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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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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Türk Biyokimya Dergisi, 2023 We aimed to investigate the usability of pleural pyruvate kinase (PK), total antioxidant status (TAS), and total oxidant status (TOS) as an alternative to Light’s criteria in exudate-transudate differentiation.
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Is pulmonary embolism associated with pleural transudates, exudates, or both?
Spanish Journal of Medicine, 2021 Introduction and objectives: Whether pleural effusions (PEs) secondary to pulmonary embolism can be exudative or transudative is controversial. This study aims to determine which type of effusion (exudate or transudate) is typically associated with ...
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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.
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Validity of pleural lactate dehydrogenase measurements in assessment of pleural effusions
Universa Medicina, 2015 Background Pleural effusions are classified into transudates and exudates based on Light’s criteria, but the main disadvantage of Light’s criteria is the misclassification of transudates as exudates in about 20% of cases.
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Transudative pleural effusion of malignant etiology: Rare but real
Respiratory Medicine Case Reports, 2017 A 62-year-old female presented to the emergency room with one-month history of epigastric abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting. She endorsed progressive dyspnea over two weeks.
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Association of Light’s Criteria with Pleural Fluid Procalcitonin Levels and Ultrasound Thorax with its Impact on the Management of Pleural Effusion: A Cross-sectional Study [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic ResearchIntroduction: Pleural effusion, the abnormal accumulation of fluid in the pleural space, affects around 1.5 million people every year. Light’s criteria is routinely employed to distinguish between transudative and exudative effusions based on the test ...
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Chylothorax in the Setting of Lung Malignancy
Journal of Investigative Medicine High Impact Case Reports, 2023 Chylothorax refers to chyle within the pleural space, which frequently arises from an interruption in the thoracic duct or because of reduced lymphatic drainage.
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Medical Sciences, 2023 Persistent pleural effusions (PPEf) represent a known complication of orthotopic liver transplant (OLT). However, their clinical relevance is not well described.
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