Life-Threatening Dermatoses and Emergencies in Dermatology

Skin Physiology.- Skin Barrier.- Skin Immune System.- Bacteriology of the Skin.- Acute Skin Failure.- Life Threatening Dermatoses.- Purpura Fulminans.- Severe Infections of Soft Tissues (Including Fasciitis and Diabetic Foot Infections).- Severe Staphylococcal Cutaneous Infections and Toxic Shock Syndrome.- Erythroderma and Exfoliative Dermatitis.- Stevens-Johnson Syndrome and Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis.- Drug Reaction With Eosinophilia and Systemic Symptoms (DRESS/DIHS).- Acute Generalized Exanthematous Pustulosis.- Autoimmune Bullous Diseases.- Cutaneous Manifestation in Life Threatening Diseases.- Skin Manifestations of Systemic Bacterial Infections.- Severe Mycoses in Immunodepressed Patients.- Skin Manifestations Associated with Malignant Haemopathies.- Skin Manifestations Useful for the Management of Patients in an Intensive Care Unit or an Emergency Room.- Specific Context.- Emergencies in the Dermatologist's Office.- Life-Threatening Dermatoses Occurring During Gestation.- Main Life-Threatening Dermatoses in Neonatal Period and in Infancy.- Life-Threatening Dermatoses and Emergencies in Dermatology: The Case of the Paediatric Patient.- Extreme Poverty in Industrial Countries.- Life-Threatening Dermatoses and Emergencies in Dermatology in the Specific Context of the Extreme Poverty of the 'Third World'.- Noxious Spider Bites.- Frostbite Injury Management in Emergency.- Photodermatoses.- Life-Threatening Dermatoses and Emergencies in Migrants and Patients Coming Back from a Tropical or Subtropical Country.- Telemedicine in Skin Emergencies.- Skin Diseases in Bioterrorism.- Life-Threatening Complications of Dermatologic Therapies.- Diagnostic Charts for the Skin Signs in the Acutely Ill Patient.- Mechanisms of Pupura, Livedo, Necrosis.- Skin Necrosis.- The Patient with Purpura in the ICU or in the Emergency Room.- Livedo.- Diagnosis of Blisters and Vesicles.- Diagnosis of Disseminated Pustulosis.- Diagnosis of Face Oedema.- Diagnosis of Oral Lesions.- Acute