Dermatological Emergencies

'Dermatological Emergencies' aims to cover aspects of situations and their management when they present in a Dermatology setup. This includes severe drug reactions, bullous disorders, erythroderma, infections, vasculitis and systemic emergencies presenting with skin signs. This book guides the reader to recognize such emergencies, helps to approach the initial phase of management, identifies the investigations, thus leading to a holistic management of the scene. Case scenarios are used in all chapters with logical flow of text, flowcharts, algorithms and representative clinical and laboratory images for better understanding of the readers. Key Features - Details all dermatological emergencies - Discusses manifestation of these emergencies with unique algorithms and flowcharts - Examines case scenarios for first-hand experience - Consists of Do's and Don'ts for effective management of cases - Uses high quality clinical images for clarity

Dr Biju Vasudevan, MD (Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology) from Armed Forces Medical College and FRGUHS (Dermatosurgery) from Bangalore Medical College is presently Professor at Base Hospital Lucknow and is a recognised post-graduate examiner of MUHS, KGMU and West Bengal University. He has 88 indexed publications (14 international), 30 Chapters in various books and is the Editor of the IADVL Colour Atlas of Dermatology, Clinical Correlations in Dermatology and Procedural Dermatosurgery textbooks. He has been a part of 8 research projects, has conducted 24 International/National/ State level quizzes, is on the editorial board of four journals and is presently the Deputy Editor of IJDVL. He has delivered about 76 guest lectures and conducted 8 workshops in various conferences. He has been the Organising/ Scientific secretary of 7 Conferences and has been awarded the young dermatosurgeon award by ACSI in 2017. He has been the past Joint Secretary of IADVL and his interests in dermatology includes vasculitis, connective tissue disorders, skin in systemic medicine and dermatosurgery. Dr Rajesh Verma, MD (Dermatology, Venereology and Leprosy) from prestigious Armed Forces Medical College Pune, DNB(Dermatology & Venereology), MNAMS, is presently serving as Professor of Dermatology at Army College of Medical Sciences. He has earlier served as Professor and HOD in Departments of Dermatology at Armed Forces Medical College, Puneand Command Hospital, Lucknow. He was awarded gold medal by Pune University for standing first in MD Dermatology. He is a recognised post graduate teacher and examiner at MUHS, RGUHS, KGMU Lucknow and various other universities. He is passionate about teaching Dermatology to undergraduaes and postgraduates and has been PG guide for many postgraduates. He was awarded "Gaurav Sammaan" by Uttar Bhartiya Sangh, Pune for contribution in field of education in 2013 and "Teacher par Excellence" award by IADVL in 2014. He has been Vice President of IASSTD & AIDS in 2008 and Vice President of IADVL in 2014. He has contributed 20 chapters in various textbooks, published 70 papers, delivered more than 50 invited lectures and has been principal worker in 03 and co-worker in 07 completed research projects. He has organized 07 National level CME programs and conferences in Dermatology. His interests in Dermatology include dermatological emergencies, cutaneous drug reactions, vasculitis and pregnancy dermatoses.

