A comparative study of serum effusion albumin gradient and Light's criteria to differentiate exudative and transudative pleural effusion [PDF]
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.
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Simplified Light’s Criteria and Acute Phase Proteins Reflect Aetiology of Feline Body Cavity Effusions Better than the Traditional Classification Scheme [PDF]
Animals, 2023 The traditional veterinary classification (TVC) of effusions based on cell count and total protein (TP) does not adequately reflect the aetiology. Light’s criteria (LC) (activity of lactate dehydrogenase [LDH] in the effusion [LDHef], effusion/serum LDH ...
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Revisiting Light's criteria: a validated blood-free triple combination matches diagnostic accuracy in over 7000 patients [PDF]
ERJ Open ResearchBackground Light's criteria remain the standard for distinguishing exudative from transudative pleural effusions, but require serum sampling and lack specificity.
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Effects of Light’s criteria on the diagnostic accuracy of pleural fluid carcinoembryonic antigen concentrations for malignant pleural effusion [PDF]
Scientific ReportsThe pleural fluid carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) test is a diagnostic tool for malignant pleural effusion (MPE). Light’s criteria are an important method for the differential diagnosis of pleural effusion. This study aimed to analyze the effects of Light’
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Comparative Evaluation of Pleural Fluid Cholesterol and Total Protein Versus Light's Criteria in Differentiation of Exudates and Transudates: A Cross‐Sectional Analysis at Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital [PDF]
The Clinical Respiratory JournalIntroduction Pleural effusions are very common clinical findings in clinical practice. Their proper diagnosis based on different parameters like pleural fluid protein, LDH, ADA, and cholesterol is very important.
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Reassessing Discordant Exudative Pleural Effusion in Heart Failure: A Rare Case of Occult Malignancy Uncovered by Post‐Thoracentesis Tension Pneumothorax [PDF]
Clinical Case ReportsPleural effusions can be manifestations of heart failure, pulmonary embolism, infection, and malignancy. Symptom assessment, imaging, and pleural fluid analysis serve as key determinants in guiding clinical management.
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Accuracy of seven criteria based on cholesterol and lactate dehydrogenase for differentiating exudative and transudative pleural effusions [PDF]
Scientific ReportsPrevious studies have proposed multiple diagnostic criteria based on cholesterol and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) levels to differentiate pleural exudates from transudates.
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Development and validation of a diagnostic prediction model for heart failure-related pleural effusions: the BANCA score [PDF]
ERJ Open ResearchAim Heart failure (HF) is a common cause of pleural effusion (PE); however, its diagnosis can be challenging owing to overlapping clinical features with other causes. Measuring N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) levels is diagnostically
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Pleural fluid characteristics of patients with COVID‐19 infection [PDF]
The Clinical Respiratory JournalIntroduction Pleural effusions are known to occur in many cases of COVID‐19. Data on typical characteristics of COVID‐19‐associated pleural effusions are limited. The goal of this project was to characterize the pleural fluid from patients with COVID‐19.
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Light’s Criteria Versus Costa’s Criteria in Differentiating Transudative & Exudative Pleural Effusions [PDF]
Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Medicine, 2023 Introduction: Aim of this study is to compare COSTA’S and LIGHT’S criteria in identifying exudative from transudative pleural effusions.Materials & Methods: A prospective study that is hospital-based was conducted at GHCCD, during Jan 2017 to August 2018
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