MRSA Clones Identified in Outpatient Dermatology Clinics

Audit of prescribing practices of topical corticosteroids in outpatient dermatology clinics in north Palestine.

To analyse the prescribing pattern of topical corticosteroids, 802 outpatient dermatology prescriptions were randomly collected during June 2003-September 2003 from all the 12 nongovernmental dermatological clinics in north Palestine. Of the 2458 medications prescribed, 616 were topical corticosteroids. In most prescriptions, information about strength, duration of treatment and quantity to be ...

Attitudes towards leprosy in the outpatient population of dermatology clinics in Trinidad.

We interviewed a total of 92 dermatology clinic patients using a brief questionnaire to determine their knowledge, attitudes and beliefs about leprosy. This small survey helped to confirm our suspicions that some knowledge of leprosy is lacking and that much stigma still remains.

[Program for major outpatient surgery in dermatology].

Surgery is an integral part of dermatology practice, one which we use to treat diseases and conditions affecting the skin and soft tissues, including mucosas and skin appendages, whenever those conditions cannot be treated medically and therefore require surgical intervention. Dermatologic surgery comprises 4 general areas: oncologic, general, reconstructive, and cosmetic surgery. Major outpati...

E-Health at Outpatient Clinics in Uganda

Predicting Intermittent Atrial Fibrillation in Outpatient Clinics

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Palpitations are the most common complaint in cardiology outpatient clinics. These palpitations may be derived from paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (AF) and can be easily overlooked. It is unclear whether inter-atrial conduction time (ICT) may predict the paroxysmal AF in out-patients that present with palpitations. We evaluated the ability of the ICT to predict paroxys...