## McCabe score

The examples in Table 6, and in particular those of the second (ultimately fatal) category, are not meant to be exhaustive, but rather to serve as guidance when using the protocols.

Table 6: McCabe score examples

McCabe score categories | Examples
Non-fatal (> five years) | • Diabetes • Carcinoma/haematological malignancy with > 80% five-year survival • Inflammatory disorders • Chronic GI, GU conditions • Obstetrics • Infections (including HIV, HCV, HBV – unless in above categories) All other diseases
Ultimately fatal (one year to four years) | • Chronic leukaemias, myelomas, lymphomas, metastatic carcinoma, end-stage kidney disease (without transplant). • Motor neuron disease, multiple sclerosis non-responsive to treatment. • Alzheimer’s/dementia. • Diabetes requiring amputation or post amputation.
Rapidly fatal (< one year) | • End-stage haematological malignancies (unsuitable for transplant, or relapsed), heart failure (EF < 25%) and end-stage liver disease (unsuitable for transplant with recalcitrant ascites, encephalopathy or varices). • Multiple organ failure on intensive care unit – APACHE II score > 30, SAPS II score >70. • Pulmonary disease with cor pulmonale.

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