Prospective validation of the RAPID clinical risk prediction score in adult patients with pleural infection: the PILOT study

202095 citationsJournal Articlebronze Open Access

Authors

John Corcoran · University of Oxford

Ioannis Psallidas · University of Oxford

Stephen Gerry · Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre

Francesco Lo Piccolo · Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital

Coenraad F.N. Koegelenberg · Stellenbosch University

Tarek Saba · Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Cyrus Daneshvar

Abstract

The RAPID score stratifies adults with pleural infection according to increasing risk of mortality and should inform future research directed at improving outcomes in this patient population.

Topics & Keywords

Pleural and Pulmonary Diseases Amoebic Infections and Treatments Ultrasound in Clinical Applications

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: European Respiratory Journal

Volume 56, Issue 5, pp. 2000130-2000130

DOI: 10.1183/13993003.00130-2020

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