 Karnofsky Performance Status
"Karnofsky Performance Status" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A performance measure for rating the ability of a person to perform usual activities, evaluating a patient's progress after a therapeutic procedure, and determining a patient's suitability for therapy. It is used most commonly in the prognosis of cancer therapy, usually after chemotherapy and customarily administered before and after therapy. It was named for Dr. David A. Karnofsky, an American specialist in cancer chemotherapy.
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D017567
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E05.318.308.250.475.456.500.500 N05.715.360.300.375.375.364.500.500 N06.850.520.308.250.475.364.500.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Karnofsky Performance Status- Karnofsky Performance Status
- Performance Status, Karnofsky
- Status, Karnofsky Performance
- Karnofsky Performance Status Scale
- Karnofsky Scale
- Scale, Karnofsky
- Karnofsky Index
- Index, Karnofsky
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| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2019 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2012 | 0 | 3 | 3 | | 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Karnofsky Performance Status" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.
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Salim TI, Nestlerode LC, Lucatorto EL, Wasserman TL, Din HA, Landsittel DP, Tevar AD, Johnson JT, Duarte-Rojo A, Dunn MA. Frailty as Tested by Gait Speed Is a Risk Factor for Liver Transplant Respiratory Complications. Am J Gastroenterol. 2020 06; 115(6):859-866.
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Kok B, Duarte-Rojo A, Tandon P. Predicting Functional Status After Transplantation in Patients With Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2020 01; 18(1):54-56.
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Li S, Natwick T, Liu J, Morrison VA, Vidito S, Werther W, Yusuf AA, Usmani SZ. Mortality by a proxy performance status as defined by a claims-based measure for disability status in older patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma in the United States. J Geriatr Oncol. 2019 05; 10(3):490-496.
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