Getting the most from pleural fluid analysis

Respirology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 270-277

  Sahn, Steven A ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

exudates; pleural fluid; pleural fluid analysis; transudates

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; CORTICOSTEROID; GLUCOSE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

BLOOD EXAMINATION; CHEST IMAGING; CLINICAL FEATURE; EOSINOPHILIA; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; HUMAN; IMAGING; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; LYMPHOCYTE; MEDICAL HISTORY; PH MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; PLEURAL EOSINOPHILIA; PLEURAL FLUID ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT EXAMINATION; REVIEW; SARCOIDOSIS;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EXUDATES AND TRANSUDATES; HUMANS; PLEURAL EFFUSION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84856264439     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: 14401843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2011.02100.x     Document Type: Review

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