Current Dermatologic Management (Book)

Book Review: Spin Current

Perioperative evaluation and management in dermatologic surgery.

Thorough and efficient perioperative evaluation is mandatory for all patients undergoing dermatologic operation. Patients may present with concise or extensive medical histories, and an organized approach will focus attention on issues relevant to the patient's dermatologic disease and the planned surgical procedure. Management of common perioperative issues in a proactive and standardized mann...

Book Reviews: Current Issues in Parsing Technology

Current Issues in Parsing Technology, edited by Masaru Tomita, contains 18 revised versions from the 45 papers that were presented at the International Workshop on Parsing Technologies (IWPT-89) in August 1989. (Other papers from the conference relating to generalized LR parsing can be found in another book edited by Tomita, aptly titled Generalized LR Parsing.) Seventeen of the contributions i...

Pain management for dermatologic laser surgery: a nursing perspective.

Pain after laser surgery is one of the most commonly experienced patient problems. It is a pervasive part of laser treatment and a problem with which nurses and physicians are expected to deal. The nurse's most important role is preoperative patient teaching. Prior to undergoing the prescribed treatment, patients must have a realistic understanding of the laser procedure, including the expected...

Management of Dermatologic Toxicities Associated With Targeted Therapy

Oncologists who are already busy managing hematopoietic, gastrointestinal, and neurologic toxicities associated with cancer treatment must now learn to manage a consequence of new targeted agents—dermatologic side effects— according to Mario E. Lacouture, MD, Director of the Oncodermatology Program at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York. The same pathways and proteins tha...