The Use of Palliative Performance Score in Patients with End-Stage Liver Disease

Authors

Drew Kotler, MD, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Mital Shah, MD, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Sheela S. Reddy, MD, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Jonathan M. Fenkel, MD, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
John Liantonio, MD, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Dina Halegoua-De Marzio, MD, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow

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Description

● Palliative Care services are often underutilized in patients with End-Stage Liver Disease (ESLD) and often only initiated at the end of life

● The Palliative Performance Score (PPS) is an important tool used in Palliative Care to assess functional status

● PPS has five functional dimensions: ambulation, activity level and evidence of disease, self-care, oral intake, and level of consciousness

● The aim of this study is to determine if there is a correlation between Model for End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD) score and PPS in ESLD patients

● MELD is used to predict mortality and to prioritize liver transplant allocation in ESLD patients

Publication Date

10-5-2017

Disciplines

Gastroenterology | Medicine and Health Sciences

Comments

Presented at the World Congress of Gastroenterology at the American College of Gastroenterology in Orlando, FL

Recommended Citation

Kotler, MD, Drew; Shah, MD, Mital; Reddy, MD, Sheela S.; Fenkel, MD, Jonathan M.; Liantonio, MD, John; and Halegoua-De Marzio, MD, Dina, "The Use of Palliative Performance Score in Patients with End-Stage Liver Disease" (2017). Department of Medicine Posters. 11.
https://jdc.jefferson.edu/medposters/11