Karnofsky Performance Status

Preferred Label : Karnofsky Performance Status;

NCIt synonyms : Karnofsky Scale;

NCIt related terms : KPS; Performance Status Score: Karnofsky Score; KARNOFSKY;

NCIt definition : An index designed for classifying patients 16 years of age or older by their functional impairment.;

Alternative definition : NCI-GLOSS: A standard way of measuring the ability of cancer patients to perform ordinary tasks. The Karnofsky Performance scores range from 0 to 100. A higher score means the patient is better able to carry out daily activities. KPS may be used to determine a patient's prognosis, to measure changes in a patient's ability to function, or to decide if a patient could be included in a clinical trial.;

Codes from synonyms : CDR0000044156; CDR0000044429;

Details

Origin ID

C28013;

UMLS CUI

C0206065;

Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Karnofsky scale [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- karnofsky performance status [MeSH Descriptor]
- karnofsky performance status [MeSH concept]
False automatic mappings
- Karnofsky performance status (assessment scale) [SNOMED CT concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Intellectual Product [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Karnofsky Performance Scale [LOINC method]
- Karnofsky performance status (assessment scale) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Karnofsky scale [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- karnofsky performance status [MeSH concept]
- karnofsky performance status [MeSH Descriptor]
concept_is_in_subset
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- EWS Disease Characteristics Table [NCIt concept]
- EWS Variable Terminology [NCIt concept]
- GDC Property Terminology [NCIt concept]
- GDC Terminology [NCIt concept]
- HL Disease Characteristics Table [NCIt concept]
- HL Variable Terminology [NCIt concept]
- Operational Ontology for Radiation Oncology Prostate Cancer Terminology [NCIt concept]

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