Pediatric teledermatology: Observations based on 429 consults

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 61-66

  Chen, Tina S ^a   Goldyne, Marc E ^b   Mathes, Erin F D ^b   Frieden, Ilona J ^b   Gilliam, Amy E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

diagnosis; management; pediatric; store and forward; teledermatology

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTIPRURITIC AGENT; CALCINEURIN INHIBITOR; CEFALEXIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DERMATOLOGICAL AGENT; ERYTHROMYCIN; STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ALOPECIA AREATA; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CANDIDIASIS; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSULTATION; CONTACT DERMATITIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DERMATITIS; DERMATOMYCOSIS; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE DURATION; ECZEMA; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; ERYTHEMA STREPTOGENES; FEMALE; FOLLICULITIS; GRANULOMA ANNULARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEMANGIOMA; HUMAN; IMPETIGO; INFANT; INSECT BITE; LICHEN STRIATUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; MOLLUSCUM CONTAGIOSUM; NEVUS; NEWBORN; NUMMULAR DERMATITIS; OBSERVATION; PEDIATRICS; PIGMENT DISORDER; PITYRIASIS; PITYRIASIS ROSEA; POSTINFLAMMATORY PIGMENT ALTERATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; RETREATMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCABIES; SCHOOL CHILD; SEBORRHEIC DERMATITIS; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; SYSTEMIC THERAPY; TELEDERMATOLOGY; TINEA CAPITIS; TINEA CORPORIS; TINEA VERSICOLOR; VERRUCA VULGARIS; XERODERMA;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REMOTE CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 71649111666     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2009.05.039     Document Type: Article

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