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Contact dermatitis in a spinal injuries centre
Author(s) -
Walshe Margaret M.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
contact dermatitis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.524
H-Index - 96
eISSN - 1600-0536
pISSN - 0105-1873
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0536.1975.tb05301.x
Subject(s) - medicine , pressure sores , incidence (geometry) , patch testing , contact dermatitis , patch test , dermatology , surgery , allergy , physics , optics , immunology
A routine patch testing survey earned out on 122 patients in the National Spinal Injuries Centre at Stoke Mandeville Hospital showed that 40.1 % of the patients studied gave positive patch test results to medicaments and other topical applications. The incidence of positive results was higher in patients with a history of pressure sores (45.1 %) than in those who had never had sores (33.3 %). The significance of these results is discussed.