Karnofsky Performance Status MeSH Descriptor Data 2024

MeSH Heading: Karnofsky Performance Status
Tree Number(s): E05.318.308.980.438.475.456.500.500; N05.715.360.300.800.438.375.364.500.500; N06.850.520.308.980.438.475.364.500.500
Unique ID: D017567
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D017567
Scope Note: 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.
Entry Term(s): Karnofsky Index; Karnofsky Performance Status Scale; Karnofsky Scale
See Also: Activities of Daily Living; Quality of Life
Public MeSH Note: 94
History Note: 94
Date Established: 1994/01/01
Date of Entry: 1992/12/28
Revision Date: 2017/06/30

Allowable Qualifiers: history (HI)

standards (ST)

statistics & numerical data (SN)

Investigative Techniques [E05]
- Epidemiologic Methods [E05.318]
  - Data Collection [E05.318.308]
    - Surveys and Questionnaires [E05.318.308.980]
      - Health Surveys [E05.318.308.980.438]
        
        Health Status Indicators [E05.318.308.980.438.475]
        
        Patient Acuity [E05.318.308.980.438.475.456]
        
        Severity of Illness Index [E05.318.308.980.438.475.456.500]
        
        APACHE [E05.318.308.980.438.475.456.500.250]
        
        Early Warning Score [E05.318.308.980.438.475.456.500.375]
        
        Karnofsky Performance Status [E05.318.308.980.438.475.456.500.500]
        
        Organ Dysfunction Scores [E05.318.308.980.438.475.456.500.625]
        
        Simplified Acute Physiology Score [E05.318.308.980.438.475.456.500.750]

Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation [N05]
- Quality of Health Care [N05.715]
  - Health Care Evaluation Mechanisms [N05.715.360]
    - Data Collection [N05.715.360.300]
      - Surveys and Questionnaires [N05.715.360.300.800]
        
        Health Surveys [N05.715.360.300.800.438]
        
        Health Status Indicators [N05.715.360.300.800.438.375]
        
        Patient Acuity [N05.715.360.300.800.438.375.364]
        
        Severity of Illness Index [N05.715.360.300.800.438.375.364.500]
        
        APACHE [N05.715.360.300.800.438.375.364.500.250]
        
        Early Warning Score [N05.715.360.300.800.438.375.364.500.375]
        
        Karnofsky Performance Status [N05.715.360.300.800.438.375.364.500.500]
        
        Organ Dysfunction Scores [N05.715.360.300.800.438.375.364.500.625]
        
        Simplified Acute Physiology Score [N05.715.360.300.800.438.375.364.500.750]

Environment and Public Health [N06]
- Public Health [N06.850]
  - Epidemiologic Methods [N06.850.520]
    - Data Collection [N06.850.520.308]
      - Surveys and Questionnaires [N06.850.520.308.980]
        
        Health Surveys [N06.850.520.308.980.438]
        
        Health Status Indicators [N06.850.520.308.980.438.475]
        
        Patient Acuity [N06.850.520.308.980.438.475.364]
        
        Severity of Illness Index [N06.850.520.308.980.438.475.364.500]
        
        APACHE [N06.850.520.308.980.438.475.364.500.250]
        
        Early Warning Score [N06.850.520.308.980.438.475.364.500.375]
        
        Karnofsky Performance Status [N06.850.520.308.980.438.475.364.500.500]
        
        Organ Dysfunction Scores [N06.850.520.308.980.438.475.364.500.625]
        
        Simplified Acute Physiology Score [N06.850.520.308.980.438.475.364.500.750]

Karnofsky Performance Status Preferred

Concept UI: M0026630
Scope Note: 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.
Terms: Karnofsky Performance Status Preferred Term
Term UI T052682
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID NLM (1994); Karnofsky Index
Term UI T052679
Date06/08/1992
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID NLM (1994); Karnofsky Performance Status Scale
Term UI T052680
Date06/08/1992
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID NLM (1994); Karnofsky Scale
Term UI T052681
Date12/17/1992
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID NLM (1994)

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