Journal article
THE SYSTEMATIC EVALUATION OF THE SKIN IN CHILDREN
The Pediatric clinics of North America, Vol.45(1), pp.49-63
1998
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-3955(05)70582-4
PMID: 9491086
Abstract
Skin disorders are an extremely common complaint in office visits to primary care practitioners. With today's emphasis on cost containment, referral or direct visits by patients to specialists is more difficult, and primary care physicians are asked to diagnose and treat these disorders more often. In a survey of a pediatric outpatient clinic in a teaching center, 24% of visits involved either a primary or secondary skin complaint.
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In that same survey, an additional 7.3% of patients had a skin finding on physical examination. Data obtained from the 1990 National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey indicated that a dermatologic condition was diagnosed in 9.7% of visits in children 18 years or less.
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Other surveys generally support the high frequency of skin disorders seen in the primary care setting and in the emergency room.
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An accurate identification of the key morphologic features of skin lesions is necessary for making the correct diagnosis, communicating with a dermatologist if necessary, and following the evolution of the disorder.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- THE SYSTEMATIC EVALUATION OF THE SKIN IN CHILDREN
- Creators
- Albert J Pomeranz - Departments of Pediatrics (AJP)Janet A Fairley - Dermatology (JAF), Medical College of Wisconsin. Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- The Pediatric clinics of North America, Vol.45(1), pp.49-63
- Publisher
- Elsevier Inc
- DOI
- 10.1016/S0031-3955(05)70582-4
- PMID
- 9491086
- ISSN
- 0031-3955
- eISSN
- 1557-8240
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 1998
- Academic Unit
- Dermatology
- Record Identifier
- 9984025697702771
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