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Comorbidity Index and Score of Charlson et al

 Purpose: To use the comorbidity score developed by Charlson et al to give an estimate of 10 year survival for a patient.   About Algorithm

 
Age of the patient      years
   Does the patient have?
AIDS? Yes No
Cerebrovascular disease? Yes No
Chronic pulmonary disease? Yes No
Congestive heart failure? Yes No
Connective tissue disease? Yes No
Dementia? Yes No
Hemiplegia? Yes No
Leukemia? Yes No
Malignant lymphoma? Yes No
Myocardial infarction? Yes No
Peripheral vascular disease? Yes No
Ulcer disease? Yes No
                      Click the appropriate column for each condition (give only 1 answer per row)
     none   without end organ        damage

 with end organ
    damage
Diabetes mellitus
    none      mild  moderate  severe
Liver disease
Renal disease
     none    non-metastatic    metastatic
Malignant solid tumor
   
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