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Overview :
Ifudu et al used a modified Karnofsky scale to evaluate
patients receiving maintenance hemodialysis. This uses functional performance
and disability to stratify the patient. The authors are from State University of
New York Health Science Center in Brooklyn, New York.
Major categories:
(1) independent
(2) requires assistance but living at home
(3) totally disabled or requires frequent nursing care
(4) hospitalized
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Category |
Status |
Score |
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independent |
normal function, without disability |
96 -
100 |
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full activities, with minor signs and symptoms |
91 -
95 |
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usual activities, requires effort |
81 -
90 |
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can do most out-of-home activities |
76 -
80 |
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limited to home |
70 -
75 |
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needs assistant |
for errands |
65 -
69 |
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for meal preparations |
60 -
64 |
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for bathing or dressing (activities of daily
living) |
55 -
59 |
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home attendent but not totally disabled |
50 -
54 |
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totally disabled |
living at home |
45 -
49 |
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living in nursing home |
40 -
44 |
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hospitalized |
fair condition |
35 -
39 |
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poor condition |
30 -
34 |
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progressive fatal process |
<
30 |
where:
• The
original table assigns "usual activities with effort" as 81 - 94, which overlaps
with "minor signs and symptoms". Since all of the other values did not overlap,
I reassigned the values so that there was no overlap.
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