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Once More: Light’s Criteria Revisited [PDF]
Respiration, 2000 Accessible online at: www.karger.com/journals/res Since 1972, Light’s criteria have been accepted as the most appropriate diagnostic approach to distinguishing between exudative and transudative pleural effusions. According to Light et al. [1], a pleural fluid is an exudate if it meets the following criteria: pleural protein divided by serum protein 10.
R. Keller
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Comparison of the Efficacy of Light's Criteria With Serum-Effusion Albumin Gradient and Pleural Effusion Glucose. [PDF]
Cureus, 2023 Introduction While Light’s criteria exhibit high sensitivity (98%) in detecting exudative pleural effusions, the capacity to rule out transudates is relatively limited.
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Diagnostic value of Light's criteria and albumin gradient in classifying the pathophysiology of pleural effusion formation in cats. [PDF]
J Feline Med Surg, 2016 Zoia A, Drigo M.
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Pleural Fluid Bilirubin to Serum Bilirubin Ratio, comparison with Light’s Criteria.
International Journal of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, 2021 Introduction: Pleural fluid bilirubin and pleural fluid bilirubin to serum bilirubin ratio evaluation had been reported by several in distinguishing exudative from transudative pleural effusions along with Light’s Criteria.
M. Yadav, A. Pal, Anjal Bisht, J. Thapa
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Nepalese Medical Journal, 2020 Introduction: Light's criteria had been the standard method for distinguishing exudative and transudative pleural effusions which misidentify 15-20% of transudates as exudates.
Anupam Bista +3 more
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Solutions to the Knower Paradox in the Light of Haack’s Criteria
Journal of Philosophical Logic, 2023 AbstractThe knower paradox states that the statement ‘We know that this statement is false’ leads to inconsistency. This article presents a fresh look at this paradox and some well-known solutions from the literature. Paul Égré discusses three possible solutions that modal provability logic provides for the paradox by surveying and comparing three ...
Mirjam de Vos +2 more
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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 ...
José M. Porcel +3 more
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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.
Dumanlı Ahmet +10 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 +4 more
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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.
Bhavesh H. Patel +9 more
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