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• Atlas of Tropical medicine and parasitology - with CD-Rom <back to book list>

W Peters, G Pasvol
2007, 6th edition. Pages: 429. Colour plates: 1088, also black and white plates.

This exceptional high quality comprehensive colour atlas now with CD-Rom provides information on diagnosis, pathology, ecology and epidemiology of parasitic, bacterial, fungal and viral infections in tropical countries. Nutritional disorders and venomous bites and stings are also covered. Highly recommended.

CONTENTS Arthropod-borne infections: arboviruses, rickettsioses, bacterial infections, protozoal infections, trypanosomiasis, leishmaniasis, the filariases - Soil-mediated helminthiases: hookworm infections, Ascaris and related nematode infections, trichuriases - Mollusc-mediated helminthiases: schistosomiasis, intestinal flukes, liver and lung fluke infections - Infections acquired through the gastrointestinal tract: viral, bacterial, protozoal, nematodes, cestodes, pentastomiasis - Airborne infections: SARS, influenza, henipaviruses, measles, meningococcal meningitis, tuberculosis, whooping cough, psittacosis - Sexually transmitted diseases including HIV/AIDS: Viral, bacterial, protozoal - Other infections acquired through the skin and mucous membranes: Viral, bacterial, protozoal, superficial mycoses, systemic mycoses, ectoparasitic arthropods - Poisonous animals: Marine and terrestrial invertebrates, marine vertebrates, snakes - Nutritional disorders : Kwashiorkor and marasmus, avitaminoses, iodine deficiency - Miscellaneous disorders : Zoonotic viral infections, parenterally acquired acute viral hepatitis, neoplastic conditions, genetic blood dyscrasias - Diseases of unusual or uncertain aetiology: Endomyocardial fibrosis, ainhum, postinfective malabsorbation syndrome, endemic bladder stone disease, podoconiosis, fogo selvagem.

• Lecture notes on tropical medicine <back to book list>

Editors : G Gill, NJ Beeching. Multi-authored
2009, 6th edition.  Pages:  402.  Colour plates: 41. Also colour charts, maps, figures.

In colour throughout, this up-to-date comprehensive text covers important tropical diseases, reflects best current practice and makes extensive use of diagrams, charts, tables, flow-charts and summary boxes. Highly recommended to those attending tropical medicine courses, medical officers and other health personnel working in the tropics or involved in imported tropical diseases

CONTENTS General approach to syndromes/symptom complexes : gastrointestinal, respiratory, neurological, febrile and dermatological presentations. Approach to anaemia, syndromic approach to sexually transmitted diseases, splenomegaly - Major tropical infections: malaria, visceral leishmaniasis, tuberculosis, HIV disease in the tropics, onchocerciasis, filariasis, loiasis, cutaneous leishmaniasis, African trypanosomiasis, South American trypanosomiasis, schistosomiasis, leprosy - Other tropical diseases : amoebiasis, bacillary dysentery, cholera, giardiasis, other protozoal infections, tapeworms, soil transmitted helminths, hepatitis, liver and intestinal flukes, hydatid disease, pneumonia, lung flukes, tropical pulmonary eosinophilia, bacterial meningitis, cryptococcal meningitis, encephalitis, acute flaccid paralysis, spastic paralysis, rabies, tetanus, brucellosis, typhoid, arboviruses, VHF, dengue, yellow fever, relapsing fever, rickettsia, leptospirosis, melioidosis, tropical ulcer, buruli ulcer, myiasis, cutaneous larva migrans, scabies/lice, strongyloidiasis, guinea worm, histoplasmosis & other fungal infections, haemoglobinopathies, RBC enzymopathies, haematinic deficiencies, bites & stings, non-communicable diseases, refugee health, syndromes of malnutrition.

• Oxford handbook of tropical medicine <back to book list>

M Eddleson, A Brent, R Wilkinson, R Davidson and contributors.
2008, 3rd edition. Pages: 856. Colour plate section and black and white illustrations.

Clinicians working in the tropics, nurses and those studying tropical medicine will find the new edition of this multi- authored handbook of immense value. While designed to be as practical as possible it contains a wealth of clearly presented, well-illustrated, easily accessible up to date information. The new enlarged colour section is excellent.

