Role of pleural fluid cholesterol level in discrimination of transudates and exudates [PDF]
, 2021 Amaç: Plevral sıvıların tanısında, transüda (T)–eksuda (E) ayrımının yapılması önemlidir. Bu çalışmanın amacı, Light kriterleri ile plevral sıvı kolesterol düzeyini içeren tekli, ikili ve üçlü testlerin, T-E ayırımındaki duyarlılık ve özgüllüğünü ...
Ufuk YILMAZ +7 more
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Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2020 Context: The incidence of pleural effusion is approximately one million per year. For diagnosing and treatment plan, pleural effusions have to be classified into transudate and exudate.
V Sandeesha +4 more
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Comparative analysis of Light's criteria and other biochemical parameters for distinguishing transudates from exudates [PDF]
, 1998 Objectives: To compare the accuracy of Light's criteria for categorizing a pleural effusion as an exudate with several alternative criteria.Design: Prospective evaluation of patients who underwent a diagnostic thoracocentesis.Setting: Community teaching ...
Rivas, M.C. +5 more
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New criteria for the differentiation between transudates and exudates [PDF]
Journal of Clinical Pathology, 2002 To investigate whether cholesterol and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) measurements in fluids are more sensitive and specific markers for differentiating between exudates and transudates, as confirmed clinically, than the measurement of fluid total protein concentrations alone.Serum, pleural fluid, and ascitic fluid from 61 unselected patients were ...
N S, Paramothayan, J, Barron
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Does the evaluation of coagulation factors contribute to etiological diagnosis of pleural effusions?
Clinics, 2009 OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to identify the participation of the coagulation system in the differential diagnosis of pleural effusions. INTRODUCTION: Imbalance between immunologic and metabolic factors triggers a sequence of events resulting in ...
Marcelo Alexandre Costa Vaz +5 more
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Significance of hyperprolactinemia for cytomorphologic features of breast secretions [PDF]
Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2010 Background/Aim. Nipple discharge syndrome is a clinical entity capable of presenting various disorders such is mammary infection (nonpuerperal and puerperal mastitis), intraductal papillomas, fibrodenoma, breast cancer and hyperprolactinemia syndrome ...
Radojković Danijela +7 more
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Increased oxidative stress in exudative pleural effusions - A new marker for the differentiation between exudates and transudates? [PDF]
, 2005 Study objectives: Oxidative stress has been associated with various respiratory disorders. We tested the hypothesis that exudates would present higher levels of oxidative stress compared to transudates, expressing the increased local oxidative burst in ...
Mpatavanis, G. +5 more
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Congestive heart failure is the leading cause of pleural effusion in the north-west of Iran [PDF]
Journal of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Research, 2019 Introduction: Pleural effusion (PE) is a common manifestation of pulmonary and non–pulmonary diseases, and the first step for diagnosing the etiology is analysis of pleural fluid.
Masoud Nazemiyeh +3 more
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Natural History of Fetal Non‐Nuchal Lymphatic Malformations: A Single Center Retrospective Study
Prenatal Diagnosis, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objective To document the natural history and complications of second‐ and third‐trimester non‐nuchal lymphatic malformations (LM) and identify predictors of these complications. Methods We conducted a single‐centre retrospective review of fetuses diagnosed with LMs between January 2015 and January 2024.
Yada Kunpalin +8 more
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Pleural Effusion: Characterization With contrast CT Appearance and CT Attenuation Values
مجلة كلية الطب, 2014 Background: A number of different types of fluid may accumulate in the pleural space, the most common being transudate, exudate (thin or thick), blood and chyle.
Ali H. Jasim +2 more
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