Pleural Fluid Analysis: Standstill or a Work in Progress?
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Pleural Fluid Analysis: Standstill or a Work in Progress?
Pleural fluid analysis yields important diagnostic information in pleural effusions in combination with clinical history, examination, and radiology. For more than 30 years, the initial and most pragmatic step in this process is to determine whether the fluid is a transudate or an exudate. Light's criteria remain the most robust in separating the transudate-exudate classification which dictates...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Pulmonary Medicine
سال: 2012
ISSN: 2090-1836,2090-1844
DOI: 10.1155/2012/716235