PATTERNS OF PAEDIATRIC DERMATOSES AT A TERTIARY CARE CENTRE IN UTTARAKHAND
Journal Title: Journal of Evidence Based Medicine and Healthcare - Year 2016, Vol 3, Issue 12
Abstract
BACKGROUND Incidence of pediatric dermatoses is on the rise with one third of all out patient dermatology attendees being children. However there is lack of studies on pediatric dermatoses patterns in different regions of the country. AIMS This study was aimed to know the patterns of dermatoses in children in sub Himalayan region of Uttarakhand. METHODS & MATERIALS This was a retrospective study where data of all the children presenting to dermatology outpatient department between September 2014 to August 2015 was analyzed. A total of 1012 pediatric patients were included in the study and diagnosis was made on clinical grounds and relevant investigations. RESULTS Infections and infestations (50.9%) were the commonest dermatoses in our study. This was followed by other non-infective dermatoses like dermatitis (16.9%), pigmentary disorders (9.7%), papulo-squamous disorders (4.0%), hair disorders (4.0%), acne (3.5%), genetic disorders (0.19%), Hemangiomas (0.19%) and others (10.3%). CONCLUSION Skin infections are still the main cause of dermatological consultation in children and further studies should be conducted to know the differences in clinical patterns of various dermatoses in different regions.
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Samarjit Roy, Rashmi Jindal, Ena Jain
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