Open AccessAn observational study to describe the clinical pattern of dermatological emergencies from emergency department and intensive care unit: Our experience from a tertiary care hospital in Northern India
Author(s) -
Debdeep Mitra,
Ajay Chopra,
Neerja Saraswat,
Reetu Agarwal,
Sushil Kumar
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
indian dermatology online journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-5673
pISSN - 2229-5178
DOI - 10.4103/idoj.idoj_318_18
Subject(s) - medicine , observational study , emergency department , tertiary care , intensive care unit , medical emergency , emergency medicine , unit (ring theory) , intensive care medicine , nursing , pathology , mathematics education , mathematics
A large number of skin diseases have the potential to culminate into potentially fatal "acute skin failure." The concept of dermatological intensive care unit (ICU) has largely evolved as a result of increased number of emergencies encountered by dermatologists these days. Dermatological emergencies comprise 8-20% of cases presenting to the emergency department. A wide variety of these conditions require a collective effort by intensivists, surgeons, physicians, and nursing staff in association with the treating dermatologist to reduce the associated mortality and morbidity. Dermatology ICU along with state-of-the-art nursing care is required to manage these cases, which result in acute skin failure.