Pleural fluid tests to identify complicated parapneumonic effusions

Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 357-361

  Porcel, José M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL ARNAU DE VILANOVA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Empyema; Pleural effusion; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GELATINASE A; GELATINASE B; INTERLEUKIN 8; LEUKOCYTE ELASTASE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE BINDING PROTEIN; MYELOPEROXIDASE; NEUTROPHIL COLLAGENASE; PROCALCITONIN; TRIGGERING RECEPTOR EXPRESSED ON MYELOID CELLS 1; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; GLUCOSE;

COMPLICATED PARAPNEUMONIC EFFUSION; HUMAN; PLEURA FLUID; PNEUMONIA; REVIEW; CHEMISTRY; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; COMPLICATION; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE COURSE; DRAINAGE; EXUDATE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PH; PLEURAL EFFUSION;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DRAINAGE; EXUDATES AND TRANSUDATES; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA;

EID: 77953651093     PISSN: 10705287     EISSN: 15316971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCP.0b013e328338a108     Document Type: Review

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