BookJashin J. Wu, editor.
Summary: This updated volume provides a guide to the diagnosis and management of psoriasis. The book examines clinical cases to help the reader work through unusual cases using best practice techniques. New chapters on erythrodermic psoriasis, severe pediatric psoriasis, psoriasis with patients with prior breast cancer, and psoriasis with patients who wish to become pregnant have been added. The treatment of psoriasis in relation to patients with hepatitis B and C, HIV, and who have received pneumococcal and herpes zoster vaccines are also discussed. Clinical Cases in Psoriasis highlights evidence-based best practice through its multidisciplinary approach and is relevant to trainees and clinicians working within dermatology.
Contents:
Introduction to interventional procedures; timing and patient selection
Headache anatomy and mechanisms of peripheral nerve interventions
Pharmacology of interventional headache management
Greater occipital nerve and lesser occipital nerve blocks
The role of other peripheral nerve blocks
Onabotulinumtoxina for refractory headache
The role of interventional procedures in childhood and adolescent headaches-peripheral neuro-modulation
Interventional headache management in the elderly
Interventional headache management in pregnancy and lactation
Efficacy of trigger point injections and dry needling
Potential role of acupuncture
The role of radiofrequency thermocoagulation
The potential role of ozone therapy
Peripheral neuromodulation on the refractory headache disorders
Sample cases(treatment response of gon blockade in chronic migraine).