Background and Aims

Autoimmunity is a complex science in continuous expansion, as knowledge grows and more antibodies test are available more difficult becomes stay update. It is not uncommon to see physicians ordering an extensive set of autoantibodies test to “screen for autoimmunity”, showing up sometimes unexpected results that far from clear the diagnosis creates confusion and unnecessary worries to patients. To ameliorate the problem, we propose a digital interactive autoimmune guide that makes handly, agile and reliable the consult of the necessary knowledge in autoimmunity.

Methods

-Development of an interactive digital autoimmune guide in format web and app that offers the possibility to make quick consults searching by three categories (autoantibodies, diseases, signs and symptoms), and where each item is linked with its related content.

-A collaborative platform like Wikipedia but professional only accredited professionals would be able to edit and add content.

Results

Unfinished version here: www.immunoreference.com

Conclusions

-Autoimmunity knowledge is in continuous expansion, it is necessary a platform to canalize that growing in a systematized and effective way.

-A collaborative approach peer to peer may be an effective way to keep the platform updated.

-This platform may contribute to guiding clinical decisions, optimize autoantibodies test and help to interpret correctly its results.