Dirr, McKenzie A Alam, Murad Apfelbacher, Christian Drewitz, Karl-Philipp Kang, Bianca Y Munblit, Daniel Nekliudov, Nikita Seylanova, Nina
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A COS is a systematically developed list of outcomes recommended for reporting all studies within a particular disease area. The Cochrane Skin-Core Outcome Set Initiative (CS-COUSIN) and the Core Outcome Measures in Food Allergy (COMFA) Initiative Joint Meeting was held virtually on September 23 through 28, 2021. This meeting brought together core ...
Cwalina, Thomas B Jella, Tarun K Tripathi, Raghav Carroll, Bryan T
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Financial stress among skin cancer patients may limit treatment efficacy by forcing the postponement of care or decreasing adherence to dermatologist recommendations. Limited information is available quantifying the anxiety experienced by skin cancer patients from both healthcare and non-healthcare factors. Therefore, the present study sought to pe...
Davis Rebekah, A Lee Kachiu, C Lee Ivy, A Levin Yakir, S Garibyan, Lilit
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To identify and solve unmet needs and bring new therapies to patients, clinicians at all levels must engage in innovation. The Magic Wand Initiative, a program based at Massachusetts General Hospital-Wellman Center for Photomedicine, created a 10-months course called the Virtual Magic Wand (VMW) program that is a curriculum that teaches the biomedi...
Ortiz-Álvarez, Juan Hernández-Rodríguez, Juan Carlos Durán-Romero, Antonio José Conejo-Mir Sánchez, Julián Pereyra-Rodríguez, José Juan Osorio-Gómez, Giovana Fernanda
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Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) is a disorder that can lead to serious sequelae and important comorbidities. It has been associated with different mental health conditions, such as depression, anxiety or completed suicide. The objective is to analyze the suicide risk (SR) among patients in a monographic HS consultation, as well as to establish indivi...
Us Altay, Diler Onder, Sevda Etgu, Fatma Uner, Abdullah Noyan, Tevfik
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Chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU) is an important dermatological disease involving severe itchy urticaria lesions and/or angioedema. Urticaria and angioedema occur in the community at a rate of 25-30%. Many factors, such as inflammation, have been implicated in the etiology of CSU. Irisin is a newly identified adipocytokine shown by research to e...
Duan, Grace Y Ruiz de Luzuriaga, Arlene M
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Systemic isotretinoin is a highly effective treatment for severe and refractory acne but carries risk for serious adverse effects such as teratogenicity. The risk mitigation system used in the United States, iPLEDGE, requires all patients on isotretinoin therapy to complete monthly tasks including follow-up visits with their prescriber, and patient...
Wyant, W Austin Elman, Scott A Nambudiri, Vinod E
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With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the dermatology residency application process rapidly transitioned in a number of dimensions. As in-person activities were canceled and USMLE Step 1 has become pass/fail, there have been several proposed changes to enhance the process, including a push for increased transparency. Given than most dermatology ...
Keim, Catherine K Schwartz, Robert A Kapila, Rajendra
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Levamisole exposure in cocaine users is a well-recognized cause of retiform purpura, a distinctive net-like maculopapular patch. Prolonged exposure to levamisole can lead to a serious systemic syndrome known as levamisole-induced vasculitis, most commonly involving the kidneys and lungs. More recently, retiform purpura has been observed in patients...
Raza, Sami Ali, Faisal Al-Niaimi, Firas
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Ultrasound has long been a diagnostic staple throughout medicine, with extensive use in orthopaedics and obstetrics. In this review, we find there are a range of versatile uses for diagnostic ultrasound in dermatology, with particular clinical relevance in the imaging of skin tumours. Our review outlines that diagnostic ultrasound can play an impor...
de Wijs, Linde E M van Egmond, Sven Devillers, Arjan C A Nijsten, Tamar Hijnen, DirkJan Lugtenberg, Marjolein
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To optimally tailor atopic dermatitis (AD) care to patients' needs, especially considering the many emerging therapeutic options, insight into patients' needs and preferences regarding AD care is needed. To explore patients' needs and preferences regarding AD care, a qualitative study consisting of three focus groups with a total of 20 adult AD pat...
