Multilevel likelihood ratios for identifying exudative pleural effusions

Chest

Volumn 121, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1916-1920

  Heffner, John E ^a   Sahn, Steven A ^a   Brown, Lee K ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Body fluids; Pleura; Pleural disease; Pleural effusion; Thoracentesis

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME ANALYSIS; EXUDATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDLINE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; THORACOCENTESIS;

EID: 0036282641     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.121.6.1916     Document Type: Article

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