Method for decision support in allergy diagnosis

摘要

A method of providing a clinical decision support in allergy diagnosis comprises the steps of: a) providing a body fluid sample from a patient, b) selecting (1 10) a plurality of allergens to be tested for in the sample, c) determining (120) for each allergen the concentration in the sample of at least one immunoglobulin directed against the allergen, d) transforming (130) each determined immunoglobulin concentration to a clinical effect value on a normalized scale common to allergens in general, e) assigning to each allergen tested for, based on known cross-reactivity information for the allergen, an allergen specificity value, representing the degree of cross-reactivity for the allergen, and f) presenting (140) determined clinical effect and allergen specificity values for each allergen, or a group or groups of the allergens. A computer-implemented method, a computer program product, and a patient information carrier device containing a diagnosis result are also disclosed.