Publications by authors named "Hector Fuenzalida"
Article Synopsis
- Early diagnosis and timely referrals are essential for improving skin cancer outcomes, and teledermatology (TD) can help streamline the referral process.
- A study analyzed data from 20,522 teleinterconsultations in Chile, finding that 1,853 raised suspicion for skin cancer, with average referral times significantly exceeding recommended guidelines.
- The research highlights the variability in waiting times across different healthcare facilities and regions, stressing the need for standardized protocols to reduce delays in skin cancer diagnosis and treatment.
Chile is a country where teledermatology has been growing exponentially since the implementation of a single national asynchronous teledermatology platform for the public system in December 2018. To ensure the quality of care in teledermatology systems, it is crucial to evaluate the fulfillment of basic specifiers such as ICD-Diagnosis, therapeutic suggestions, and diagnostic suggestions, among others. This article aims to evaluate the teledermatology system of the Chilean public health service by analyzing 243 randomly extracted consultations, representative of the 20,716 electronic consultations performed during 2020.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Hydrating and emollient products are often recommended to patients under isotretinoin therapy to control the most frequent mucocutaneous side effects and to improve adherence to treatment.
Aims: To assess, using noninvasive biophysical tests, the clinical and instrumental effectiveness of a hydrating gel-cream compared with placebo as an adjuvant to isotretinoin for treatment of facial skin in patients with inflammatory acne.
Methods: Prospective, double-blind, randomized study, using MULTI SKIN MC750, on the adjuvant effect of a hydrating gel-cream for acne (active product) vs.