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CONUT score
The CONUT score (CONtrolling NUTritional status) is a screening tool rating malnutrition risk from three routine blood tests: albumin, lymphocyte count, and cholesterol, scored 0 to 12.
Nottingham Prognostic Index
The Nottingham Prognostic Index is a scoring system for primary operable breast cancer that combines tumor size, lymph node stage, and histologic grade into a single number estimating survival.
Palliative Care Outcome Scale
The Palliative Care Outcome Scale (POS) is a ten-item questionnaire measuring symptoms and concerns in palliative care patients, developed in 1999 and used in over 20 countries.
PHQ-9
The PHQ-9, or Patient Health Questionnaire-9, is a public-domain nine-item questionnaire introduced in 1999 that screens for and grades depression severity, with scores of 10 or higher suggesting major depression.
qSOFA
qSOFA (quick Sequential Organ Failure Assessment) is a bedside score of 0 to 3 that flags adults with suspected infection at higher risk of sepsis death.
Quantitative insulin sensitivity check index
The quantitative insulin sensitivity check index (QUICKI) is a fasting index, described in 2000, that estimates insulin sensitivity from fasting insulin and glucose for research use.
Sepsis screening
Sepsis screening is the systematic use of vital-sign checks, early warning scores, or electronic alerts to identify possible sepsis early, so antibiotics and resuscitation begin promptly.