Content synthesised from UK national guidance (NICE, NICE CKS, UKHSA,
Resuscitation Council UK, British Association of Dermatologists) and the
primary literature. Every source is listed on the entry that uses it.
A recognition and escalation aid, not a diagnostic tool.
Dermatological diagnosis from appearance alone is unreliable; this tool
exists to help you recognise what is dangerous and escalate it.
Clinical review status: internally reviewed only — no
external clinical review has taken place.
Free and ad-free, permanently. This tool carries no advertising, no paid
tier and no paywall.
NICE Clinical Knowledge Summaries is not open content: it is
© Clarity Informatics Ltd (Agilio Software Primary Care) and is
published under its own licence terms. Where this tool follows CKS it says
so by name, summarises in its own words, and quotes only short extracts for
identification. It is not a copy of, substitute for, or reproduction of any
CKS topic, and it is not endorsed by or affiliated with NICE, Clarity
Informatics or Agilio. Read the CKS topic itself before prescribing.
This tool publishes its own scorecard.
Skin tone coverage states how many
entries still have no photograph of darker skin, and how many Fitzpatrick
types are estimated rather than recorded by the source.
Image licences lists the provenance,
author and licence of every photograph used.
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