MONKEYPOX and COVID-19 Medical and Inpatient Dermatology Resources -

Thank you for the robust turnout out our first COVID-19 mini-symposium. We had consistently ~500 active participants and over 560 unique log-ins, and a wide-ranging discussion about Covid-19 skin manifestations, management of inpatient and urgent outpatient conditions, and considerations re: immunosuppressives in the pandemic era.

We are proud to announce a second MDS/SDH joint COVID-19 mini-symposium based on the most common questions that arose out of the prior meeting. We hope you will join us for our second virtual mini-symposium via Zoom (hosted by Harvard).

~~ April 27, 2020 ~~

Medical Dermatology Society & Society of Dermatology Hospitalists COVID-19 Mini-symposium I

Thursday, April 30, 2020

7:00-8:30 pm Eastern / 6:00-7:30 pm Central / 5:00-6:30 pm Mountain / 4:00-5:30 pm Pacific

The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically, rapidly altered the world, including the practice of dermatology. The MDS/SDH COVID-19 Joint Task Force has heard from members a request for updates regarding cutaneous issues in patients with COVID-19, particularly on those issues pertaining to the care of hospitalized patients, skin findings in patients with COVID-19, and the management of immunosuppressive agents during the time of COVID-19.

~~ April 15, 2020 ~~

MDS/SDH AHTF Updates on Skin Findings of COVID-19 and COVID Registries

We hope you and your families are well. In an ongoing effort to provide you with useful resources during the COVID-19 pandemic, we would like to highlight the following:

Cutaneous Involvement in COVID: Manifestations and Workup

Increasingly, dermatologists caring for patients with COVID in the United States and abroad have recognized cutaneous manifestations occurring in these patients. Whether these are directly virally-mediated or an immunologic response to infection remains to be elucidated.

Thus far, the following cutaneous manifestations have been reported

Morbilliform exanthem (may occur at any time in the disease course, nonspecific)
Urticaria
Livedoid eruption
Retiform purpura in acral locations and on buttocks
Pernio like lesions on fingers and toes
- Seems more common in children and young adults (including late)
- Covid PCR may be negative depending on time of presentation

AAD COVID-19 Dermatology Registry

The AAD has launched an international registry to track patients who

Are diagnosed with (or suspected of having) COVID and have dermatologic manifestations, or
Have underlying dermatologic disease and become diagnosed with COVID-19
Any healthcare provider can enter cases. via the link to the registry
- - https://www.aad.org/member/practice/coronavirus/registry
Click to review the email from the AAD regarding the AAD COVID-19 Registry

Hidradenitis Suppurativa COVID Registry

The Global HS COVID Registry has been launched as an international collaborative effort to improve the care of hidradenitis suppurativa patients during the COVID-19 global crisis by capturing data on risks, treatments and outcomes of pediatric and adult COVID-19-infected HS patients
The registry is looking for confirmed COVID-19 cases a minimum of 7 days after COVID-19 diagnosis to study outcomes. Link: https://hscovid.ucsf.edu

We appreciate the feedback we have received to our sharing of resources , and look forward to continue to hear from you at any time.

~~ March 30, 2020 ~~

As COVID-19 has dramatically escalated in its impact across the country over the last several weeks and upended the practice of medicine in multiple ways, we seek to be a resource for our membership during this challenging time. Recognizing that members of the MDS and SDH take care of some of the sickest and most complex patients within our specialty, we sought to identify resources to aid our members in tackling several patient- and practice-level questions related to medical and inpatient dermatology. We realize that during this period there is a constant flow of new and rapidly changing information. While we will endeavor to keep our recommendations up-to-date, we encourage members to refer to cdc.gov, the AAD member site, and state and local guidelines for information specific to your particular location.

We formed a MDS/SDH COVID-19 Task Force to review and collect information to share with you. We have compiled the following resources which may help with patient care in the coming weeks:

An approach to systemic therapeutics in the era of COVID
An approach to triaging inpatient consults
An approach to triaging urgent and non-urgent outpatients
A list of conditions to consider for in-person or urgent evaluation
An email that can be customized to send to patients on systemic therapeutics

Links to resources can be found below, and as additional information becomes available, we will continue to share resources with you.

Finally, we wish all our members good health and safety as you continue to care for patients in great need of your expertise, insights, and compassion.