The importance of the dermatologist at the hospital A importância do dermatologista no ambiente hospitalar

• Main Authors: Luciana Cirillo Maluf Azevedo (Author), Carlos D' Aparecida Santos Machado Filho (Author), Maura Simonetti Junqueira de Andrade (Author), Alessandra Bunemer Nahas (Author), Mellysande Pontes Faccin (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia, 2012-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Skin lesions are often underestimated when patients are hospitalized in clinical or surgical areas. We made weekly visits to Mario Covas State Hospital of Sao Paulo, Brazil, for 35 weeks. Patients answered a questionnaire and underwent skin examination. The skin lesions were photographed. Of the 359...