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Diagnostic model for impending death in cancer patients based upon Palliative Performance Scale and drooping of the nasolabial folds
Diagnostic model for impending death in cancer patients based upon Palliative Performance Scale and drooping of the nasolabial folds
PPS
Drooping of nasolabial fold, present/absent
3-day mortality rate (%)
≤20%
present
94
≤20%
absent
42
30 to 60%
16
≥70%
3
PPS: Palliative performance scale.
Data from: Hui D, Hess K, dos Santos R, et al. A diagnostic model for impending death in cancer patients: preliminary report. Cancer 2015; 3914.
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