Travel medicine / edited by Jay S. Keystone [and others]

Includes bibliographical references and index

Practice of travel medicine -- Introduction to travel medicine -- Epidemiology: morbidity and mortality in travelers -- Starting, organizing, and marketing a travel clinic -- Sources of travel medicine information -- Pre-travel consultation -- Structure and organization of the pre-travel consultation and general advice for travelers -- Water disinfection for international travelers -- Insect protection -- Travel health and medical kits -- Immunization -- Principles of immunization -- Immunization of healthy adults -- Pediatric travel vaccinations -- Malaria -- Malaria: epidemiology and risk to the traveler -- Malaria chemoprophylaxis -- Self-diagnosis and self-treatment of malaria by the traveler -- Approach to the patient with malaria -- Travelers' diarrhea -- Epidemiology of travelers' diarrhea -- Prevention of travelers' diarrhea -- Clinical presentation and management of travelers' diarrhea -- Treatment of travelers' diarrhea -- Travelers with special needs -- Pregnant and breast-feeding traveler -- Pediatric, neonatal, and adolescent travelers -- Elderly -- Disabled -- Travelers with pre-existing disease -- Preparation of immunocompromised travelers -- Traveler with HIV -- Short-term corporate traveler: health as a key to success -- International adoption -- Visiting friends and relatives -- Travelers with special itineraries -- Expatriates -- Expedition medicine -- Remote destinations -- Health-seeking traveler -- Cruise ship travel -- Psychological aspects of travel medicine -- Fear of flying: aviophobia -- Psychiatric disorders and psychiatric emergencies overseas -- Cultural adaptation -- Re-entry after long-term travel or living abroad -- Environmental aspects of travel medicine -- High-altitude medicine -- Diving and marine medicine -- Extremes of temperature and hydration -- Sun-associated problems -- Jet lag -- Motion sickness -- Environmental issues in travel medicine -- Aircraft cabin environment -- Health problems while traveling -- Bites, stings, and envenoming injuries -- Food-borne illness -- Injuries and injury prevention -- Healthcare abroad -- Personal security and crime avoidance -- Post-travel care -- Post-travel screening -- Fever -- Skin diseases -- Persistent travelers' diarrhea -- Eosinophilia -- Respiratory diseases -- Body of knowledge for the practice of travel medicine -- Glossary of tropical diseases for the travel medicine practitioner

The second edition of this text features a team of international experts who discuss all aspects of travel medicinefrom immunizations and pre-travel advice for adults and children to the latest information on cruise travel, bird flu, and SARS to the essentials of post-travel screening. It reflects current best practices and is a leading comprehensive reference text on the principles and practice of travel medicine and a rich resource of practical guidance that you can use daily. Discusses common travel illnesses, including travelers diarrhea and malaria to help you treat whatever you see. Provides cross references for the ISTM body of knowledge to specific chapters and/or passages in the book to help you prepare for the ISTM travel medicine examination. Uses a new logical organization that speeds you to the information you need. Provides cross references for the ISTM body of knowledge to specific chapters and/or passages in the book to help you prepare for the ISTM travel medi