Travel Medicine

• Section 1: Practice of Travel Medicine1. Introduction to Travel Medicine2. Epidemiology: Morbidity and Mortality in Travelers3. Starting, Organizing and Marketing a Travel Clinic4. Pre-travel ConsultationSection 2: The Pre-Travel Consultation5. Water Disinfection for International Travelers6. Insect Protection7. Pre-travel Considerations for Non-Vaccine-Preventable Travel Infections8. Travel Medicine KitsSection 3: Immunization9. Principles of Immunization10. Routine Adult Vaccines11. Routine Travel Vaccines: Hepatitis A and B, Typhoid12. Recommended/Required Travel Vaccines13. Pediatric Travel VaccinationsSection 4: Malaria14. Malaria: Epidemiology and Risk to the Traveler15. Malaria Chemoprophylaxis16. Self-Diagnosis and Self-Treatment of Malaria by the Traveler17. Approach to Patient with MalariaSection 5: Travelers' Diarrhea18. Epidemiology of Travelers' Diarrhea19. Prevention of Travelers' Diarrhea20. Clinical Presentation and Management of Travelers' Diarrhea21. Persistent Gastrointestinal Symptoms in the Ill-Returning TravelerSection 6: Travelers with Special Needs22. The Pregnant and Breastfeeding Traveler23. The Pediatric and Adolescent Traveler24. The Older Traveler25. The Physically Challenged Traveller26. The Traveler with Pre-Existing Disease27. The Immunocompromised Traveller28. The Traveler with HIV29. The Business Traveler30. The VIP Traveler: Mission-Oriented Travel Medicine 31. Health Aspects of International Adoption32. Visiting Friends and RelativesSection 7: Travelers with Special Itineraries33. Expatriates: Corporate, Missionary and Volunteer34. The Migrant Traveler35. Humanitarian Aid Workers36. The Deployed Military: Medical Readiness and Travel-Related Health Issues37. Expedition Medicine38. Ecotourism39. Medical Tourism40. Cruise Ship Travel41. Mass GatheringsSection 8: Environmental Aspects of Travel Medicine42. High-Altitude Medicine43. Diving Medicine44. Extremes of Temperature and Hydration45. Jet Lag46. Motion Sickness47. The Aircraft Cabin EnvironmentSection 9: Health Problems While Traveling48. Bites, Stings, and Envenoming Injuries49. Seafood Poisining50. Injuries and Injury Prevention51. Mental Health Issues of Travelers52. Travelers' Thrombosis53. Healthcare Abroad54. Personal Security and Crime AvoidanceSection 10: Post-Travel55. Post-travel Screening56. Fever in Returned Travelers57. Skin Diseases58. Eosinophilia59. Respiratory InfectionsAppendixSources of Travel Medicine Information

"The chapters are full of excellent tables clearly delineating important elements, including many algorithms describing the approach to specific problems." -Winnie W Ooi, MD, MPH, DMD (Harvard Medical School) Doody's Score: 91-4 Stars!