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Sums the Palliative Prognostic Index components — performance status, oral intake, oedema, dyspnoea at rest and delirium — and reports the published survival bands.
Palliative Prognostic Index
PPS 10-20% = 4, 30-50% = 2.5, 60%+ = 0; oral intake severely reduced = 2.5, moderately reduced = 1; oedema = 1; dyspnoea at rest = 3.5; delirium = 4. PPI above 6 predicts under 3 weeks, above 4 under 6 weeks
Educational estimate only. Not a substitute for professional clinical judgement, and must not be used to make treatment or dosing decisions.
Clinician estimates are systematically optimistic, which is why structured indices are used alongside judgement.
It informs conversations about priorities of care and the timing of anticipatory prescribing rather than dictating treatment.