CONTENTS Management of the sick child - Malaria - HIV/AIDS - Tuberculosis - Respiratory medicine - Diarrhoeal diseases - Gastroenterology - Cardiology - Renal medicine - Neurology - Haematology - Ophthalmology - Endocrinology - Dermatology - Bone, joint and soft tissue infections - Sexually transmitted infections - Nutrition - Multi-system diseases and infections - Mental health - Trauma and obstetric emergencies - Poisoning - Immunisation

• Malaria - A handbook for health professionals <back to book list>

Malaria Consortium, consisting of 14 members with expertise and widespread experience in malaria diagnosis, treatment and control.
2007. Pages: 225. Illustrated with black and white plates and figures.
Supplied with FREE colour plates of malaria parasites.

This important well written book provides concise up to date information with key points on the biology and epidemiology of malaria, clinical aspects, diagnostic methods and treatment of uncomplicated and severe malaria with case studies. Prevention and how to plan and evaluate malaria control programmes are also expertly covered. There is an excellent glossary. Highly recommended to those working in malaria areas and those teaching and studying malaria at DTM&H and Masters levels.

CONTENTS World problem of malaria - Development of malaria parasites in the mosquito and human - Anopheles mosquitoes - Malaria transmission - Incidence rate - Annual parasite index - Prevalence - Collecting data for assessing patterns of epidemiology - Malaria surveillance systems - Epidemics of malaria, investigation and control - Clinical diagnosis of malaria - Features of uncomplicated and severe malaria - Disease in children - Case studies - Parasitological diagnosis - Microscopy of stained films - Parasite count - Comparison of microscopy and rapid diagnostic tests - Serological diagnosis - Treatment of malaria - Anti-malarial drugs - Treatment failure - Resistance to anti-malarials - Preventing spread of drug resistance - Case studies - Managing anaemia, convulsions, coma, hypoglycaemia, shock, renal impairment, raised intracranial pressure and high fever - Case studies - Management at the periphery - IMCI - Prevention of malaria - Insecticidal control - Insecticide treated mosquito nets - House spraying and safety considerations - Targeting breeding sites - Environmental control - Malaria in pregnancy and its treatment - HIV and malaria in pregnancy - Planning and implementing malaria control at district level - Monitoring and evaluation - Glossary

DISTRICT LABORATORY PRACTICE IN TROPICAL COUNTRIES

• Part 1 District laboratory   practice in tropical countries:  Parasitology QC, management, safety, equipment, training, clinical chemistry <back to book list>

Monica Cheesbrough
2005, 2nd edition. Pages: 454.  Colour plates  92 and black and white plates and figures.

Practical bench manual with a modern approach to the provision of quality medical laboratory services in developing countries.  Directed to those working in district laboratories, those responsible for organizing district laboratory services and those involved in training laboratory personnel and teaching parasitological laboratory techniques in schools of tropical medicine.  High quality colour plates are used to illustrate the parasitology text.  Includes knowledge on HIV interaction with parasitic pathogens, and rapid diagnostic tests to diagnose malaria and other parasitic diseases.

CONTENTS Importance and integration of the laboratory in district health care - Training district laboratory personnel - Total quality management and how to prepare SOPs - Health and safety in district laboratories - Equipping district laboratories and equipment maintenance - Parasitology techniques (colour illustrated): QA, examination of faeces for protozoan trophozoites, cysts, oocysts, helminth eggs and larvae, examination of urine for S.haematobium eggs, examination of blood for malaria parasites, blood and csf for trypanosomes, blood for microfilariae, examination of specimens for Leishmania parasites, examination of skin for O.volvulus microfilariae, examination of sputum for Paragonimus eggs, investigation of amoebic liver abscess, primary amoebic meningoencephalitis, toxoplasmosis, hydatid disease, trichinosis and dracunculiasis - Clinical chemistry tests: QA, measurement of serum/plasma creatinine, urea, bilirubin, ALA, amylase, blood or plasma glucose, serum albumin, measurement of potassium and sodium, urine tests, csf tests, faecal chemical tests - Appendices: preparation of reagents, useful addresses with e-mails and websites, useful charts and figures - Supplement: Planning a training curriculum for district laboratory personnel.

• Part 2 District laboratory practice in tropical countries: Microbiology, haematology, blood transfusion <back to book list>

Monica Cheesbrough
2006, 2nd edition, Pages:  434.  Colour plates : 116.  Black and white plates and figures.

