Abstract:Introduction: Palliative Performance Scale (PPS), Karnofsky Performance Scale (KPS) and the Edmonton Symptom Assessment Scale (ESAS) are widely used prognostic scales in palliative care unit. Institutionalized palliative care services in our country are quite new compared to the practices in many countries. We do not have concrete data on the compatibility of these scales, which are developed with patient data from other countries, in our own palliative care practices with real cases. In this study, we aimed t… Show more
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