Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on acute dermatology referrals in a secondary and tertiary care Central London hospital. A retrospective comparison review of pre-COVID-19 era and COVID-19 pandemic.
Evangelia PanagouEvdoxia PanouJennifer CrawleyOphelia VeraitchEmma V EdmondsChris B BunkerClaire L Martyn-SimmonsPublished in: Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology : JEADV (2023)
Although Dermatology is largely an outpatient-based specialty, this study shows the demand for urgent Dermatology input the care of sick patients with severe skin diseases and in the management of skin problems in patients admitted or receiving treatment for other diseases. Re-organization of Dermatology services during the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in a marked increase in teleconsultations (28% versus 84.5%) and highlighted the importance of complete skin-directed physical examination by the referring clinician as well as procurement of good quality clinical images.
Keyphrases
- healthcare
- mental health
- soft tissue
- tertiary care
- wound healing
- coronavirus disease
- sars cov
- quality improvement
- primary care
- palliative care
- deep learning
- convolutional neural network
- optical coherence tomography
- emergency department
- pain management
- adverse drug
- aortic dissection
- electronic health record
- clinical evaluation