Part 2 includes microbiological, haematological, and blood transfusion techniques as required in district health care, taking note of available resources.  Emphasised are the use of standard operating procedures, quality assurance and good laboratory practice.  This 2nd edition includes rapid tests to diagnose HIV infection, brucellosis, cholera, dengue, leptospirosis, syphilis and hepatitis.  Also laboratory monitoring of ART.

CONTENTS Microbiological tests: QC in district laboratories, features of microorganisms of medical importance, microscopical techniques, culturing pathogens, biochemical tests, bacterial examination of different specimens, antimicrobial susceptibility testing, testing water supplies, summary of the clinical and laboratory features of important bacterial fungal and viral pathogens - Haematological tests: QC, functions of blood and blood disorders, collection of blood, measurement of haemoglobin, PCV and red cell indices, counting white cells and platelets, staining and examining blood films, ESR, reticulocyte count, G6PD deficiency screening test, investigation of sickle cell disease, investigation of bleeding disorders - Blood transfusion tests: QC, blood donation, screening for transfusion transmitted infections, storage of blood, blood grouping, compatibility testing - Appendices: preparation of reagents and culture media, useful addresses with e-mails and websites of suppliers.

MICROSCOPY OF TROPICAL DISEASES  -  130 COLOUR PLATES

• THT Learning bench aid series No 1-9

The new edition now includes illustrated text on the use and care of a microscope, WBC and CSF white cell counts and Fields, Giemsa, Gram, Ziehl Neelsen, and Leishman staining techniques. Colour plates and text have been added of Plasmodium knowlesi, a malaria species of increasing importance In South-East Asia. These colour brochures are highly recommended for use by laboratory personnel, DTM&H students and others studying tropical medicine.

CONTENTS

No.  1  Microscopical diagnosis of malaria. P. falciparum, P. vivax, P. malariae, P. ovale, P. knowlesi
                 
No.  2 Microscopical diagnosis of African trypanosomiasis - S American  trypanosomiasis - Leishmaniasis
          
No. 3  Microscopical diagnosis of Lymphatic filariasis - Brugian filariasis - Loiasis - Onchocerciasis

No. 4  Microscopical diagnosis of E.histolytica / E.dispar infection – Giardiasis - Cryptosporidium enteritis  
           Isospora infection.   
        
No. 5  Microscopical diagnosis of meningitis - Tuberculosis - Leprosy - Staphylococcal infection
           Relapsing fever - Plague - Ringworm - Cholera -  Campylobacter, -  Gonorrhoea, Syphilis -
           Donovanosis.    
           
No. 6  Microscopical examination of urine in bacterial urinary tract infection - Urinary schistosomiasis
           - Kidney disease.    

No. 7  Microscopical examination of blood - Normal cells - Anaemias - Infections  - Leukaemias.  
         
No. 8  Microscopical diagnosis of intestinal helminth infections - Helminth eggs as seen in saline
           faecal preparations.    

No. 9  Microscopical investigation of infections associated with HIV disease and AIDS:              
           M tuberculosis, S pneumoniae, Candida, Aspergillus, Pneumocystis, Leishmania,
          Histoplasma, Cryptococcus, P marneffei, Toxoplasma,    Strongyloides,    Crypto-
          sporidium,      Isospora,      Cyclospora,           Microsporidia.    

INFECTIOUS DISEASES

• Primary HIV/AIDS Care <back to book list>    

C Evian
2006,  4th edition.  Pages: 342.  Black and white illustrations.

This practical guide is written for those involved in the clinical and supportive care of people with HIV/AIDS in developing countries. Well covered are the medical care of people infected with HIV, testing for HIV, counselling, latest developments in antiretroviral therapy, impact of HIV on women and children, HIV associated conditions, TB, sexually transmitted infections, care of the terminally ill, ethical and moral considerations.

CONTENTS AIDS, a new and unique challenge  -  Spread of HIV infection  -  From HIV infection to AIDS  -  HIV testing  -  Pre-test/post-test counselling  -  Care for early HIV infection and advanced HIV disease and AIDS  -  Guidelines for recognizing and managing important HIV – associated conditions  -  Children with HIV and AIDS  -  Women with HIV infection and AIDS  -  Reducing mother to child HIV transmission  -  AIDS and tuberculosis  -  Sexually transmitted infections  -  Counselling  -  Care of people who are in pain, discomfort or are dying  -  AIDS and the health care worker  -  Appendices: Good adherence to ART - Changing therapy in drug intolerance - Modified WHO clinical staging paediatric HIV/AIDS classification - Treating pregnant HIV positive women - Useful glossary.

