Dermatology inpatient care in the U.K.: rarely possible, hard to defend but occasionally essential

Dermatology in the intensive care unit

Background: Considering the prevalence of skin lesions and drug eruptions in intensive care units and the absence of research about it, we decided to study skin lesions of patients admitted in intensive care unit. Patients and Methods: In this descriptive study all patients admitted in intensive care units of Al-Zahra Hospital in Isfahan in 1376-78 were observed and examined by a resident in De...

Pattern of inpatient referrals to dermatology at a tertiary care centre of South Rajasthan

BACKGROUND 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. AIMS The aim of this study was to evaluate the pattern of referrals sent to the dermatology department by other departments. MATERIALS AND METHODS The study included all inpatients referred to dermatology depart...

Providing Safe and Effective Surgical Care During the COVID-19 Outbreak in the UK – Changing Strategies

Essential Paediatric Dermatology

The present book is aimed at general practitioners, paediatricians, and trainee dermatologists, though nurses and senior medical students would also find it helpful and interesting. It provides a concise and up-to-date illustrated account of the clinical features and treatment of the skin conditions which occur in babies and children in the U.K. and all but the very rarest diseases have been in...

Easy to retrieve but hard to believe: metacognitive discounting of the unpleasantly possible.

People who recall or forecast many pleasant moments should perceive themselves as happier in the past or future than people who generate few such moments; the same principle should apply to generating unpleasant moments and perceiving unhappiness. Five studies suggest that this is not always true. Rather, people's metacognitive experience of ease of thought retrieval ("fluency") can affect perc...