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Elderly patient with glucocorticosteroid-induced subcutaneous hematomas: a case study Cover

Elderly patient with glucocorticosteroid-induced subcutaneous hematomas: a case study

Open Access
|Dec 2024

Abstract

This case study focused on a 72-year-old woman with glucocorticosteroid-induced skin complications triggered by therapy for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). She suffers from severe skin thinning, resulting in subcutaneous poorly-healing hematomas caused by minor impacts. Its management is complex due to the patient’s age and comorbidities, which underscores the need for improved approaches to skin preservation in steroid-treated patients.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/bgbl-2024-0022 | Journal eISSN: 2956-6851 | Journal ISSN: 0373-174X
Language: English
Page range: 77 - 82
Published on: Dec 16, 2024
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year

© 2024 Iga Kałka, Karolina Domańska, Krystyna Klahs, Kaja Nieradka, Natalia Piegza, published by The Medical Library named after S. Konopka in Warsaw
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