Performance Score of A Surgical Patient

Performance Score of A Surgical Patient

Performance score of a patient is an indicator of the performance of a patient to a particular disease or treatment.

It is used to grade the functional impairment of the patient.

Commonly used scoring system used to assess the Performance status of  a patient  is Karnofsky Scale.

It is expressed as 100 – 0

Lower the score, lower the survival chance.

Score 100- Normal individual

Score  90- Minor Signs and symptoms of illness

Score 80-Can perform normal activities with effort

Score 70-Care for self only

Score 60-Requires occasional assistance

Score 50- Requires considerable assistance and frequent medical care

Score 40-Disabled

Score 30-Severely Disabled

Score 20-Very Sick

Score 10-Moribund

Score  0- Dead

Another scoring system for performance Status is ECOG Scale

(Eastern Cooperative oncology Group Scale)

Here the grades are from 0-5

Grade 0 is fully active

Grade 5 is dead

( Minimum score – is the healthy individual in ECOG Scale

Minimum Score-  is for the Dead in Karnofsky Scale )