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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 flu...

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Main Authors: Joseph, J, Badrinath, P, Basran, G, Sahn, S
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicado: BMJ Group 2001
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Acceso en liña:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1745948/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11641512
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1136/thorax.56.11.867
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