Zeinab Aryanian; Azar Shirzadian; Faezeh Bakhshinasab; Soheil Ebrahim Pour; Arefeh Babazadeh; Zeinab Mohseni Afshar; Azadeh Goodarzi; Zahra Nikyar; Parvaneh Hatami
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Background: During the recent coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, we witnessed an increased incidence of contact dermatitis in the hands and other body areas of healthcare workers secondary to using antiseptics and personal protective equipment. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence ...
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Background: During the recent coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, we witnessed an increased incidence of contact dermatitis in the hands and other body areas of healthcare workers secondary to using antiseptics and personal protective equipment. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of skin lesions in healthcare workers in hospitals affiliated with Babol University of Medical Sciences during the COVID-19 pandemic.Methods: In a cross-sectional study, the healthcare workers of Ayatollah Rouhani, Shahid Yahya Nejad, and Shahid Beheshti hospitals in Babol, Iran, were asked to fill out information collection forms about cutaneous lesions during the COVID-19 pandemic.Results: Three hundred healthcare workers were included in the study. Skin lesions were seen in 240 patients (80%), and the hands were the most common site of involvement (36.7%). Skin lesions in healthcare workers had no statistically significant relationship with the variables of age (P = 0.84), sex (P = 0.52), and COVID-19-dedicated wards (P = 0.16). However, skin lesions were more common in those with more working hours (P = 0.01) and increased handwashing frequency (P < 0.001).Conclusion: The present study showed a high prevalence of skin lesions among hospital healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore, preventive measures are recommended.
Alireza Khatami; Pegeen Walsh
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The World Health Organization characterized the outbreak of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), as a pandemic on March 11, 2020. According to official reports, over 12,300,000 individuals have caught the disease globally ...
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The World Health Organization characterized the outbreak of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), as a pandemic on March 11, 2020. According to official reports, over 12,300,000 individuals have caught the disease globally over the past six months. Like many other professions, the disease has affected private and academic dermatology practices around the world. The disease has diverse and extensive skin manifestations with implications for dermatology education and research. Some other issues that may concern dermatologists during the pandemic include ethics pertaining to the optimal use of scarce resources like certain drugs and personal protective equipment as well as surcharging patients and the potential of increasing the size of the preexisting health inequity gap. Considering all these issues, discussing the ethical aspects of dermatology, i.e., dermatoethics, during this pandemic is critical. Herein, we review the four basic biomedical ethics principles of autonomy, beneficence, non-maleficence, and justice in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.
R Yaghoobi; N Sina; SM Latifi
Volume 5, Issue 3 , 2002, , Pages 29-34
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Background: There are several reports of different cutaneous manifestations in patients with chronic renal failure (CRF) managed by repeated hemodialysis, in the literature. Objective: This study was conducted to evaluate the prevalence of skin manifestations in patients suffering from CRF who are on ...
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Background: There are several reports of different cutaneous manifestations in patients with chronic renal failure (CRF) managed by repeated hemodialysis, in the literature. Objective: This study was conducted to evaluate the prevalence of skin manifestations in patients suffering from CRF who are on long-term hemodialysis. Patients and Methods: The skin manifestations of 108 CRF patients who underwent hemodialysis in Hemodialysis Center of Ahwaz University of Medical Sciences during the years 2000-2001 were studied by a dermatologist. The duration of dialysis in these patients was between 15 days and 101 months (Mean: 17.04 mo.). Results: All of the patients had at least one cutaneous sign or symptom. The most common finding was skin discoloration (77.7%). Other findings were nail changes (75%), xerosis (60.1%), Pruritus (58.3%), ecchymosis (25.9%) and acquired perforating disorder (1.8%). There was no significant correlation between these findings and sex, age, duration of dialysis and underlying disease. Conclusion: Cutaneous manifestations are common findings among CRF patients who are on long-term hemodialysis and dialysis possibly can affect the frequency of these findings.
