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The impact of between analytical platform variability on the classification of pleural effusions into exudate or transudate using Light's criteria

Journal of Clinical Pathology, 2017
M. Cornes, Andrew J. Chadburn, Claire L. Thomas, C. Darby, R. Webster, C. Ford, R. Gama   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

A Comparative Study to Evaluate the Diagnostic Accuracy of Bedside Hydrogen Peroxide Test and Light’s Criteria in Differentiating Pleural Effusions as Transudate and Exudate

RGUHS Journal of Medical Sciences
Background Pleural effusions are common manifestations of a variety of pathologies. The specific cause must be identified to initiate timely treatment.
Trishna Rao, Preethi B P
doaj   +1 more source

Utilizing thoracic ultrasonography in determining the characteristics of pleural fluid: Development of a novel sonographic scoring system

Annals of Thoracic Medicine
BACKGROUND: To evaluate the utility of thoracic ultrasound imaging (USI) in assessing the nature of pleural fluid (PF) using a scoring system. METHODS: The files of patients who underwent thoracic USI and thoracentesis due to PF accumulation were ...
Sükran Mutlu, Coşkun Doğan, Salih Küçük   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Solving the Light's criteria misclassification rate of cardiac and hepatic transudates

Respirology (Carlton South. Print), 2012
S. Bielsa, J. Porcel, J. Castellote, E. Mas, A. Esquerda, R. Light   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Classic, abbreviated, and modified Light's criteria: the end of the story?

Chest, 1999
J. Porcel, M. Vives
semanticscholar   +2 more sources

“Efficacy of Total Pleural Fluid Bilirubin And Ratio to Serum Levels, Pleural Fluid Cholesterol And Total Protein Level in Diagnosing Pleural Effusion Exudates And Transudates And Its Correlation with light’s Criteria”

, 2017
Ramanandan Prabhakaran, K. Balan, S. Karthikeyan   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Status of Exudative Pleural Effusion in Adults of South Khorasan Province, Northeast Iran: Pleural Tuberculosis Tending toward Elderly

Iranian Journal of Medical Sciences, 2016
The causes and situation of exudative pleural effusion vary from one area to another. A cross-sectional study was conducted on 327 patients with exudative pleural effusion in South Khorasan province (Iran).
Sayyed Gholam Reza Mortazavi-Moghaddam, Gholam Reza Sharifzadeh, Mohammad Reza Rezvani   +2 more
doaj  

Do pleural fluid pH and lactate improve classification beyond Light's criteria?: A single-center retrospective study. [PDF]

Medicine (Baltimore)
Eraslan BZ, Yilmaz E, Kodalak Cengiz S, Cömert S.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Pleural effusions: seeing transudate-exudate differentiation in a different light. [PDF]

ERJ Open Res
Feller-Kopman DJ, Mounsey CA.
europepmc   +1 more source

Transudative Pleural Effusion as a Rare Manifestation of Disseminated Tuberculosis With Tubercular Myocarditis: A Case Report. [PDF]

Cureus
Samanta RP, Agarwal S, Pathak S, Kamath S.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source