title: Anaesthesia and severe skin disease.
abstract: A review of the anaesthetic management of severe skin disease is presented. Erythroderma, urticaria pigmentosa, hereditary angioedema, epidermolysis bullosa, pemphigus, pemphigoid, the Stevens-Johnson syndrome, Behcet's syndrome, scleroderma, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and congenital anhidrotic ectodermal defect are discussed.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000758:Anesthesia; D000799:Angioedema / Q000150:complications; D002648:Child; D003873:Dermatitis, Exfoliative / Q000150:complications; D004535:Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome / Q000150:complications; D004820:Epidermolysis Bullosa / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007430:Intraoperative Care; D008297:Male; D012594:Scleroderma, Localized / Q000150:complications; D012595:Scleroderma, Systemic / Q000150:complications; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D012879:Skin Physiological Phenomena; D014581:Urticaria / Q000150:complications