The Palliative Performance Scale Predicts Three- and Six-Month Survival in Older Adult Patients Admitted to the Hospital through the Emergency Department.

Background: There is often little information on long-term prognosis available for Emergency Medicine physicians when decisions on admission, treatment, or consultations are being made for patients. There is a new focus to understand if palliative support should be offered in the emergency department (ED) and the Palliative Performance Scale (PPS), a screening tool used in other settings in palliative care, has been little used in the ED.

Objective: The goal of this study was to assess the prognostic value of the PPS in predicting three- and six-month survival in patients admitted through the ED.