Choosing a ‘half-fit’ value of PPS 45%, for example, is not correct. The combination of clinical judgment and ‘leftward precedence’ is used to determine whether 40% or 50% is the more accurate score for that patient.

The PPS is a reliable and valid tool and correlates well with actual survival and median survival time for cancer patients in outpatient and ambulatory settings. It has been found useful for purposes of identifying and tracking potential care needs of palliative care patients, particularly as these needs change with disease progression.

Learn how to use the Palliative Performance Scale (PPS) to assess a patient's functional performance and determine progression toward end of life.

The PPS is a validated and reliable tool that can be used to assess your patient’s ability to function and determine how to move toward the end of life, including when to have goals-of-care conversations with patients and families.

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First introduced in 2007, the Walther PPS is a short recoil, locked breech, semi-automatic handgun engineered by the German company Carl Walther, and is intended to be a compact firearm that is marketed to both civilian and law enforcement use. It fires in either 9×19mm Parabellum or .40 S&W ammunition.

We synthesized study characteristics, the PPS scores at baseline, and primary outcomes, and explored differences in survival estimates by diagnosis. The quality of the studies was assessed using the Good ReseArch for Comparative Effectiveness (GRACE) checklist.

The Walther PPS 40 S&W is a concealed carry firearm that is slim, light and comfortable to wear all day long. Yet it is fast to bring into action, pleasant to fire and easy to shoot accurately. With Walther, performance comes in small packages.

May 31, 2012 · It is the PPS .40, a suitably modified version of the original that fires the more powerful .40 S&W cartridge. Almost none of the range of skinny nines can be adapted to the larger cartridge—Kahr...