Sari Fien1, Brian Berman, Brian Magrane. 1. Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136, and Mariners Hospital, Tavernier, FL, USA. bberman@med.miami.edu
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: 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. DISCUSSION: 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. CONCLUSIONS: 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.
OBJECTIVE: 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. DISCUSSION: 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. CONCLUSIONS: 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.
Authors: Ayush Jain; David Way; Vishakha Gupta; Yi Gao; Guilherme de Oliveira Marinho; Jay Hartford; Rory Sayres; Kimberly Kanada; Clara Eng; Kunal Nagpal; Karen B DeSalvo; Greg S Corrado; Lily Peng; Dale R Webster; R Carter Dunn; David Coz; Susan J Huang; Yun Liu; Peggy Bui; Yuan Liu Journal: JAMA Netw Open Date: 2021-04-01