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eBook/Digital Version available from:
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| Litt's Drug Eruption and Reaction Manual, 31st Edition |
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ISBN: 978-1-03-294258-2,
523 pages,
Hard Cover
ISBN-10: 1-03-294258-4 |
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| Copyright: |
2025 |
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| Edition: |
31st |
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| Author: |
Shear, Neil H., MD, FRCPC, FACP |
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Specialties:
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Pharmacy
, Pharmacology
, Dermatology |
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| Publisher: |
CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group |
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| List Price: |
$210.00 |
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| Brandon/Hill: |
A version of this title appeared on the final Brandon/Hill list (2003/2004).
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At A Glance
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Litt?s Drug Eruption & Reaction Manual is a succinct reference to give clinicians the essential information for an informed decision about patient management. The full database from which the manual is derived - Litt?s Drug Eruption & Reaction database; www.drugeruptiondata.com - currently holds over 1840 drug profi?les with over 73,700 documented drug reactions, as evidenced by over 158,000 references on PubMed, and is internationally relied upon by medical practitioners for its unparalleled focus on adverse effects and cutaneous reactions.
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Reviewer:
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Patricia Wong,
MD
(Private Practice)
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Score
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Are the author's objectives met? |
10 |
| 1-10 |
Rate the worthiness of those objectives. |
10 |
| 1-5 |
Is this written at an appropriate level? |
5 |
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Is there significant duplication? (1=significant, 5=insignificant) |
5 |
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Are there significant omissions? (1=significant, 5=insignificant) |
5 |
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Rate the authority of the authors. |
5 |
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Are there sufficient illustrations? |
N/A |
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Rate the pedagogic value of the illustrations. |
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Rate the print quality of the illustrations. |
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Are there sufficient references? |
5 |
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Rate the currency of the references. |
4 |
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Rate the pertinence of the references. |
5 |
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Rate the helpfulness of the index. |
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If important in this specialty, rate the physical appearance of the book |
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Is this a worthwhile contribution to the field? |
10 |
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If this is a 2nd or later edition, is this new edition needed? |
10 |
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Reviewer:
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Patricia Wong,
MD
(Private Practice)
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Description
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| This manual is a dermatologic classic and has no rivals. For the first time, purchase of the book includes online drug information which previously required paying for an additional subscription. This is a huge contribution toward facilitating patient care and boosting knowledge about drug-to-drug interactions as well as the risk of a given medication causing a particular dermatitis. |
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Purpose
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| The purpose of this book is to provide the most thorough drug reaction reference possible. The late Dr. Litt and his current medical compatriots continue this incredible tradition of keeping track of all drug interactions and dermatologic and non-dermatologic complications that have been reported in the literature. |
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Audience
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| Although the primary audience for this manual is dermatologists, all physicians will benefit tremendously from purchasing the book which includes the one-year online subscription containing medications not in the published hard copy and referencing all citations with quick links to PubMed articles. |
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Features
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| The book contains two notable omissions: no mention of arthralgia and myalgias associated with dupilumab and tralokinumab and no representation for hyaluronidase. The online database search includes drugs, herbal supplements, and vitamins. Searching for drugs that cause a particular problem (e.g., alopecia, ageusia) causes a list of all the medications that have reported to do so to pop up. Surprisingly, there is an extensive entry for Arsenic, in case you were thinking of prescribing it for malaria or syphilis as they did in the old days along with bloodletting. There is also a free handy email notification service to receive current updates on particular drugs. |
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Assessment
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| This book gets a standing ovation rating from me. I can't imagine being a dermatologist without it. If you are a clinical dermatologist, you should have this book in your medical library. |
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