Open AccessA new tool for comprehensive geriatric assessment in elderly patients with acute myeloid leukemia: a pilot study from China
Author(s) -
Chunli Zhang,
Ru Feng,
Jiangtao Li,
Ting Wang,
Jinfeng Bai,
Hui Liu
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
chinese medical journal/chinese medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.537
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 2542-5641
pISSN - 0366-6999
DOI - 10.1097/cm9.0000000000000645
Subject(s) - medicine , confidence interval , myeloid leukemia , comorbidity
Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a common type of hematological malignancy in elderly people. Geriatricians have developed comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) methods for elderly patients; however, the tools used for CGA in AML are not uniform. Thus, we aimed to validate the instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) scales, age, comorbidities (Charlson Comorbidity Index), and albumin (IACA) index, which is a new tool for CGA, in elderly patients with AML.