Sunday, January 15, 2012

Dermatological emergencies: a comparative study of activity in 2000 and 2010

Abstract

Background and objective  Studies of dermatological emergencies (DE) are few. We evaluated the activity in our DE unit in a 1-month retrospective study and compared the results with a similar study performed in the same department in 2000.


Methods  We reviewed the charts of all outpatients seen in the DE unit in January 2010, collecting data on age, sex, place of residence, referral mode, day and hour of consultation, true emergency or non-emergency, diagnosis and follow-up.


Results  In January 2010, we serviced 605 patients (58% males, mean age 40 ± 21 years), 21% more ...

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