Appraisal of the Karnofsky Performance Status and proposal of a simple algorithmic system for its evaluation

BACKGROUND: For over 60 years, the Karnofsky Performance Status (KPS) has proven itself a valuable tool with which to perform measurement of and comparison between the functional statuses of individual patients. In recent decades conditions for patients have changed, and so too has the KPS undergone...

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Autores principales: Péus, Dominik, Newcomb, Nicolas, Hofer, Silvia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3722041/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23870327
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6947-13-72

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3722041/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23870327
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6947-13-72

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