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Karnofsky Performance Status Score

 
The EBMcalc module Karnofsky Performance Status Score is available in EBMcalc Complete Edition.
 

 
This Decision TreeCalc evaluates the following decision points:

• Can the subject carry out normal activity and work?
• Does the subject feel normal with no complaints or signs of disease?
• Are there minor signs or symptoms of disease?
• Does normal activity require effort with some signs or symptoms of disease?
• Is subject unable to work, but can live at home with some assistance?
• Can the subject care for self but is unable to carry on other normal activities?
• Does the subject require occasional assistance but can care for most personal needs?
• Does the subject require significant assisstance, including frequent medical care?
• Is the subject unable to care for self?
• Is the subject disabled, such that special assisstance and care is required (short of hospitalization)?
• Is the subject severly disabled, requiring hospital admission but subject is not moribund?
• Is the subject very ill, requiring hospitalization with actve supportive care?
• Is the subject moribund?

 
Decision Tree end points include:

• The Karnofsky Perfomance Status (KPS) is 100
• The Karnofsky Perfomance Status (KPS) is 90
• The Karnofsky Perfomance Status (KPS) is 80
• Inconclusive and/or contradictory inputs
• The Karnofsky Perfomance Status (KPS) is 70
• The Karnofsky Perfomance Status (KPS) is 60
• The Karnofsky Perfomance Status (KPS) is 50
• The Karnofsky Perfomance Status (KPS) is 40
• The Karnofsky Perfomance Status (KPS) is 30
• The Karnofsky Perfomance Status (KPS) is 20
• The Karnofsky Perfomance Status (KPS) is 10