Preface Editors Contributors PART 1. INTRODUCTION TO DERMATOLOGICAL EMERGENCIES Ankan Gupta 1. Dermatological emergencies: What the term encompasses and key features in their diagnosis Indrashish Podder and Biju Vasudevan 2. Acute skin failure S. S. Vaishampayan, Suneel Singh Senger, Radha Ramesh Lacchiramani, and Ankan Gupta 3. Dermatology intensive care unit: Concept and requirements Sukriti Baveja and Anwita Sinha PART 2. SEVERE CUTANEOUS DRUG REACTIONS Shekhar Neema 4. Stevens-Johnson syndrome/toxic epidermal necrolysis Ramesh Bhat and Meryl Sonia Rebello 5. Drug-induced eosinophilia and systemic symptoms Rajesh Verma and Pradeesh Arumugam 6. Acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis Soumya Jagadeeshan 7. Drugs causing cutaneous necrosis K. P. Aneesh and P. Vijendran 8. Approach to severe cutaneous adverse drug reactions Shekhar Neema PART 3. BULLOUS DISORDERS Biju Vasudevan 9. Pemphigus vulgaris and foliaceus Raghavendra Rao 10. Paraneoplastic pemphigus B. Nirmal 11. Mucous membrane pemphigoid Dipankar De, Sheetanshu Kumar, and Sanjeev Handa 12. Bullous pemphigoid Dipankar De, Sheetanshu Kumar, and Sanjeev Handa PART 4. ERYTHRODERMA D. V. Lakshmi 13. Approach to Erythroderma D. V. Lakshmi 14. Psoriatic erythroderma Tarun Narang and Divya Kamat 15. Eczema-induced erythroderma Manjunath Hulmani and N. Srilakshmi 16. Drug-induced erythroderma Anupama Bains and Saurabh Singh 17. Pityriasis rubra pilaris induced erythroderma Ruby Venugopal and D. V. Lakshmi PART 5. PEDIATRIC EMERGENCIES -- 1 (NEONATAL) Sahana M. Srinivas 18. Neonatal erythroderma Aparna Palit and Arun C. Inamadar 19. Collodion baby and harlequin ichthyosis D. V. Lakshmi and Sahana M. Srinivas 20. Sclerema neonatorum Swetha Mukherjee and Shekhar Neema PART 6. PEDIATRIC EMERGENCIES -- 2 (CHILDHOOD) Sahana M. Srinivas 21. Epidermolysis bullosa Sahana M. Srinivas 22. Ichthyotic disorders Sahana M. Srinivas 23. Kasabach-Meritt phenomenon Sanjay Singh and Neetu Bhari PART 7. INFECTIONS AND INFESTATIONS K. P. Aneesh 24. Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome Resham Vasani 25. Toxic shock syndrome Aseem Sharma and Madhulika Mhatre 26. Cellulitis and necrotizing fasciitis Vikas Pathania 27. Cutaneous manifestations of sepsis K. P. Aneesh and Mahashweta Das 28. Viral infections K. B. Anuradha 29. Fungal infections causing emergencies R. Madhu, S. Pradeesh, and V. Hari Pankaj 30. Dermatological emergencies in tropical infections and infestations Anup Kumar Tiwary, Niharika Ranjan Lal, and Piyush Kumar PART 8. VASCULITIS Biju Vasudevan 31. Small vessel vasculitis Renu George, Ankan Gupta, and Aswin M. Nair 32. Medium vessel vasculitis Sujay Khandpur and Subuhi Kaul 33. Vasculitis mimics Debdeep Mitra, Ajay Chopra, and Neerja Saraswat 34. Purpura fulminans Rajan Kapoor, A. P. Dubey, and Anuradha Monga 35. Approach to purpura Manas Chatterjee and Ruchi Hemdani PART 9. SKIN MALIGNANCIES PRESENTING AS EMERGENCIES Vinay Gera 36. Dermatological manifestations of malignancies and dermatological emergencies due to malignancy Tanumay Roychowdhury 37. Melanoma-associated emergencies Vidya Kharkar and M. R. L. Sujata 38. Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis Aradhana Sood, Deep Kumar Raman, and Pankaj Das 39. Hypereosinophilic syndrome Preema Sinha and Sunmeet Sandhu PART 10. EMERGENCIES IN CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISORDERS Biju Vasudevan 40. Emergencies in systemic lupus erythematosus Vishalakshi Viswanath and Rashmi Modak 41. Scleroderma and associated complications Yasmeen Jabeen Bhat and Safiya Bashir 42. Dermatomyositis and its associated complications Iffat Hassan Shah and Saniya Akhtar 43. Sjögren syndrome and mixed connective tissue disease Vishal Gupta and Nidhi Kaeley PART 11. SYSTEMIC EMERGENCIES PRESENTING WITH DERMATOLOGICAL SIGNS G. K. Singh 44. Dermatological manifestations of renal failure G. K. Singh and N. S. Beniwal 45. Dermatological manifestations of gastrointestinal disorders G. K. Singh and Kunal Ghosh 46. Dermatological manifestations of cardiovascular emergencies Aseem Sharma, O. Biby Chacko, and Madhulika Mhatre 47. Dermatological manifestations of pulmonary and neurological emergencies Jatinder Singh 48. Endocrine emergencies with skin manifestations Rajeshwari Dabas 49. Skin manifestation of poisoning Nilendu Sarma and Sushila Hansda PART 12. PSORIASIS AND RELATED CONDITIONS Biju Vasudevan 50. Pustular psoriasis Santanu Banerjee and Neerja Saraswat 51. Psoriatic arthritis Arun Hegde and Rajesh Chilaka 52. Reactive arthritis Biju Vasudevan and Asmita Sinha PART 13. MISCELLANEOUS DERMATOLOGICAL EMERGENCIES Debdeep Mitra 53. Graft versus host disease Sandeep Arora, Sandeep Lal, and Manasa Shettisara Janney 54. Bites and stings Ambresh Badad and Vinay Gera 55. Angioedema and anaphylaxis: Angioedema Vijay Zawar and Manoj Pawar 56. Dermatological emergencies in pregnancy Riti Bhatia, Neirita Hazarika, and Ruby Bhatia PART 14. EMERGENCIES IN LEPROSY Anupam Das 57. Lepromatous leprosy Anupam Das 58. Lepra reactions Tanmay Padhi 59. Leprosy: Therapy-related emergencies G. K. Singh and Anuj Bhatnagar PART 15. EMERGENCIES IN STD Sridhar J 60. Sexually transmitted disease related emergencies K. Leksmi Priya and Afreen Ayub 61. HIV-related dermatological emergencies S. Yogesh Marfatia and J. Ruchi Shah PART 16. PROCEDURE-RELATED EMERGENCIES C. Madura 62. Emergencies in dermatosurgery B. R. Harish Prasad and M. R. Kusuma 63. Emergencies associated with cosmetological procedures Rasya Dixit 64. Emergencies due to laser and light-based devices M. Kumaresan Index

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