OXFORD HANDBOOK OF TROPICAL MEDICINE

• An accessible Handbook of bedside reference for junior doctors with little senior support
• Consistent presentation of information helps the reader build up knowledge in tropical medicine
• Includes a range of protocols developed by the World Health Organization which allows a structured approach to patient care and can be adapted to national policies and local conditions

New to this edition

• Extensive update which includes major revisions to the cardiology, chest medicine, renal, and endocrinology sections
• New material on mental health, ophthalmology, and BJST infections
• New colour plate section

Description

From reviews of the first edition:

'The handbook delivers the facts to your fingertips... if I had 425g of luggage allowance to spare I would throw it in my rucksack!' -S B Welby in Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology
'A strong point of the handbook is its range of practical protocols developed by the World Health Organization. These allow a structured approach to patient care and can be adapted to national policies and local conditions, used for easy reference, and disseminated appropriately.' -John Hartley, University College London Hospital
'This is an invaluable resource... this book will answer all of your questions about tropical medicine in a concise manner and suggest a plain and easy to follow treatment plan.' -Reviewer on Amazon

The Oxford Handbook of Tropical Medicine provides clear and concise coverage for practitioners and students 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 clinical features, diagnosis, and management. In this new edition the cardiology, chest medicine, renal, and endocrinology sections have undergone major revision, and there is new material on mental health and ophthalmology.

Readership: Trainees and clinicians in the tropics, medical students and junior doctors on electives

Contents/contributors

1 WHO/UNICEF approach to the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness
2 Major Diseases
2a Malaria
2b HIV/STIs
2c Tuberculosis
2d Diarrhoeal diseases
2e Acute respiratory infections
3 Multi-system diseases and infections
4 Cardiology
5 Chest medicine
6 Renal medicine
7 Gastroenterology
8 Neurology
9 Mental health
10 Ophthalmology
11 Dermatology
12 Bone, joint and soft tissue infections
13 Endocrinology
14 Haematology
15 Nutrition
16 Injuries, poisoning and envenoming
17 Immunization