Our study reiterates the importance of inpatient medical dermatology in terms of both service and education. There should be continual efforts to ensure that dermatologists have the highest level of training and experience in medical dermatology, to provide collaborative optimum care for hospitalized patients with dermatological diseases.

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where there is less evidence of altered drug pharmacokinetics, including for the use of lipid-lowering agents. The efficacy of statins on low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) reduction at any given dose appears broadly similar among individuals of Asian vs. other backgrounds, 3 although a A sian patients are commonly treated with lower doses of pharmacological agents than are Western patients. The importance has been well documented for use of certain β-blockers and anesthetic agents, where genetic traits influence drug metabolism and significantly slow drug clearance in Asian populations, hence modifying the dose-effect relationship. 1-3 However, a pattern of prescribing reduced doses has also occurred for other agents Editorial p ????