What are the biochemical parameters of pleural fluid that best identify parapneumonic effusions?

Annals of Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 176-177

  Santotoribio, J D ^a   Leon Justel A ^a   Delgado Pecellin C ^a   Guerrero, J M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DEL ROCÍO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DEAMINASE; GLUCOSE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LACTIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC;

ADENOSINE DEAMINASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY FLUIDS; EMPYEMA, PLEURAL; FEMALE; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; INFANT; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LACTIC ACID; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA;

EID: 64549110339     PISSN: 00045632     EISSN: 00045632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/acb.2008.008198     Document Type: Letter

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