The Palliative Performance Scale predicts mortality in hospitalized patients with COVID-19 | Zendy

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The Palliative Performance Scale predicts mortality in hospitalized patients with COVID-19

Author(s) -

Michele Fiorentino,

Sri Ram Pentakota,

Anne C. Mosenthal,

Nina E. Glass

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

palliative medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.989

H-Index - 106

eISSN - 1477-030X

pISSN - 0269-2163

DOI - 10.1177/0269216320940566

Subject(s) - medicine , palliative care , odds ratio , logistic regression , retrospective cohort study , emergency medicine , confidence interval , observational study , severity of illness , performance status , scale (ratio) , intensive care medicine , cancer , nursing , physics , quantum mechanics

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has a substantial mortality risk with increased rates in the elderly. We hypothesized that age is not sufficient, and that frailty measured by preadmission Palliative Performance Scale would be a predictor of outcomes. Improved ability to identify high-risk patients will improve clinicians' ability to provide appropriate palliative care, including engaging in shared decision-making about life-sustaining therapies.

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