Etiology and pleural fluid characteristics of large and massive effusions

Chest

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 978-983

  Porcel, José Manuel ^a   Vives, Manuel ^b  

^a HOSPITAL ARNAU DE VILANOVA   (Spain)

^b Division of Internal Medicine   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adenosine deaminase; Empyema; Malignant effusion; Massive effusion; Pleural effusion; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DEAMINASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD CYTOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LABORATORY TEST; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MEDICAL RECORD; PH MEASUREMENT; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA EMPYEMA; PLEURA FLUID; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORACOCENTESIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 0141800068     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.124.3.978     Document Type: Article

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