1. Frequency of Skin Diseases in Dermatology Consultations: Descriptive Research.
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HOSSEIN-NEJAD, Seddigheh, NAHIDI, Yalda, TORABI, Shatila, JARAHI, Lida, HOSSEINI-NEJAD, Masoomeh, and ZAKERI-NASAB, Faezeh
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SKIN diseases , *DERMATOLOGY , *PHYSICIANS , *TEACHING hospitals , *PRIMARY care , *LEUKOCYTOCLASTIC vasculitis - Abstract
Objective: A limited set of common skin problems leads to a disproportionate percentage of consultations that, in addition to the economic burden and cost, will lead to a loss of physician time and confidence in the necessity and importance of counseling, but so far, written documentation. There is no information about the frequency of various skin diseases in hospitalized patients. Therefore, our goal is to investigate the frequency of skin diseases in dermatological consultations requested from other departments of teaching hospitals in Mashhad, Iran. Material and Methods: This cross-sectional was done over six months. We used basic information, including demographic information, cause of hospitalization and primary underlying disease, the reason for consultation, description of skin lesion, diagnosis of the requesting physician, the importance of counseling or the impact of counseling on the treatment process, the preclinical results and the final diagnosis by dermatologist and entered into the checklist. Results: There were 200 patients in this study. The most common skin diseases in the requested consultations were a drug reaction, psoriasis, vasculitis, and dermatitis. Most specialists seeking counseling were internal medicine, rheumatology, and neurology. The consulting physician’s diagnosis was correct in 52 patients. According to the dermatologist, 40 consultations were very important, 129 consultations were important and 31 consultations were insignificant. Conclusion: Our study showed that dermatology consultation was effective in 84.5% of cases in the diagnosis and treatment of patients, and only in 26% of cases, the diagnosis of primary care specialists was correct. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] more...
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- 2023
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