Dermatológia pre prax 2/2014
Clinical scoring systems in the dermatovenerology
One of the main parts of dermatology practice is the assessment of the degree of severity of skin disorders and their activity in time. Clinical scoring systems are relatively quick method effective in monitoring the course of disease and efficacy of initiated treatment. Since this is a simple non-invasive test it is very well accepted by patients. They are based on the assessment of each criterion and assigned points and then calculating the index. To speed up the calculation, it is possible to use different scoring calculators.
Keywords: clinical scoring systems, atopic dermatitis, SCORAD, psoriasis, PASI.
