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Palliative Prognostic Index: a standalone construct

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Palliative oncology

a score from performance status, oral intake, oedema, breathlessness at rest and delirium that estimates short survival in terminally ill cancer patients.

In palliative oncology, Palliative Prognostic Index refers to a score from performance status, oral intake, oedema, breathlessness at rest and delirium that estimates short survival in terminally ill cancer patients. This meaning comes from Morita (1999) in Supportive Care in Cancer.[1]

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References

Morita, T., Tsunoda, J., Inoue, S., & Chihara, S. (1999). The Palliative Prognostic Index: a scoring system for survival prediction of terminally ill cancer patients. Supportive Care in Cancer, 7(3), 128-133. https://doi.org/10.1007/s005200050242

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