2019
DOI: 10.1111/ijd.14418
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Dermatology inpatient consultations in Latin America: 3‐year experience in our University Hospital setting

Abstract: Background Dermatology patients are mostly seen in outpatient clinics; however, there is a significant need for consultations within the hospital setting. Methods Here we describe the hospital consultations received by the Dermatology Service during a 3‐year period. Results Most of the requested consultations came from the Internal Medicine Department and the surgical departments. The most common encountered dermatoses were drug eruptions and adnexal diseases, followed by viral dermatoses. Conclusions In hospi… Show more

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“…There are various systems and definitions of illness to code for, and variation in the granularity of coding systems creates difficulty comparing results. 13 Nevertheless, worldwide, there are numerous dermatology studies of the characteristics and case mix of inpatients, 14,15 inpatient consults [16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24] and emergency patients. [25][26][27][28] The focus of these studies is on assessing disease case mix by variables such as age, sex and season.…”
Section: Case MIXmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…There are various systems and definitions of illness to code for, and variation in the granularity of coding systems creates difficulty comparing results. 13 Nevertheless, worldwide, there are numerous dermatology studies of the characteristics and case mix of inpatients, 14,15 inpatient consults [16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24] and emergency patients. [25][26][27][28] The focus of these studies is on assessing disease case mix by variables such as age, sex and season.…”
Section: Case MIXmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Nevertheless, worldwide, there are numerous dermatology studies of the characteristics and case mix of inpatients, 14,15 inpatient consults 16–24 and emergency patients 25–28 . The focus of these studies is on assessing disease case mix by variables such as age, sex and season.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Inpatient dermatology consultation is essential training for senior residents and junior attendings in departments of dermatology in China. Although some consultations may be difficult, a wide variety of clinical scenarios can enrich their professional knowledge and broaden their horizons [25]. Residents from other departments can also learn dermatologic knowledge from dermatologists by providing a provisional diagnosis and then following specialist management of the case.…”
Section: Candidiasismentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Se observó un predominio del sexo masculino (57,3 %) frente al femenino (42,7%). Esta distribución se vio reflejada en la mayoría de trabajos previamente publicados, en los que el sexo masculino osciló entre el 51 % y el 60 % [36], [51], [52], [54]- [56], [58], [63], [65]- [68], [73], [79]- [81], conformando un menor número aquellos en los que predominó el sexo femenino [35], [59], [62], [70], [71]. Además, el predominio del sexo masculino se dio en todos los intervalos de edad (< 14, 15-64 y > 65 años).…”
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“…Por el contrario, el estudio realizado en India por Walia y Deb determinó que el servicio con mayor número de IC solicitadas a Dermatología fue Cirugía, seguido de Medicina Interna[64], mientras que en el llevado a cabo por Maza et al en Francia, aunque la mayoría de las IC también procedieron de las especialidades médicas, el servicio que solicitó un mayor número de IC a Estos resultados son el reflejo de la polimedicación de los pacientes ingresados, responsable de las numerosas reacciones cutáneas adversas medicamentosas, así como del encamamiento y la inmovilización mantenidos y del contacto repetido con sábanas, jabones, antisépticos, pañales o adhesivos que podrían favorecer la aparición de eccema e intértrigo durante la hospitalización, contribuyendo a una mayor prevalencia de Álvarez et al en México[52], que correspondió al 12,4 %, seguido en este último estudio de las infecciones virales por herpes y de las dermatofitosis. En el trabajo de Özyurt et al en Turquía[53] los diagnósticos más frecuentes fueron la dermatitis de %) e infecciones por virus herpes simple (5,1 %).…”
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