The Multifaceted Engagement of the Dermatologist in the Covid-19 Pandemic

Dermatologists worldwide are engaged in the struggle against Covid-19. They limited their daily activity to priority cases, intending to reduce the exposure of patients in the waiting room. Teledermatology was recommended as an efficient alternative to assure patients’ needs and safety. At the same...

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Autores principales: Soutou, Boutros, Tomb, Roland
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer International Publishing 2020
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Covid-19
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7373845/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32838174
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s42399-020-00423-9
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description Dermatologists worldwide are engaged in the struggle against Covid-19. They limited their daily activity to priority cases, intending to reduce the exposure of patients in the waiting room. Teledermatology was recommended as an efficient alternative to assure patients’ needs and safety. At the same time, dermatologists had to manage the skin injuries of frontline healthcare workers; to characterize the cutaneous manifestations of Covid-19; to assess the optimal treatment of patients with skin diseases, especially those taking immunomodulating and immunosuppressant molecules; and finally to promote balanced precautions in healthy persons.
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spelling pubmed-73738452020-07-22 The Multifaceted Engagement of the Dermatologist in the Covid-19 Pandemic Soutou, Boutros Tomb, Roland SN Compr Clin Med Covid-19 Dermatologists worldwide are engaged in the struggle against Covid-19. They limited their daily activity to priority cases, intending to reduce the exposure of patients in the waiting room. Teledermatology was recommended as an efficient alternative to assure patients’ needs and safety. At the same time, dermatologists had to manage the skin injuries of frontline healthcare workers; to characterize the cutaneous manifestations of Covid-19; to assess the optimal treatment of patients with skin diseases, especially those taking immunomodulating and immunosuppressant molecules; and finally to promote balanced precautions in healthy persons. Springer International Publishing 2020-07-22 2020 /pmc/articles/PMC7373845/ /pubmed/32838174 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s42399-020-00423-9 Text en © Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic.
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