PsoriasisCalc for Android

11 things about PsoriasisCalc

1. The calculation is performed for each affected part of the body, by direct estimation or using the rule of the palm (1 patient palm, including palm and fingers represents 1% of his/her body surface).

2. It is based on the study performed by the Spanish Group for the Study of Psoriasis which, after conducting an exhaustive synthesis of the literature so far, proposed a practical decisión algorithm.

3. The severity calculation is performed separately: the head including neck, trunk, the upper limbs and lower limbs including the buttocks.

4. * NAPSI: The signs of psoriasis disease in the nail bed and/or nail matrix are easily registered in a four quadrant scheme of each nail.

5. * PASI: This is a classic scale assessment of the severity of psoriasis developed in 1978.

6. * COMORBIDITIES: This functionality is designed to facilitate the detection of the most common comorbidities of patients with psoriasis.

7. It will be to the discretion of the physician the interpretation of the conclusions provided by PsoriasisCalc, based on each particular patient clinical context.

8. It includes the automatic calculation of PASI 50, PASI 75 and PASI 90, useful to define the treatment end point and efficacy.

9. * BSA: The percentage of skin surface affected by psoriasis.

10. · Facilitates the use of severity scales in psoriasis.

11. · It takes advantage of the simplicity and the speed provided by smartphones to allow the user to introduce the needed data.