• ABC Sexually transmitted infections <back to book list>    

M Adler, F Cowan, P French, H Mitchell, J Richens.
2004,  5th edition.  Pages: 104. Illustrated in colour and black and white.

This well illustrated clearly written text gives practical concise information on the transmission, presenting symptoms, diagnosis, management and control of sexually transmitted diseases.  Control strategies include those used in developing countries.  Highly recommended.

CONTENTS Why sexually transmitted infections are important  -  Control and prevention  -  The clinical process  -  Examination techniques and clinical sampling  -  Main presentation of sexually transmitted infections in male patients  -  Vaginal discharge, causes, diagnosis, treatment  -  Pelvic inflammatory disease and pelvic pain  -  STIs in pregnancy  -  Genital ulcer disease  -  Syphilis, clinical features, diagnosis, management  -  Genital growths  -  Genital infestations  -  Viral hepatitis  -  HIV  -  Laboratory diagnosis of STIs.

• Clinical microbiology and infectious diseases - an illustrated colour text <back to book list>    

W John Spicer
2008, 2nd edition. Pages: 251. Colour illustrated throughout.

A concisely and attractively presented book with a format designed to help learning. Parasites, fungi, bacteria, viruses and the infections they cause are clearly presented using colour photographs, coloured graphics and key point summaries. This new edition also includes updates on emerging infections.

CONTENTS Microbial name changes - Characteristics of bacteria, fungi, viruses, protozoa, multicellular parasites - Microbial attack and control by intrinsic defences - Specific pathogens: bacteria, fungi, arthropods, parasites, viruses - Clinical infections ( comprehensive section including tropical infections) - Hospital acquired infections - Sterilisation and disinfection - Antimicrobials - Vaccines and immunization - Laboratory microbial detection and identification - Antibody response and guiding therapy.

EPIDEMIOLOGY  -  PUBLIC HEALTH    ENTOMOLOGY

• Communicable disease epidemiology and control <back to book list>    

R Webber
2009,  3rd edition.  Pages:  352.  Figures/illustrations:  93.

This two-colour presented text with its extensive illustrations, maps, diagrams and summary tables is of particular value to epidemiologists, medical officers, public health specialists, and those studying tropical medicine. It provides a global overview of communicable diseases at the community level, their transmission and control and covers the effects of climate change.

CONTENTS Elements of communicable diseases - Control principles and methods, strategy, organization - Notification and health regulations - Classification of communicable diseases - Water-washed diseases - Faecal-oral diseases - Food-borne diseases - Diseases of soil contact and water contact - Skin infections - Respiratory diseases and other airborne transmitted infections - Diseases transmitted via body fluids - Insect borne diseases - Ectoparasite zoonoses - Domestic and synanthropic zoonoses - New and emerging diseases - Summary list of communicable diseases, their clinical features, transmission, incubation period.

• Epidemiology- with on-line access <back to book list>    

Leon Gordis
2004, 3rd edition. Pages: 335. Black and white plates and figures.

This book explains clearly the epidemiological approach to disease and intervention, how the extent and severity of disease are measured in a community and how epidemiology is applied to the evaluation of health services. Well designed diagrams and review questions (with answers) make concepts easy to understand and remember. The book incorporates a personalized pin number giving the user on-line access to the text, diagrams, and additional information and resources. Recommended for DTM&H and Masters courses.

CONTENTS Dynamics of disease transmission - Measuring the occurrence of disease morbidity, mortality - Accessing the validity and reliability of diagnostic and screening tests - Natural history of disease - Ways of expressing prognosis - Efficacy of preventive and therapeutic measures - Randomized trials - Cohort studies - Case control and cross- sectional studies - Estimating risk and potential for prevention - Deriving inferences from epidemiological studies - Identifying roles of genetic and environmental factors - Using epidemiology to evaluate health services - Evaluation of screening programs - Epidemiology and public policy - Ethical and professional issues - Answers to review questions.

