Prospective validation of the RAPID clinical risk prediction score in adult patients with pleural infection: the PILOT study.
John P CorcoranIoannis PsallidasStephen GerryFrancesco PiccoloCoenraad F KoegelenbergTarek SabaCyrus DaneshvarIan FairbairnRichard HeininkAlex G WestAndrew E StantonJayne HolmeJack A KastelikHenry SteerNicola J DownerMohammed HarisEmma H BakerCaroline F EverettJustin PepperellThomas BewickLonny YarmusFabien MaldonadoBurhan KhanAlan Hart-ThomasGeorgina HandsGeoffrey WarwickDuneesha De FonsekaMaged HassanMohammed MunavvarAnur GuhanMitra ShahidiZara PogsonLee DowsonNatalia D PopowiczJudith SabaNeil R WardRob J HallifaxMelissa DobsonRachel ShawEmma L HedleyAssunta SabiaBarbara RobinsonGary Stephen CollinsHelen E DaviesLy-Mee YuRobert F MillerNick A MaskellNajib M RahmanPublished in: The European respiratory journal (2020)
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.