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Diagnostic Yield of Closed Pleural Biopsy Using Cope’s Needle in the Diagnosis of Exudative Pleural Effusion [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2022
Introduction: The aetiology of pleural effusion may be difficult to diagnose based on the pleural fluid cytology, biochemical and microbiological study.
Preetam Goswami, Anirban Das, Rathindra Nath Biswas, Pronoy Sen, Rana Barik   +4 more
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Pleural Fluid Cholesterol in Differentiating Exudative and Transudative Pleural Effusion [PDF]

Pulmonary Medicine, 2013
Objectives. To study the diagnostic value of pleural fluid cholesterol in differentiating transudative and exudative pleural effusion. To compare pleural fluid cholesterol level for exudates with Light's criteria. Design. Cross sectional descriptive study. Settings. Medical wards of Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital. Methods.
A. B. Hamal, K. N. Yogi, N. Bam, S. K. Das, R. Karn   +4 more
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Diagnostic yield and safety of closed needle pleural biopsy in exudative pleural effusion

Avicenna Journal of Medicine, 2017
Background: Closed pleural biopsy was previously considered a procedure of choice in cases of undiagnosed pleural effusion with good efficacy. Currently, the closed pleural biopsy has been replaced by thoracoscopic biopsy but not easily available in ...
Govind Singh Rajawat, Supreet Batra, Rajendra Prasad Takhar, Lalit Rathi, Chand Bhandari, Manohar Lal Gupta   +5 more
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To Assess Diagnostic value of Lymphocyte // Neutrophil ratio and Adenosine Deaminase in the Diagnosis of Exudative Tubercular Pleural Effusion

MRIMS Journal of Health Sciences, 2019
Background: Adenosine deaminase (ADA) is considered a valuable tool in the diagnosis of extra pulmonary tuberculosis. Objective: To evaluate the role of ADA and L/N ratio in the diagnosis of tuberculous pleural effusion in patients with exudative ...
K Raj Kumar, Raghu Vamsi, Soumya Rani
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The role of pleuroscopy in undiagnosed exudative pleural effusion

Lung India, 2012
To find the diagnostic yield of a pleuroscopic pleural biopsy and to find the complication rates.Institutional based prospective study.Sixty-eight consecutive patients who had undiagnosed exudative pleural effusion were recruited for pleuroscopy from September 2007 to August 2010.A total of 68 patients (55 males and 13 females; mean age 49 years ...
V G Prabhu, R Narasimhan
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Tumor necrosis factor alpha and high sensitivity C-reactive protein in diagnosis of exudative pleural effusion

Journal of Research in Medical Sciences, 2011
Background: Differentiation between exudative and transudative pleural effusions is the initial step in assessment of pleural effusion. The aim of this study was to determine whether high sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP) and tumor necrosis factor α
Fariba Rezaeetalab, Seyed Mohhamad Reza Parizadeh, Habibollah Esmaeely, Hadi Akbari, Farzaneh Akbari, Soheila Saberi   +5 more
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Role of the Neutrophil-Lymphocyte Ratio in the Differential Diagnosis of Exudative Pleural Effusion

Clinics, 2016
OBJECTIVES: Pleural effusion is a common diagnostic and clinical problem. The differential diagnosis of pleural effusion may be difficult and may require several procedures, including invasive ones.
Ulku Aka Akturk, Dilek Ernam, Makbule Ozlem Akbay, Nagihan Durmus Koçak, Erhan Ogur, Ilim Irmak   +5 more
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Diagnostic Value of Neutrophil-Lymphocyte Ratio in Exudative Pleural Effusion [PDF]

Al-Azhar International Medical Journal, 2022
Background: As many patients may be unfit to undergo medical thoracoscopy, in addition to the low yield of closed pleural biopsy in malignant conditions, finding novel hematological or pleural fluid biomarkers to unmask the diagnosis of exudative pleural
Houssam Eldin Abd Elnaby, Ebrahim Ewida, Yousry Alzohairy, Ebrahim Deraz   +3 more
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Role of CRP as a marker for discrimination of exudative and transudative pleural effusion

Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease, 2022
Differentiation between exudative and transudative pleural effusion is sometime problematic. This study aimed to evaluate the diagnostic value of C-reactive protein (CRP) in differentiation of exudative and transudative pleural effusion.
Omid Rismantab, Seyed Aili Javad Moosavi, Mohammad Reza Farahnak, Maryam Dastoorpoor, Hanieh Raji   +4 more
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Could pleural fluid lactate level have an added diagnostic value in para pneumonic effusion?

Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis, 2023
Background Pleural effusion is the accumulation of fluid in the pleural space, can be classified into transudative and exudative effusion. A parapneumonic effusion is a pleural effusion that forms adjacent to pneumonia. Para pneumonic effusion can be sub-
Mohammed Shehta, Amr M Fathy, Mohammed A Ibrahim   +2 more
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