Analysis of unofficial consultations in a tertiary-level hospital

BACKGROUNDDermatologists are regularly consulted in their place of work by patients without an official appointment (individuals accompanying other patients, doctors from other specialties, hospital workers, etc).OBJECTIVESTo describe the characteristics of consulting patients, reasons for consultat...

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Published inActas dermo-sifiliográficas (English ed.) Vol. 102; no. 10; pp. 805 - 809
Main Authors Almazán-Fernández, F M, Clemente-Ruiz De Almirón, A, Arias-Santiago, S, El-Ahmed, H H, Ruiz-Carrascosa, J C, Naranjo-Sintes, R
Format Journal Article
LanguageSpanish
Published 01.12.2011
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Summary:BACKGROUNDDermatologists are regularly consulted in their place of work by patients without an official appointment (individuals accompanying other patients, doctors from other specialties, hospital workers, etc).OBJECTIVESTo describe the characteristics of consulting patients, reasons for consultation, severity of complaint, diagnostic and therapeutic approach taken, and level of care provided by the consulted professionals.RESULTSThe typical patient would be a middle-aged female nurse consulting for the first time for a benign melanocytic lesion. In general, the dermatologist will take an empirical or informative therapeutic approach and consider the care provided to be similar to that offered to patients with an official appointment.CONCLUSIONSUnofficial appointments, although commonly for trivial complaints, represent an additional workload in daily clinical practice.
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ISSN:1578-2190
DOI:10.1016/j.ad.2011.03.021