DRIP Score (Drug Resistance in Pneumonia)
DRIP score (Drug Resistance In Pneumonia) — a weighted count of risk factors for a drug-resistant pathogen in community-onset pneumonia; a total >= 4 marks high risk.
Open the calculator → Runs in your browser. Data leaves only if you deliberately send a problem report from the interactive tool.
Example
- Antibiotic use within 60 days
- Yes
- Tube feeding
- Yes
Result: DRIP 4 — high risk for a drug-resistant pathogen (>= 4).
The tool opens with these values already filled in. Replace them with your own.
What the result means
- < 4
- Low risk for a drug-resistant pathogen; narrow-spectrum coverage reasonable.
- >= 4
- High risk; favor broad-spectrum empiric coverage. The validated replacement for the HCAP definition. It flags resistance risk, not an antibiotic order.
What you enter
- Antibiotic use within 60 days
- Long-term-care residence
- Tube feeding
- Prior drug-resistant-pathogen infection within 1 year
- Hospitalization within 60 days
- Chronic pulmonary disease
- Poor functional status
- Gastric-acid suppression
The other 2 fields
- Wound care
- MRSA colonization within 1 year
How this is calculated
Citation
Webb BJ, Dascomb K, Stenehjem E, et al. Derivation and multicenter validation of the Drug Resistance in Pneumonia clinical prediction score. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2016;60(5):2652-2663. Read the source ↗
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