Palliative Prognostic Index as a predictor of mortality among geriatric patients with advanced chronic medical conditions

• Main Authors: Affizal, Samsudin, Yon Lek, Yap, Yoon Doong, Loh, Htwe Chit, Htwe, Mohamad Adam, Bujang
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Malaysian Medical Association 2022
• Subjects: R Medicine (General)
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/39001/1/Palliative%20Prognostic%20-%20Copy.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/39001/; http://www.e-mjm.org/index.html
• Institution: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak

Introduction: This study is to validate Palliative Prognostic Index (PPI) as a tool for six months prognostication in geriatric patients with advanced chronic medical conditions and to identify other independent prognostic markers of survival. Methods: This was a prospective and observational stud...