Oxford Handbook of Tropical Medicine (Oxford Medical Handbooks)

The Oxford Handbook of Tropical Medicine, fourth edition is the definitive resource for medical problems in tropical regions, and in low-resource settings. Comprehensive in scope, and concise in style, this portable guide ensures that you always have the vital information you need at your fingertips. Fully revised and updated for its fourth edition, it includes brand new chapters on humanitarian crises, poisoning and envenoming, nosocomial infections, and antibiotic resistance. The paediatric illness sections have been expanded, and website links have been fully updated and extended. With the clear, easy-reference style of the trusted Oxford Handbook format, written and reviewed by an international team of clinical experts, this is a truly global handbook and an essential resource. Make sure you never leave home without it! The Oxford Handbook of Tropical Medcine provides clear and concise coverage of this area of medicine for students and practitioners in the tropics. Medical conditions are ordered by system except for the five major tropical conditions - malaria, HIV/STDs, tuberculosis, diarrhoeal diseases, and acute respiratory infections and fevers. The book has been designed to be as practical as possible with illustrations of blood films and stool smears, which are useful for diagnosis, as well as the usual clinical features, diagnosis, and management. The new edition includes a major revision to the cardiology, chest medicine, renal, and endocrinology sections and there is new material on mental health, managing acute medical emergencies and ophthalmology Content: 1. Management of the sick child 2. Malaria 3. HIV/AIDS 4. Tuberculosis 5. Chest medicine 6. Diarrhoeal diseases 7. Gastroenterology 8. Cardiovascular Medicine 9. Renal medicine 10. Neurology 11. Haematology 12. Endocrinology and biochemistry 13. Ophthalmology 14. Dermatology 15. Bone, joint, and soft tissue infections 16. Sexually transmitted infections 17. Nutrition 18. Multi-system diseases and infections 19. Mental health 20. Trauma 21. Poisoning and envenoming 22. Immunisation 23. Health Emergencies in Humanitarian Crises 24. Obstetrics & Gynaecology -emergencies 25. Nosocomial infection, Antibiotic prescribing & resistance The new edition of this unique handbook continues to provide an accessible and comprehensive, signs-and-symptoms based source of information on medical problems commonly seen in the tropics. A practical guide to diagnosis and management for medical practitioners and students, it provides vital information at the reader's fingertips.