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Skin Disease in a Primary Care Practice

2005; Wiley; Volume: 4; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1111/j.1540-9740.2005.04267.x

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Fieri Sari, Berman Brian, Magrane Brian,

Fungal Infections and Studies

Family medicine physicians treat a large amount of skin disease. Yet, information is lacking regarding which dermatologic disorders are more likely to present to a family medicine physician. Therefore, we performed a chart review at a family medicine private practice in Islamorada, FL, to determine the percentage of patients presenting with dermatologic disease and to identify the most common diseases encountered.On 12 office days in May 2004 to June 2004, 21% of patients seen by a family medicine physician had at least one skin problem, which was the chief complaint 72.2% of the time.Infectious etiology and inflammatory conditions accounted for the majority of skin disease diagnosed by the physician. Geography and demographics are of great importance when considering which dermatologic diseases are most likely to present to a given physician.