blistering Dermatoses
- Chapter 22 - Nutritional Diseases
- Chapter 23 - Diseases of Subcutaneous Fat
- Chapter 24 - Endocrine Diseases
- Chapter 25 - Abnormalities of Dermal Fibrous and Elastic Tissue
- Chapter 26 - Errors in Metabolism
- Chapter 27 - Genodermatoses and Congenital Anomalies
- Chapter 28 - Dermal and Subcutaneous Tumors
- Chapter 29 - Epidermal Nevi, Neoplasms, and Cysts
- Chapter 30 - Melanocytic Nevi and Neoplasms
- Chapter 31 - Macrophage/Monocyte Disorders
- Chapter 32 - Cutaneous Lymphoid Hyperplasia, Cutaneous T-cell Lymphoma, Other Malignant Lymphomas, and Allied Diseases
- Chapter 33 - Diseases of the Skin Appendages
- Chapter 34 - Disorders of the Mucous Membranes
- Chapter 35 - Cutaneous Vascular Diseases
- Chapter 36 - Disturbances of Pigmentation
- Chapter 37 - Dermatologic Surgery
- Chapter 38 - Cutaneous Laser Surgery
- Chapter 39 - Cosmetic Dermatology
Product Details
- Hardcover: 968 pages
- Publisher: Saunders; 11 edition (March 10, 2011)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1437703143
- ISBN-13: 978-1437703146
- Product Dimensions: 11.3 x 8.8 x 1.7 inches