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ReviewCurrent allergy and asthma reports2018

How the Smartphone Is Changing Allergy Diagnostics.

Ana Margarida Pereira, Cristina Jácome, Rute Almeida, João Almeida Fonseca

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Review in Current allergy and asthma reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. When recreation turns risky: the multifaceted negative impact of cocaine-induced nasal septal perforations.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Ana Margarida PereiraAllergy Unit, Instituto and Hospital CUF, Porto, Portugal.
Cristina JácomeCINTESIS- Center for Health Technologies and Information Systems Research, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.
Rute AlmeidaCINTESIS- Center for Health Technologies and Information Systems Research, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.
João Almeida FonsecaAllergy Unit, Instituto and Hospital CUF, Porto, Portugal. fonseca.ja@gmail.com.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purpose of reviewEvidence-based clinical diagnosis of allergic disorders is increasingly challenging. Clinical decision support systems implemented in mobile applications (apps) are being developed to assist clinicians in diagnostic decisions at the point of care. We reviewed apps for allergic diseases general diagnosis, diagnostic refinement and diagnostic personalisation. Apps designed for specific medical devices are not addressed. RECENT

findingsApps with potential usefulness in the initial diagnosis and diagnostic refinement of respiratory, food, skin and drug allergies are described. Apps to support diagnostic personalisation are not yet available. There is an urgent need to increase the scientific evidence on the real usefulness of these apps, as well as to develop new scientifically grounded apps designed and validated to support all allergic diseases and diagnostic levels. Apps have the potential to change the diagnosis of allergic diseases becoming part of the routine diagnostics toolset, but its usefulness needs to be established.

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Mobile ApplicationsSmartphoneHumansHypersensitivityPhenotypeTelemedicineAllergyAppsClinical decision support systemsDiagnosismHealthSmartphone in medicine

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