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

CONCLUSIONS: Preadmission Palliative Performance Scale independently predicts mortality in patients hospitalized with COVID-19. Improved predictors of mortality can help clinicians caring for patients with COVID-19 to discuss prognosis and provide appropriate palliative care including decisions about life-sustaining therapy. PMID: 32677509 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32677509?dopt=Abstract

Source: Palliative Medicine - July 16, 2020 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Fiorentino M, Pentakota SR, Mosenthal AC, Glass NE Tags: Palliat Med Source Type: research

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