ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND: In March 2020, social isolation measures were imposed in Brazil to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), requiring health services to implement contingency plans. The main objective of the study was to verify the status of the disease, self-reported by patients who discontinued phototherapy, during a period of social isolation. METHODS: All patients receiving phototherapy at the Santa Casa de Porto Alegre, Brazil, prior to the implementation of social distancing measures were eligible for inclusion in the study. 86 patients answered a questionnaire during a medical evaluation. RESULTS: 95% of patients who stopped phototherapy reported a worsening of disease status. Only 19% of patients continued to attend phototherapy sessions during the social isolation period. CONCLUSION: The COVID-19 pandemic led most patients to stop phototherapy, resulting in the perception of increased disease severity in an outpatient sample in southern Brazil.
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COVID-19 , Phototherapy , Treatment Refusal , Brazil/epidemiology , COVID-19/epidemiology , COVID-19/prevention & control , Cross-Sectional Studies , Female , Humans , Lymphoma, T-Cell, Cutaneous/epidemiology , Lymphoma, T-Cell, Cutaneous/therapy , Male , Psoriasis/epidemiology , Psoriasis/therapy , Severity of Illness Index , Social Isolation , Surveys and Questionnaires , Vitiligo/epidemiology , Vitiligo/therapyABSTRACT
A fototerapia é uma importante modalidade terapêutica utilizada na dermatologia, que se baseia no controle ou regressão de diversas dermatoses através da interação entre a radiação ultravioleta e a pele. Este artigo versará sobre o conceito de fototerapia, as fontes de radiação ultravioleta, a fotobiologia, os tipos, as indicações, os efeitos adversos e as contra-indicações desse tratamento.
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Phototherapy , Phototherapy/adverse effects , Photobiology , Photochemotherapy , Phototherapy , PUVA Therapy , Skin Diseases , Ultraviolet Rays , Uses of RadiationABSTRACT
Os autores estabeleceram um modelo matemático que representa o comportamento da utilizaçäo da glicose pelos eritrócitos na ausência e na presença de azul-de-metileno.
