Solving the Light's criteria misclassification rate of cardiac and hepatic transudates

Respirology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 721-726

  Bielsa, Silvia ^a   Porcel, José M ^a   Castellote, José ^b   Mas, Estela ^a   Esquerda, Aureli ^a   Light, Richard W ^c  

^a HOSPITAL ARNAU DE VILANOVA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

albumin gradient; exudate; hepatic hydrothorax; pleural effusion; transudate

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ADULT; AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CARDIAC TRANSUDATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXUDATE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEPATIC TRANSUDATE; HUMAN; HYDROTHORAX; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LIGHT CRITERIA MISCLASSIFICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ERROR; PLEURA FLUID; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALBUMINS; EXUDATES AND TRANSUDATES; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; HYDROTHORAX; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; PLEURAL EFFUSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84859925640     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: 14401843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2012.02155.x     Document Type: Article

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