• Short textbook of public health medicine for the tropics <back to book list>    

H M Gilles, A Lucas
2003, 4th edition.  Pages:  320.  Black and white illustrations.

Written for students of tropical medicine and all those involved in health care and preventing disease in the tropics, this is an informative, practical publication.  It provides a concise, integrated approach to public health in the tropics.

CONTENTS Health in the developing world - Information for health - Epidemiology - Infections through the gastrointestinal tract - Infections through the skin and mucous membranes - Infections through the respiratory tract - Arthropod-borne infections - Non-communicable diseases - Nutritional diseases - Organisation of health services - Approaches to economic evaluation - Family health - Environmental health - Health promotion and education - International health collaboration

• Setting up community health programmes - A practical manual for use in developing countries <back to book list>    

T Lankester
2007, 3rd edition.  Pages:  440.  Black and white plates and figures.

Community field staff, doctors, nurses and those involved in planning and managing of community health programmes in rural or urban areas will find this clearly written and illustrated practical manual particularly useful, with its emphasis on evidence - based best practice and the need for a community-based approach to primary health care and development. Those teaching health courses will find this new edition a valuable resource.

CONTENTS Basic principles: Setting the scene, working as partners with the community, health awareness and motivation - Starting a programme: Initial tasks, learning about the community, drawing up plans, the community health worker - Specific programmes: Setting up a community health clinic, improving childhood nutrition, setting up a childhood immunization programme dealing with diarrhaea, pneumonia and malaria, setting up a maternal health programme, setting up a family planning programme, setting up a community TB programme, a community development approach to AIDS care, prevention and control, setting up environmental health improvements - Appropriate management: Using medicines correctly, monitoring and evaluating the health programme, managing finance, co-operating with others, how to make a programme sustainable -- Appendices: Suppliers of equipment, supplies needed by a small health center, an essential drugs list, useful journals and newsletters, addresses of resource and information centers, family folder and data recording form.

• • Hygiene promotion – Practical manual for relief and development <back to book list>    

S Ferron, J Morgan, M O’Reilly
2007, 3rd edition. Pages: 281. Black and white line illustrations.

Written particularly for field workers aiming to reduce the incidence of water – and sanitation – related diseases in relief and rehabilitation programmes. Also useful to those working in community development.

CONTENTSEmergency contexts - Affected communities - Hygiene promotion - Assessment and analysis: Where are we now? - Planning: Where are we going? - Implementation: How do we get there? - Monitoring and evaluation - Appendices: Assessment tools, planning tools, training exercises, sample job descriptions, training courses, monitoring and evaluation tools, common water and sanitation - related diseases in emergencies, excreta disposal technologies for emergency situations, community management and sustainability - Glossary - Useful websites.

• Medical entomology for students <back to book list>    

M Service
2008, 4th edition. Pages: 320. Colour plates: 12. Line diagrams: 102.

The new edition reflects the recent changes in the geographical ranges of insect vectors. It includes additional species that have become more wide- spread. The text is concise, clearly presented and extensively illustrated in colour and black and white. It provides students of tropical medicine and those working in vector control with essential information on the insects, mites, and ticks that affect human health.

CONTENTS Introduction to mosquitoes - Anopheline mosquitoes - Culicine mosquitoes - Blackflies - Phlebotomine sandflies - Biting midges - Horseflies - Tsetse flies - Houseflies - Stable flies, latrine flies - Flies and myiasis - Fleas - Lice - Bedbugs - Triatomine bugs - Cockroaches - Soft ticks - Hard ticks - Scabies mites - Scrub typhus and other mites - Glossary of terms relevant to medical entomology.

DISASTERS – EMERGENCIES – TRAVEL MEDICINE

• ABC of conflict and disaster <back to book list>    

A Redmond, P Mahoney, C Macnab,            J Ryan
2005. Pages:  56.  Illustrated in black and white and colour

This publication has been written in response to the increasing number of disasters and emergencies occurring globally for which clinicians and aid workers need to be prepared.  The text is clearly written and well illustrated.  It covers both logistical planning and medical aid as well as post – conflict recovery, offering psychological as well as medical and public health support.

