Table 1.
RASS-PAL scores
| Patient ID | PPS | Indication |
RASS-PAL Scores |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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(as rated by HCP1, HCP2, HCP3) | |||||||
| T1 | T2 | T3 | T4 | T5 | |||
| 1 |
30 |
PS |
n.d., −5, − 5 |
−3, −4, −5 |
n.d., −4, −5 |
−5, −5, −5 |
Patient died |
| 3 |
30 |
Agitated delirium |
−1, −1, −1 |
n.d., −1, −1 |
n.d., n.d., −1 |
−1, −1,-1 |
n.d., −1, −1 |
| 4 |
30 |
Agitated delirium |
n.d., −5, −2 |
−5, −5, −4 |
n.d., −5, −4 |
n.d., n.d., n.d. |
Patient died |
| 5 |
20 |
Agitated delirium |
1, 1, n.d. |
n.d., n.d., n.d. |
n.d., 0, 0 |
n.d., 0, 0 |
n.d., −3, n.d. |
| 6 |
10 |
Agitated delirium |
1, 0, 0 |
−1, 0, n.d. |
−4, −5, −5 |
−1, −1, n.d. |
n.d., −5, −5 |
| 7 |
10 |
PS |
−2, n.d., −2 |
−2, n.d., −1 |
−5, n.d., −4 |
−5, n.d., −4 |
Patient died |
| 8 |
10 |
PS |
−3, −3, −3 |
−3, −5, −3 |
n.d., −4, −4 |
−2, n.d., −3 |
−5, n.d., −5 |
| 9 |
20 |
PS |
−2, −2, −2 |
n.d., n.d., 0 |
n.d., n.d., 1 |
n.d., n.d., 1 |
0, 0, n.d. |
| 10 |
20 |
Agitated delirium |
2, 1, 1 |
1, −3, −3 |
n.d., −2, 1 |
1, −3, 1 |
1, −1, n.d. |
| 11 | 40 | Agitated delirium | −3, −3, −3 | 0, 0, 0 | −1, 0, 0 | −3, 0, −3 | −1, 0, n.d. |
RASS-PAL = Richmond Agitation-Sedation Scale modified for Palliative Care inpatients.
PS = Palliative Sedation.
NSCLC = Non-small cell lung cancer.
ALS = Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.
PPS = Palliative Performance Scale, version 2 [22].
HCP = Health Care Professional:
HCP1 = Palliative Care (PC) Physician.
HCP2 = Practice Support Nurse (PSN).
HCP3 = Bedside Nurse (BSN).
n.d. = assessment not done.