Differentiating transudative from exudative pleural effusion: Should we measure effusion cholesterol dehydrogenase?

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1332-1338

  Leers, Mathie P G ^a   Kleinveld, Henne A ^a   Scharnhorst, Volkher ^a,b  

^a Zuyderland Medical Centre   (Netherlands)

^b CATHARINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Exudate; Lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) activity; Pleural fluid; Total protein; Transudate

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; AMYLASE; CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PROTEIN;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL COUNT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXUDATE; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; MALE; PH; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMYLASES; CELL COUNT; CHOLESTEROL; EXUDATES AND TRANSUDATES; FEMALE; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; MALE; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PROTEINS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 35048835632     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2007.285     Document Type: Article

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