CONTENTS Humanitarian assistance : standards, skills, training and experience   -  Natural disasters  -  Needs assessment of humanitarian crises  -  Public health in the aftermath of disasters  -  Approach to medical planning on humanitarian operations  --  Principles of war surgery  -  Special needs of children and women  -   Displaced populations and long term humanitarian assistance  -  Psychological aspects of providing medical humanitarian aid  -  Conflict recovery and intervening in hospitals.

•  Refugee health – an approach to emergency situations <back to book list>    

Medicins Sans Frontieres
1997, Pages:  384.  Few tables.

Written by MSF, this excellent operational manual will be useful to decision makers and field practitioners involved in public health assistance to refugee populations. Ten priorities are identified for implementation in the first weeks of an emergency followed by further priorities for the post-emergency and repatriation phases.

CONTENTS Refugee and displaced populations - Emergency phase: priorities, assessment, measles immunization, water and sanitation, food and nutrition, shelter and site planning, health care, control of communicable diseases and epidemics, public health surveillance, human resources and training, camp management - Health care in the post-emergency phase: curative care, reproductive health care - Child health, HIV, AIDS, STDs, TB programmes, mental health - Repatriation and resettlement - Appendices: Assessment form, vaccinations, equipment for mass immunization, minimal micronutrient requirements, communicable diseases of potential importance in refugee settings, surveillance forms and examples of graphs.

• Care of the critically ill in the tropics <back to book list>    

D A K Watters,   I H Wilson,   R J Leaver  A Bagshawe
2004, 2nd edition.  Pages: 406.  Black and white plates and figures.

This practical book has been written for those with responsibility for the care of critically ill patients in medical, surgical, obstetrics and paediatric wards and in intensive care, using resources found in tropical developing countries.  It is especially useful for staff of rural hospitals and clinics who are faced with emergencies in situations where there are no consultants to call on.  Extensive use is made of illustrations, charts and tables.  There is a detailed section on practical procedures, ventilation, and drugs used in intensive care.

CONTENTS Respiratory failure  -  Shock  -  Cardiovascular disease  -  Fluid and electrolytes  -  Renal failure  -  Metabolic and endocrine problems  -  Poisoning  -  Infections  -  Coma  -  Head injuries  -  Trauma  -  Burns  -  Perioperative care  -  Critical illness in obstetrics and gynaecology  -  Nutritional support in the critical ill  -  Nursing critically ill patients  --  Organization and management  -  Practical procedures  -  A to Z of ventilation  -  Drugs for the critically ill  -  A to Z of drugs  -  Table of normal values.

• Traveller’s good health guide <back to book list>    

T Lankester
2006, 3rd edition.  Pages: 415.  Black and white illustrations.

This particularly well written authoritative and informative text is one of the best health guides produced for overseas workers, backpackers, international and aid workers, volunteers, and anyone traveling internationally.

CONTENTSChecklist before you leave: health supplies, immunizations, preparing for an overseas assignment, health insurance, the flight, - While abroad: safe eating and drinking, treating diarrhoea, preventing and treating malaria, avoiding HIV infection and STI, preventing road crashes and accidents, knowing about blood transfusions, coping with stress and tiredness, heat, cold, sun, snakes, bites and stings, alcohol , health care overseas, security, pregnancy, children, physical disability - When you return: illness on return, tropical check-up, reverse culture shock - Notes on important conditions ( well written and comprehensive text) - Appendices: Checklists, first aid kits, list of suppliers, NHS eligibility, travel health centers, sources of specialist advice, incubation periods of illnesses, vaccines - Websites on travellers health.

CHILD HEALTH IN THE TROPICS

• Pocket emergency paediatric care <back to book list>    

Editors : S Ahmad, D Southall, Child Advocacy International.  Multi- authored
2003. Pages: 204.  Black and white figures.  Two colour text.

Designed for carrying in the pocket, this small unique book provides instant concise information on the management of infants and children in emergency  and accident situations.  Tropical infections and other conditions are well covered.  Especially suitable for those working in poor countries, emergency relief situations and war zones.  The trauma section is particularly useful.  Procedures and equipment are clearly illustrated and there are useful appendices covering drug infusions, paediatric values, child development, emergency blood transfusion, paediatric electrocardiography.

