Recovery Prognosis

**Recovery prognosis** is an assessment of the patient’s likelihood of restoring health or maintaining existing impairments when receiving medical care. It is one of the key elements in making decisions about treating a disease or performing surgery.

In order to make an objective prognosis, it is necessary to take into account many factors, such as the patient’s age, stage of the disease, the presence of concomitant pathology, method of treatment and the likelihood of complications. In addition, it is important to take into account the patient's personal preferences and expectations.

There are several methods for predicting recovery, for example, the probability of full recovery scale, semi-quantitative risk assessment scale, etc. Some of them are used to evaluate complex cases, others for simple diseases.

The prognosis of recovery is important in order to correctly formulate recommendations for the patient and his family members, as well as discuss with him plans for further actions and prognosis regarding his health.