Balai Manisha, Gupta Lalit K, Khare Ashok K, Mittal Asit, Mehta Sharad, Bharti Garima
Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology, R.N.T. Medical College, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India.
Indian Dermatol Online J. 2017 Jan-Feb;8(1):25-28. doi: 10.4103/2229-5178.198759.
Dermatologists besides providing service to patients in the outdoors, also play a vital role in the care of inpatients admitted to dermatology unit and other departments.
The aim of this study was to evaluate the pattern of referrals sent to the dermatology department by other departments.
The study included all inpatients referred to dermatology department of a tertiary care centre of South Rajasthan during a 5-year period from October 2008 to September 2013.
A total of 1560 consultations with 1603 diagnoses were recorded. Most (770; 49.3%) consultations were received from internal medicine, followed by surgery (177; 11.3%), pediatrics (104; 6.7%), psychiatry (86; 5.5%) and gynecology (69; 4.4%) wards. Infectious skin diseases were most common (29.7%) followed by eczema (12.0%) and drug reactions (9.0%).
Dermatology referrals can enhance the dermatological knowledge of non-dermatologists to diagnose and manage common dermatoses thus improving overall patient care.
皮肤科医生除了为门诊患者提供服务外，在皮肤科病房及其他科室住院患者的护理中也发挥着至关重要的作用。
本研究旨在评估其他科室转诊至皮肤科的模式。
本研究纳入了2008年10月至2013年9月期间转诊至拉贾斯坦邦南部一家三级医疗中心皮肤科的所有住院患者。
共记录了1560次会诊，诊断1603例。大多数会诊（770例；49.3%）来自内科，其次是外科（177例；11.3%）、儿科（104例；6.7%）、精神科（86例；5.5%）和妇科（69例；4.4%）病房。感染性皮肤病最为常见（29.7%），其次是湿疹（12.0%）和药物反应（9.0%）。
皮肤科转诊可以增强非皮肤科医生诊断和管理常见皮肤病的知识，从而改善整体患者护理。
