Systemic treatment of severe adult Atopic dermatitis in clinical practice: Analysis of prescribing pattern in a cohort of 241 patients

Abstract

Adult Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a chronic, inflammatory skin disease which may severely impact quality of life. In patients with moderate to severe AD, major defects in skin barrier function and structure have been observed in both non lesional and lesional skin (1).Systemic treatment should be considered in patients who cannot be managed with topical therapies(2). The Guidelines do not give clear recommendations regarding which agents to use first based upon the benefits and risks of available systemic treatments(3). The objective of our study was to evaluate the prescribing patterns of systemic treatments inpatients with severe AD who attended a day care center and the inpatient department of a tertiary care center.Adult patients with severe AD were defined as patients who had uncontrolled AD requiring admission to the day care center or the inpatient hospitalisation unit.

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