Terminal Cancer Death Model within 7 Days | Medical Algorithm

Evaluation

Are you evaluating a patient with terminal cancer who has been admitted to a hospice?

Yes

Gender of the patient

Male

Female

Does the patient have hepatic cancer?

Yes

Core body temperature

Respiratory rate

breaths per minute

Heart rate

beats per minute

Number of intervention tubes (excluding nasogastric tube)

Is the patient jaundiced?

Yes

MRC muscle strength in left arm (5 normal, 0 none)

MRC muscle strength in right arm (5 normal, 0 none)

MRC muscle strength in left leg (5 normal, 0 none)

MRC muscle strength in right leg (5 normal, 0 none)

Select an appropriate answer for each finding

Peripheral edema

ECOG performance status

Results

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Results Interpretation and Description References Next Steps

Data complete?

Evaluation appropriate?

Value of X

Probability of dying within 7 days of hospice admission

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Interpretation and Description

References

Next Steps in Evaluation

Diagnosis

Risk Factors
Clinical Diagnosis, Including Family History For Genetics
Laboratory Tests
- Advanced Cancer Vitamin B12 to C-Reactive Protein (CRP) Ratio
Criteria For Diagnosis
- San Diego Severity Index (SDSI) for Patients with Terminal Cancer
- Models for Predicting Survival in Patient with Advanced Cancer
Severity, Prognosis, Stage
Complications
- San Diego Severity Index (SDSI) for Patients with Terminal Cancer
- Models for Predicting Survival in Patient with Advanced Cancer

Therapy

Selection
- Prognostic Models for Phase I Clinical Trials
Interventional Radiology
- Survival Model for Patient Undergoing Radiotherapy for Metastatic Spinal Cord Compression

Monitoring

Response To Therapy
- Survival Model for Patient Undergoing Radiotherapy for Metastatic Spinal Cord Compression
- Prognostic Models for Phase I Clinical Trials
Disease Progression
- Predictors for Early Death of Older Adult Starting Cancer Chemotherapy

Patient Concerns

End-of-life, Palliative Care

Specialty

Hematology Oncology
Surgery, general

Objective

risk factors
severity
prognosis
stage
end-of-life
palliative care

ICD-10

C00-C14 - Malignant neoplasms of lip, oral cavity and pharynx
C15-C26 - Malignant neoplasms of digestive organs
C30-C39 - Malignant neoplasms of respiratory and intrathoracic organs
C40-C41 - Malignant neoplasms of bone and articular cartilage
C43-C44 - Melanoma and other malignant neoplasms of skin
C45-C49 - Malignant neoplasms of mesothelial and soft tissue
C50-C50 - Malignant neoplasm of breast
C51-C58 - Malignant neoplasms of female genital organs
C60-C63 - Malignant neoplasms of male genital organs
C64-C68 - Malignant neoplasms of urinary tract
C69-C72 - Malignant neoplasms of eye, brain and other parts of central nervous system
C73-C75 - Malignant neoplasms of thyroid and other endocrine glands
C76-C80 - Malignant neoplasms of ill-defined, secondary and unspecified sites
C81-C96 - Malignant neoplasms, stated or presumed to be primary, of lymphoid, haematopoietic and related tissu
C97-C97 - Malignant neoplasms of independent (primary) multiple sites
Z51.5 - Palliative care

Model for Predicting Risk of Death within 7 Days for Terminal Cancer Patient

Purpose: To predict the risk of dying within 7 days of hospice admission for a patient with terminal cancer using the model of Chiang et al.