Textbook of Maritime Medicine

1. 10.10 Gastrointestinal diseases
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2. Re:3.1 Definitions
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... (IMHA). While traditional medical specialties either define themselves by target organs (ENT), a specific set of diseases (infectiology), sex or age of their patients (ObGyn, pediatrics) or their methods ...

3. 13.14 Cooperation with Port Health Authorities
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/13. Port Medicine)

... health services such as: 13.14.1. Notification of disease by shipmasters (Maritime Declaration of Health), granting of “free practice” The International Health Regulations 2005 apply to ships and ...

4. 13.18 Medical Reports
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/13. Port Medicine)

... also can estimate the abilities of the seafarer to return to work. It may also be necessary to report whether a condition holds a risk for the rest of the crew, e.g. in case of infectious disease. In that ...

5. 13.4 Medical Skills of the Port Maritime Physician
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/13. Port Medicine)

... maritime physician. Not only to have an idea about safety and ability to continue work on board, but also to identify aspects of work that may cause injury or disease to a seafarer. Hazard definition and ...

6. 13.9 Preventive Services
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/13. Port Medicine)

... preventative health services to seafarers such as vaccinations or diagnosis or treatment of sexually transmitted diseases to protect the public health. Very rarely the seafarer has qualified access to ...

7. 17 Crisis Intervention
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/17. Crisis intervention)

... disturbing events the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, DSM (1) and the International Classification of Diseases, ICD-10 (2) use the terms traumatic event. Traumatic events have the ...

8. 10.13 Seasickness (Motion sickness)
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/10. Medical Challenges on Board)

... and drug absorption Most importantly sea-sickness may also aggravate chronic illness, such as diabetes, chronic renal disease and other relevant medical conditions.   Table 10.13. 2: Motion sickness: ...

9. 10.12 Diseases and Injuries of the Eyes
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/10. Medical Challenges on Board)

      Introduction   In this chapter we shortly describe the problems of acute diseases and injuries of the eyes at sea. We do not go into details of anatomy or general clinical problems ...

10. 10.3 Disorders of the Skin
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/10. Medical Challenges on Board)

... the context of work. In addition to contact dermatitis/eczema and other, diseases of the skin includinginclude infectious and neoplastic disorders. Skin conditions, or may also occur as part of a more ...

11. 10.11 Sexually transmitted diseases – STD’s
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/10. Medical Challenges on Board)

... occurring in developing countries, in particular sub-Saharan Africa and Asia. STD’s and their complications rank among the top five disease categories in developing countries for which adults seek health ...

12. 11.5 Ship noise and its effects on seafarers’ health
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/11. Maritime occupational Medicine)

...  As fishermen are on board for 24 hours a day over several days, levels that would be considered to be disease-causing in workers on land cannot easily be applied to them. Much also depends on the job ...

13. 10.10 Gastrointestinal Diseases
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/10. Medical Challenges on Board)

      In this chapter a review is presented on the epidemiology of gastrointestinal (GI) diseases in seafaring and of the initial treatment of some serious GI conditions prior to evacuation. The ...

14. 10.6 Burns
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/10. Medical Challenges on Board)

... burn injuries and in particular inconsistent findings regularly need re-evaluation.  Concomitant diseases as diabetes mellitus and obstructive diseases have effects on wound healing and course of ...

15. 1 Preface
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/1. Preface)

... disease from country to country. While this is now less important, infections need to be identified so that their spread on board ship can be minimised – especially from those who handle food or who may ...

16. 15.9 Displaced People and Refugees at Sea
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/15. Shipwreck and Survival at Sea)

... of illness and disease is inadequate sanitation. This is common to displaced persons at sea. -        Inadequate health and trauma care over a prolonged period of time. ...

17. 10.8 Conditions related to Extreme Temperatures
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/10. Medical Challenges on Board)

... to shade. Young and previously healthy seamen may be hit by heat cramps, heat collapse and even fatal heat strokes. Chronic diseases and other pre-existing conditions may although worsen the prognosis. ...

18. 10.2 Soft tissue and joint diseases
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/10. Medical Challenges on Board)

... relating to these diseases. It is perceived by many as difficult to assess the patients and it may take a long time to incorporate the history and examine them. We might even sometimes be in doubt about ...

19. 19.9 References
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/19. Research in Maritime Medicine)

... L., et al., Hospital contacts for chronic diseases among danish seafarers and fishermen: A population-based cohort study. Scand.J PublicHealth, 2007. 35(5): p. 481-489. 8.  Kaerlev, L., et al., Hospital ...

20. 19.4 Research methods
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/19. Research in Maritime Medicine)

... medicine – maritime epidemiology Observational epidemiological studies may be descriptive or analytical. The descriptive epidemiology describes the disease pattern in a well-defined population while ...