Paediatric Dermatology

Sue Lewis-Jones (Hon consultant in dermatology, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee), has over 40 years clinical experience in paediatric dermatology. Research interests include Quality of Life (QoL) in children. Co copyright holder of 3 QoL Questionnaires: Children's Dermatology Life Quality Index (CDLQI), Dermatitis Family Index (DFI) and the Infants Dermatology QoL index (IDQoL). Chair of NICE Guideline CG057 for management of atopic eczema in children under 12 and Chair of NICE quality standards for this guideline. Author of many articles and reviews on eczema and QOL in childhood skin diseases. Past Chair of the British Society for Paediatric Dermatology, past Chair of the Scottish Dermatological Society, and past Convenor for Dermatology for the Royal College Paediatrics and Child Health. Past member of Skills for Health Dermatology Strategy Group and development of competences for dermatology. National and international lecturer and Hon lecturer in dermatology University of Addis Ababa. Dr Murphy is a Consultant Dermatologist at Sheffield University Teaching Hospital and the Dental Hospital and Sheffield Children's Hospital. She is a Councillor for the International Psoriasis Council and is a Fellow of the International Society for the Study of Vulvovaginal diseases. She does paediatric clinics at Nottingham University Children's and is Associate Professor of Dermatology in Nottingham from where she continues her research interest in paediatric psoriasis, vulval, and connective tissue disease. She is President of the British Association of Dermatologists and Immediate Past President of the British Society of Paediatric Dermatology. As previous Chair of the Specialty Advisory Committee to the Royal College of Physicians, she has a personal and professional interest in medical Education at all levels and is committed to improving the diagnosis and treatment of children with skin disease.

Section 1: Basics of dermatology
1: Structure and function of the skin
2: The dermatological consultation
3: Dermatological treatments
4: Patterns, shapes, and distribution in skin disease
5: Endocrine dysfunction and the skin
6: Faltering growth and the skin
Section 2: Neonatal
7: Neonatal skin problems
8: Vascular birthmarks
Section 3: Diagnosis by body distribution
9: Skin problems of the face, nose, eyelids, and ears
10: Oral problems
11: Trunk and flexures
12: Hands, feet, and limbs
13: Genital skin disorders
14: Hair and scalp disorders
15: Nail changes
16: Photosensitivity
Section 4: Rashes
17: Eczema and related itchy rashes
18: Acne and acneiform rashes
19: Pustular rashes
20: Papular rashes
21: Urticarial and urticarial-like rashes
22: Psoriasis, red rashes and erythroderma
23: Cutaneous drug reactions
24: Abuse and self-inflicted disease
Section 5: Textural skin changes
25: Blisters
26: Crusts, scabs, and eschars
27: Dry skin disorders
28: Lumps and bumps
29: Changes in skin thickness and elasticity
30: Ulceration of the skin
Section 6: Discolouration of the skin
31: Purple colouration
32: White colouration
33: Brown colouration
34: Moles (melanocytic naevi)
35: Blue, grey, and black colouration
36: Red colouration
37: Yellow or orange colouration
Section 7: Rashes in rheumatology and transplant patients
38: Skin changes associated with rheumatological disease
39: Rashes associated with transplantations