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

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

“…We were very interested to read the correspondence by M.V.F. Garcia and colleagues [ 1 ]. They have assessed our previously proposed predictive score for outcomes in medically decompensated pulmonary hypertension (PH) patients: the OPALS score (oxygen (oxygen saturation measured by pulse oximetry/inspiratory oxygen fraction ratio ⩽185), platelets ⩽196×10 9 L −1 , age ⩾37.5 years, lactate ⩾2.45 mmol·L −1 and sodium ⩽130.5 mmol·L −1 ) in 74 PH patients.…”