Open AccessThe 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 , logistic regression , odds ratio , retrospective cohort study , emergency medicine , confidence interval , observational study , performance status , severity of illness , 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.