The new scoring system for evaluation of skin inflammation extent and severity in patients with atopic dermatitis.

The new scoring system for assessment of the extent and severity of skin inflammation index in atopic dermatitis patients, W-AZS, is presented. The system provides detailed assessment of both subjective and objective signs and symptoms of atopic dermatitis. With the use of W-AZS, acute and chronic skin manifestations of inflammatory process are appropriately evaluated and scored. It also enables the practitioner to assess various localizations of skin lesions at different time points. W-AZS is a relatively easy and rapid index to perform, and it seems very beneficial for clinicians. Other scoring systems used in atopic dermatitis are also presented, analyzed and compared, e.g., Atopic Dermatitis Area and Severity Index (ADASI), SCORing Atopic Dermatitis (SCORAD), Eczema Area and Severity Index (EASI), Six Area, Six Sign Atopic Dermatitis (SASSAD), and Three-Item Severity score (TIS). There is a strong necessity to standardize clinical evaluation of the extent and severity of skin diseases such as atopic dermatitis, as laboratory techniques and parameters are not really of great use for practitioners.