Is the pleural fluid transudate or exudate? A revisit of the diagnostic criteria

Thorax

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 867-870

  Joseph, J ^a   Badrinat, P ^a   Basran, G S ^c   Sahn, S A ^b  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Exudates; Pleural effusions; Transudates

Indexed keywords

LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EXUDATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EXUDATES AND TRANSUDATES; FEMALE; HUMANS; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PLEURAL EFFUSION, MALIGNANT; PROTEINS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0034778668     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thorax.56.11.867     Document Type: Article

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