Diagnostic value of complement components in pleural fluid: Report of 135 cases
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The diagnostic value of pleural fluid pH.
One hundred eighty-three patients had simultaneous blood and pleural fluid pH determinations. Thirty-six effusions were transudates, and 147 were exudates. In 46 effusions, the pleural fluid pH was less than 7.30; all 46 were exudates. A pleural fluid pH less than 7.30 was associated with the following six diagnoses: (1) empyema; (2) malignancy; (3) collagen vascular disease; (4) tuberculosis; ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Respiratory Medicine
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0954-6111
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2008.05.008