Palliative care 2016
Palliative Prognostic Index: PPI
Performance status/Symptoms
Partial score
Scoring PPI score
Palliative Performance Scale
10–20 30–50
4
2.5
> 6 : survival < 3 weeks > 4 : survival < 6 weeks ≤ 4 : survival > 6weeks
≥60
0
Oral Intake
Mouthfuls or less
2.5
Reduced but more than mouthfuls
1
Normal
0
Edema
Prospective Validation of the Palliative Prognostic Index in Patients with Cancer. Stone, C ,Tierman, E., & Dooley, B., Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 2008,Vol. 35, No. 6, 617–622
Present Absent
1 0
Dyspnea at rest Present
3.5
Absent
0
Delirium
Present Absent
4 0
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