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TABLE OF CONTENTS
FOREWORD FROM THE AUTHORS
PREFACE
CHAPTER 1: PSORIASIS OVERVIEW
- Introduction
- Course of psoriasis
- Phenotypes of psoriasis
- Spectrum of psoriasis involvement and severity
- Co-morbidities
- Genetics
- Quality of Life
- Approach to a patient with psoriasis
CHAPTER 2: TREATMENT OF PSORIASIS
- Therapeutic goals
- Scope of treatment
- Topical
- Phototherapy
- Systemic biological Agents
- Algorithm for mild psoriasis
- Algorithm for moderate to severe psoriasis
CHAPTER 3: UNDERSTANDING ADHERENCE IN PSORIASIS MANAGEMENT
- Treatment adherence- A critical issue
- Importance of treatment adherence
- Barriers to medication adherence
- Promoting medication adherence
- Factors affecting adherence in patients with psoriasis
- Assessment of adherence to treatment
- Asking the patient about adherence
- Monitoring the patient’s failure to keep appointments
- Lack of therapeutic response and drug level;
- Electronic monitoring (e.g., with medication event monitoring systems)
- Patient preferences
- Physician factors e.g. poor communication
- Impact of co-morbidities
- Cost of treatment
- Quality of life issues
- Third party and government payer impact
CHAPTER 4: PRACTICAL MANAGEMENT OF ADHERENCE IN PSORIASIS
- Interventions to improve medication adherence
- Improving patient physician communication – communicating with the patient
- Multidisciplinary team approach
- Patient education
- The role of nurses and allied health professionals
- Strategies to improve adherence
CHAPTER 5: THE EMERGING ROLE OF TELEMEDICINE IN PSORIASIS MANAGEMENT
- Technical equipment
- Store and forward (S&F) tele-dermatology
- Live video teleconference (VTC) tele-dermatology
- Methodology
- Advantages of telemedicine in patients with psoriasis
CHAPTER 6: Incorporating THE GUIDELINES IN PSORIASIS
- American Academy of Dermatology guidelines
- British Association of Dermatology guidelines
- European S3 guidelines for systemic therapy of psoriasis
- Latin American Guidelines
- Canadian guidelines for plaque psoriasis
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