Using Performance Status to Identify Risk of Acute Care Transfer in Inpatient Cancer Rehabilitation.

Objective: To identify patient factors associated with acute care transfer (ACT) among cancer survivors admitted for inpatient medical rehabilitation.

Design: An exploratory, observational design was used to analyze retrospective data from electronic medical records.

Setting: Data were obtained from 3 separate inpatient rehabilitation hospitals within a private rehabilitation hospital system in the Northeast.

Translation of Karnofsky Performance Status (KPS) for use in inpatient cancer rehabilitation.

Background: Better tools are needed to predict functional decline and oncologic prognosis in inpatient cancer rehabilitation. The Karnofky Performance Status (KPS) is a widely used scale of functional performance in oncology, although the scale differs from current rehabilitation terminology. Use of the KPS in inpatient rehabilitation may support a shared method of communication between cancer rehabilitation providers and the primary oncology teams.

Comprehensive, technology-based, team approach for a patient with locked-in syndrome: A case report of improved function & quality of life.

One of the most severe types of stroke is locked-in syndrome (LIS) due to the loss of almost all voluntary motor functions and a high mortality rate. The majority of the literature regarding LIS is based on case reports that utilized multidisciplinary interventions focused on improving functional communication and respiratory care with minimal focus on motor retraining. These reports were neither dynamic nor multi-sensory, and the only technology utilized was in the form of augmentative communication.