CONTENTS Life-threatening emergencies:  essential knowledge, triage, resuscitation at birth, paediatric life support, recognition of the sick child, the shocked child, the unconscious child, allergic reactions and anaphylactic shock, status epilepticus, poisoning - Neonatal emergencies : fluid and electrolyte balance, hypoglycaemia, jaundice, respiratory problems, neonatal infections, seizures, hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy - Specific emergencies : respiratory, cardiovascular, gastrointestinal /liver/renal, neurological, endocrine and metabolic, diphtheria, meningococcal disease, dengue haemorrhagic shock, tetanus, typhoid fever, measles, rabies, malaria, helminth infections, envenoming, near drowning, hyper- and hypothermia - Trauma and surgical : acute abdomen, life threatening trauma, emergency treatment of traumatic amputation, gunshot wounds, burns - Procedures and equipment: airway and breathing procedures, circulatory procedures, exchange transfusion - Appendix : weight charts, estimating body surface area, oral analgesia, local anaesthesia, drug infusions in severely ill or injured children, blood transfusion, systolic blood pressure at different ages, laboratory normal values for newborns and children, normal development according to age, blood chemistry values, paediatric electrocardiography.

• Caring for severely malnourished children <back to book list>    

A Ashworth    A Burgess
2003. Pages:  82.   Black and white plates and figures.

Increasingly doctors and health care workers are being called upon to treat severely malnourished children.  This well written publication will help to ensure such children are treated successfully.  Ten treatment steps based on WHO guidelines are described.  Account is taken of the limited resources of many hospitals and health centers and the fact that many malnourished children are also HIV positive.

CONTENTS  Severely malnourished children need different care  -  Assess the child  -  Prevent or treat hypoglycaemia  -  Prevent or treat hypothermia  -  Prevent or treat dehydration  -  Correct electrolyte imbalance  -  Treat and prevent infections  -  Correct micronutrient deficiencies  -  Start cautious feeding  -  Give catch-up diet  -  Provide loving care, play and stimulation  -  Prepare for discharge and follow-up  -  Support mothers and other carers  -  Appendices :  Equipment and supplies, Recipes, Feeding charts, Checklist to monitor care, Useful books and other resources.

DERMATOLOGY AND EYE DISEASES IN THE TROPICS

•  ABC of Dermatology <back to book list>    

P K Buxton, R Morris-Jones
2009, 5th edition.  Pages:  224.  Over 250 colour illustrations.

Well illustrated clearly presented text covering the main types of clinical change that occur in and on the skin, diagnostic features and treatment of skin diseases. Includes those conditions found in the tropics.

CONTENTS Introduction – Psoriasis – Eczema – Urticaria, angioedema – Skin and photosensitivity – Inflammatory dermatoses, drug rashes – Immunobullous disease – Other blistering disorders – Vasculitis – Connective tissue disease – Skin and underlying disease – Leg ulcers – Lymphodema – Acne – Rosacea – Bacterial infections – Viral infections – HIV and the skin – Fungal infections – Insect bites and infestations – Tropical dermatology – Hair and scalp – Nails – Benign skin tumours – Premalignant and malignant skin tumours – Practical procedures – Lasers – Photodynamic theraphy – Dressings – Bandages – Formulary – Index.

• Eye diseases in hot climates <back to book list>    

J Sandford-Smith
2003, 4th edition.  Pages:  434.  Many colour plates.  Also black and white illustrations.

This beautifully presented, authoritative colour illustrated text is written for the doctor, nurse, or medical assistant who is seeing and treating eye patients in a tropical or developing country.  It covers the whole range of eye diseases but concentrates on the major preventable and treatable causes of world blindness.  Practical refraction, HIV/AIDS and the eye, and childrens' eye diseases are well covered.   Highly recommended.

CONTENTS  Basic anatomy and physiology of the eye - Clinical methods, history - taking and eye examination - Principles of treatment - Ophthalmic optics and correction of refractive errors - Eyelids and lacrimal apparatus - Diseases of the conjunctiva - Trachoma - The cornea - Xerophthalmia and nutritional corneal ulceration - Diseases of the uvea, lens, retina, optic nerve and visual pathways - Glaucoma - Onchocerciasis and other parasitic diseases - Leprosy and the eye - Squint - Other disorders of eye movement - Orbital diseases - HIV/AIDS and the eye - Eye injuries - Eye disease and visual impairment in children - Diagnosis of common eye conditions -  list of helpful addresses

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