A Study of Light's Criteria and Possible Modifications for Distinguishing Exudative from Transudative Pleural Effusions

Chest

Volumn 109, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1503-1507

  Vives, Manuel ^a   Porcel, José Manuel ^a   De Vera, Ma Carmen Vicente ^a   Ribelles, Enrique ^a   Rubio, Manuel ^a  

^a HOSPITAL ARNAU DE VILANOVA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Exudates; Pleural effusion; Thoracentesis; Transudates

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; EXUDATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORACOCENTESIS; TUBERCULOUS PLEURISY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; EXUDATES AND TRANSUDATES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURAL EFFUSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0029944342     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.109.6.1503     Document Type: Article

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