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Medicina (Buenos Aires)

versión impresa ISSN 0025-7680versión On-line ISSN 1669-9106

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DEBERNARDI, María Emilia et al. Teledermatology during de COVID-19 pandemic in a public hospital. Medicina (B. Aires) [online]. 2020, vol.80, suppl.6, pp.18-24. ISSN 0025-7680.

Telemedicine refers to the use of information and communication technologies to provide health care. Dermatology is particularly suited for this virtual modality. The COVID-19 pandemic significantly increased the use of telemedicine worldwide which has demonstrated to be useful in promoting social distancing and in avoiding the overload of the healthcare system. This is an observational study about the use of teledermatology during the pandemic in the area of connective tissue diseases in a public hospital in Buenos Aires City. The main objective was to assess if teledermatology is useful to resolve patient’s consultation and thus to avoid the referral to the hospital. There were 120 teledermatological consultations included, from which 93.3% were made by women. The average age was 38.4 years. The 57.5% of the consultations were from patients of the outskirts of Buenos Aires and 33.3% from Buenos Aires City. The 47.5% of consultations were from patients with no medical insurance. Of the total, 17 (14.2%) required referral to a health center. Most of the consultations were follow-up´s and in a lower percentage, due to reactivation of the underlying disease or another reason. Patients who completed the survey reported not having difficulties and were able to resolve their consultations through virtual care. Doctors involved in this study were totally satisfied with the experience and they felt that teledermatology was a valid resource to continue with their medical training and would choose to use it in the near future.

Palabras clave : Telemedicine; Telehealth; COVID-19; Dermatology; Connective tissue diseases; Immunosuppression.

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