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Prognostication & Scoring Tools

Tools and scoring for better insight into the markers of disease progression and prediction.

  • Functional Assessment Staging Test (FAST) Scale or FAST Score (PDF, 220 KB)
  • Karnofsky Performance Status Scale (KPS) (PDF, 65 KB)
  • Flacker mortality scoring tool (PDF, 86 KB)
  • New York Heart Association Functional Classification (PDF, 130 KB)
  • Palliative Performance Scale (PPS) (PDF, 120 KB)
  • BODE index calculator for COPD survival prediction
  • FLACC Pain Scale (PDF, 92 KB)
  • Model for End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD) calculator
  • ESAS - Edmonton Symptom Assessment System
  • Pain Assessment in Advanced Dementia Scale (PAINAD)
  • Global Deterioration Scale

Related items

  • Palliative Medicine Review: Prognostication
  • Use of Palliative Performance Scale in end-of-life prognostication
  • CMS Medicare Coverage Database


Referrals

We respect the relationship physicians have with their patients. Our goal is to work together to ensure patients and families receive the right care, at the right time.


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