This 1st edition of Essential Travel Medicine provides an excellent concise introduction to the specialty of Travel Medicine. This core text will enable health care practitioners particularly those new to the clinical practice of Travel Medicine, to gain a fundamental understanding of the diverse and complex issues which can potentially affect the health of the many millions of people who undertake international travel. Jane N Zuckerman is joined by Gary W Brunette from CDC and Peter A Leggat from Australia as Editors. Leading international specialists in their fields have contributed authoritative chapters reflecting current knowledge to facilitate best clinical practice in the different aspects of travel medicine. The aim of Essential Travel Medicine is to provide a comprehensive guide to Travel Medicine as well as a fundamental knowledge base to support international undergraduate and postgraduate specialty training programmes in the discipline of Travel Medicine. The 1st edition of Essential Travel Medicine offers an indispensable resource of essential information for travel health practitioners, infectious disease specialists, occupational health specialists, public health specialists, family practitioners, pharmacists and other allied health professionals. This core text will appeal similarly to those training in Travel Medicine and to those who want a concise introduction to the subject or an ideal revision companion. INDICE: List of contributors vii .Preface xv .Acknowledgments xvii .Section 1: Travel medicine .1 Basic epidemiology of infectious diseases 3Mark J. Sotir and David O. Freedman .2 Basic epidemiology of non–infectious diseases 9Richard C. Franklin and Peter A. Leggat .3 Pre–travel health risk assessment 23Peter A. Leggat and Jane N. Zuckerman .4 Setting up a travel clinic 35Marc T.M. Shaw and Claire S. Wong .5 Travel medicine resources 45Peter A. Leggat, Gary W. Brunette, Gilles Poumerol, and Jane N. Zuckerman .Section 2: Travel–related infectious diseases .6 Travelers diarrhea 57Charles D. Ericsson .7 Vector–borne diseases 65Annelies Wilder–Smith .8 Yellow fever 75Mark D. Gershman and J. Erin Staples .9 Malaria 83Tomas Jelinek .10 Respiratory disease 95Regina LaRocque and Edward T. Ryan .11 Sexually transmitted infections 103Alberto Matteelli, Anna Cristina C. Carvalho, and Patricia Schlagenhauf .12 Tropical skin infections 115Francisco Vega–López and Sara Ritchie .13 Rabies 121Mary J. Warrell .14 Vaccine–preventable diseases 131Joseph Torresi, Abinash Virk and Jane N Zuckerman .Section 3: Travelers with underlying medical problems and special needs .15 Women s health and travel 167I. Dale Carroll .16 Traveling with children 173Karl Neumann, Andrea P. Summer, and Philip R. Fischer .17 Travelers with underlying medical conditions 187Anne E. McCarthy and Kathryn N. Suh .18 The older traveler and traveling with disability 199Kathryn N. Suh and Anne E. McCarthy .19 Visiting friends and relatives 209Karin Leder and Sarah L. McGuinness .20 Migrants, refugees, and travel medicine 215Louis Loutan .21 Study–abroad programs: student health and safety issues 221Gary Rhodes and Gary W. Brunette .22 Humanitarian aid workers, disaster relief workers, and missionaries 227Brian D. Gushulak and Douglas W. MacPherson .23 Long–term travelers 235Claire Davies and Ted Lankester .Section 4: Environmental travel health risks .24 Aviation and travel medicine 243Michael Bagshaw, Ian C. Cheng and Robert Bor .25 Expedition and wilderness medicine 257Sean T. Hudson, Will Smith, David R. Shlim, Caroline J. Knox and Karen J. Marienau .26 Venomous poisonous animals and toxins 279Mark A. Read .27 Cruise ships and travel medicine 285Sally S.J. Bell and Eilif Dahl .28 Mass gatherings and travel medicine 293Joanna Gaines and Gary W. Brunette .29 Emergency care whilst abroad 301Peter A. Leggat and Marc T.M. Shaw .Section 5: Post–travel medicine .30 The returning traveler 313Tamar Lachish, Alfons Van Gompel and Eli Schwartz .Index 327
- ISBN: 978-1-118-59725-5
- Editorial: Wiley–Blackwell
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 360
- Fecha Publicación: 10/07/2015
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés