Biochemical analysis of pleural fluid: What should we measure?

Annals of Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 311-322

  Tarn, A C ^a   Lapworth, R ^a  

^a MAYDAY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DEAMINASE; ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMYLASE; BILIRUBIN; BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LIPID; LYSOZYME; PROTEIN; TUMOR MARKER;

BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CANCER; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; EXUDATE; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MEASUREMENT; PH; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORACOCENTESIS; TUBERCULOSIS;

BILIRUBIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PROTEINS; SERUM ALBUMIN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0034943428     PISSN: 00045632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/0004563011900812     Document Type: Review

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