Pleural effusions: The role of biochemical analysis

Hospital Medicine

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 481-484

  Jenkinson, Fiona ^a   Murphy, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PROTEIN;

BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIOLOGY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHYLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRAIN; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; EXUDATE; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MEASUREMENT; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONTENT; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SAMPLING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBE; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 4444382838     PISSN: 14623935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/hosp.2004.65.8.15494     Document Type: Review

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