one year survey of hospitalized psoriatic patients and their treatment in razi hospital

during one year survey, 77 psoriatic patients were hospitalized in the dermatology department of razi hospital. this comprised 19% of admitted patients in this period. 29% (n=22) of psoriatic patients had previous history of hospitalization. on admission, the mean age of patients was 32.8 years, the mean and peak age of disease onset were 26.46 and between 11-20 years, respectively. 14% (n=10) of the patients had a family history of psoriasis and 70% (n=7) of those with a positive family history had their age of onset under 20 years. involvement of different regions was as follows: scalp: 88% (n=68), nails: 53% (n=41) and joints (arthritis): 10% (n=8). psoriasis was associated with scrotal tongue in 19% (n=13) and with geographic tongue in 10% (n=8) of patients. regarding the medical treatment, the drugs which were used most frequently were tigason in 34% (n=41) and ditranol in 22% (n=26) of the cases. the mean duration of hospitalization was 39.29 days and most patients were discharged from the hospital in a good condition without any serious complication. during this period 9% of patients had a relapse of their disease.