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Adjusting the RAPID score with 3 additional variables significantly increases its predictive value in patients with empyema
2022-08-08
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<h4>Background: </h4> Pleural empyema is a serious condition leading to a significant burden on health care systems due to protracted hospitalisations. Treatment ranges from non-surgical interventions such as antibiotic therapy and chest tube placement to thoracoscopic or open surgery. Various risk factors which impact outcomes have been investigated. The RAPID (renal, age, purulence, infection source, and dietary...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 6b244b81-2841-5f88-9047-7f72a19a630c
- DOI
- 10.21203/rs.3.rs-1885516/v1
