Reply: External validation of the OPALS prediction model for in-hospital mortality in patients with acute decompensated pulmonary hypertension

ERJ Open Res. 2022 Mar 7;8(1):00066-2022. doi: 10.1183/23120541.00066-2022. eCollection 2022 Jan.

Authors

Robin Condliffe^{1

2}, Kris Bauchmuller³, Jennifer Southern³, David G Kiely^{1

2}, Gary H Mills^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Sheffield Pulmonary Vascular Disease Unit, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield, UK.
² Dept of Infection, Immunity and Cardiovascular Disease, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.
³ Dept of Critical Care, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield, UK.
⁴ University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.

Abstract

The OPALS score appears to be a promising PH-specific tool for predicting outcomes in medically decompensated patients https://bit.ly/3rTxzbr.

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