Is the pleural fluid transudate or exudate? A revisit of the diagnostic criteria
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Is the pleural fluid transudate or exudate? A revisit of the diagnostic criteria.
BACKGROUND Pleural effusions are classified into transudates and exudates based on criteria developed in the 1970s. However, their accuracy has not been evaluated. We compared the performance of the pleural fluid absolute lactic dehydrogenase level (FLDH), fluid to serum ratio of LDH (LDHR), and fluid to serum ratio of total protein (TPR). TPR has been used instead of the absolute value of flui...
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عنوان ژورنال: Thorax
سال: 2001
ISSN: 0040-6376
DOI: 10.1136/thorax.56.11.867