Preferred Label : Karnofsky Performance Status Scale Clinical Classification;
NCIt related terms : KPSS01; KPS SCALE;
NCIt definition : A standardized rating scale originally developed by David A. Karnofsky and Joseph
H. Burchenal in 1949 which is used to evaluate the degree to which a patient is functionally
impaired. This instrument consists of 3 sections, no special care needed, unable to
work, and unable to care for one's self and is completed by a clinician based on their
observations. There are a total of eleven levels ranging from 0-100 where 0 indicates
that the patient is dead and 100 indicates that the patient is normal.;
Alternative definition : CDISC: The Karnofsky Performance Status Scale (KPSS) (Karnofsky DA, Burchenal JH.
(1949). The Clinical Evaluation of Chemotherapeutic Agents in Cancer. In: MacLeod
CM (Ed), Evaluation of Chemotherapeutic Agents. Columbia Univ Press. Page 196).;
Origin ID : C100768;
UMLS CUI : C3639713;
Semantic type(s)
- concept_is_in_subset
