Dermatology inpatient consultations: A retrospective study

Patterns of inpatient dermatology referral and predictors of diagnostic accuracy in non‐dermatologists in a Northern District hospital in Singapore

“…The majority of the dermatological diagnoses encountered in inpatient wards were either cutaneous infections (32.0%, n = 85/266) or endogenous eczema (32.0%, n = 85/266). This finding is similar to those of a few other studies . The combination of endogenous eczema plus any form of secondary bacterial infection accounted for 8.6% of all diagnoses ( n = 23/266) and may represent an important indicator of how some patients with eczema present to the dermatologist.…”

Dermatology In-Patients in a University Teaching Hospital

“…Our review of in-patient dermatology consultations differed from the study made by Bauer et al [4] In our study, the patients who requested consultation were over 60 years of age (33.7%); similar results determined as in theirs (35%).…”

“…In this study, internal medicine was the most frequent requesting service like in other studies [3][4][5] followed by pediatrics and neurology.…”

Which Dermatological Conditions Present to an Emergency Department in Australia?

“…However, the prevalence of cellulitis may be misleading, as multiple studies have reported high rates of misdiagnosis of cellulitis in ED due the lack of familiarity with more specific dermatological diagnoses such as lipodermatosclerosis and contact dermatitis. In a retrospective study of 196 inpatient dermatology consults [11], a third of patients consulted for cellulitis had a cutaneous mimicker. Similarly, David et al [12] demonstrated a misdiagnosis rate of 28% for cellulitis cases following review by a Dermatologist and Infectious Diseases specialist.…”