karnofsky performance status

Preferred Label : karnofsky performance status;

MeSH definition : A performance measure for rating the ability of a person to perform usual activities, evaluating a patient's progress after a therapeutic procedure, and determining a patient's suitability for therapy. It is used most commonly in the prognosis of cancer therapy, usually after chemotherapy and customarily administered before and after therapy. It was named for Dr. David A. Karnofsky, an American specialist in cancer chemotherapy.;

MeSH synonym : status, karnofsky performance; karnofsky index; karnofsky scale; karnofsky performance status scale; performance status, karnofsky; index, karnofsky; scale, karnofsky;

CISMeF synonym : Karnofsky;

Details

Origin ID

D017567;

UMLS CUI

C0206065;

Allowable qualifiers
- history [MeSH Qualifier]
- standards [MeSH Qualifier]
- statistics and numerical data [MeSH Qualifier]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Ik cytokine, downregulator of hla II [OMIM gene]
- Karnofsky performance status (assessment scale) [SNOMED CT concept]
- immunoconglutinin [SNOMED Notion]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Karnofsky Performance Status [NCIt concept]
- Karnofsky scale [MedDRA Preferred Term]
Metaterm(s)
- oncology [CISMeF Metaterm]
Record concept(s)
- karnofsky performance status [MeSH concept]
See also
- activities of daily living [MeSH Descriptor]
- quality of life [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Intellectual Product [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Karnofsky Performance Scale [LOINC method]
- Karnofsky Performance Status [NCIt concept]
- Karnofsky performance status (assessment scale) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Karnofsky scale [MedDRA Preferred Term]

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