Role of pleural fluid C-reactive protein concentration in discriminating uncomplicated parapneumonic pleural effusions from complicated parapneumonic effusion and empyema

Lung

Volumn 184, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 141-145

  Chen, S C ^a   Chen, W ^a   Hsu, W H ^a   Yu, Y H ^a   Shih, C M ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

C reactive protein; Empyema; Parapneumonic effusion

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GLUCOSE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; COMPLICATED PARAPNEUMONIC EFFUSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EMPYEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOTURBIDIMETRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORACOCENTESIS; TURBIDIMETRY; UNCOMPLICATED PARAPNEUMONIC PLEURAL EFFUSION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMPYEMA, PLEURAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33747085956     PISSN: 03412040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00408-005-2573-0     Document Type: Article

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