Diagnostic value of tests that discriminate between exudative and transudative pleural effusions

Chest

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 970-980

  Heffner, John E ^a   Brown, Lee K ^b   Barbieri, Celia A ^b  

^a ST JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

diagnosis; pleural disease; pleural effusion; reciever operating characteristic

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; BILIRUBIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EXUDATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; THORACOCENTESIS;

EID: 0030950170     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.111.4.970     Document Type: Article

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