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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.
Elisna Syahruddin, Lia G. Partakusuma, Rita Khairani   +2 more
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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

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 ...
Katarina Hazuchova, Susanne Held, Isabell Klemm, Natali Bauer   +3 more
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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 Research
Introduction: 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 ...
BK Likhitha, Keertivardhan D Kulkarni, Madhav Mahawar   +2 more
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The 'Starry Sky' in Tuberculoma [PDF]

Journal of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 2017
A 27 year old lady was admitted with high-grade fever, severe headache along with dry-cough and she was being treated for neurocysticercosis on basis of ‘starry sky’ pattern on her magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of brain.
Shinjan Patra, Partha Pratim Chakraborty, Gouranga Santra
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Impact of pericardial fluid glucose level and computed tomography attenuation values on diagnosis of malignancy-related pericardial effusion

BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, 2021
Background We evaluated malignancy according to the characteristics of pericardial fluid in symptomatic Japanese patients undergoing pericardiocentesis and computed tomography (CT).
Takashi Nakamura, Mana Okune, Masakazu Yasuda, Heitaro Watanabe, Masafumi Ueno, Kenji Yamaji, Kazuki Mizutani, Takashi Kurita, Gaku Nakazawa   +8 more
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Diagnostic Accuracy of Light’s Criteria, Alkaline Phosphatase, Total Cholesterol, and D-dimer in Differentiating Transudative and Exudative Pleural Effusion: A Cross-sectional Study [PDF]

National Journal of Laboratory Medicine
Introduction: Pleural Effusion (PE) results from an imbalance between pleural fluid production and absorption. It may occur due to multiple aetiologies, including heart failure, infections, malignancies, and liver disease.
Lalit Kumar Kumawat, Nitin Tangri, Guntas Gill , Priyanka Tangri, Prabhaker Mishra   +4 more
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Biomarkers in routine diagnosis of pleural effusions

Zdravniški Vestnik, 2018
Background: Pleural fluid biochemical analysis is the first step in pleural effusion (PE) diagnostics. Our purpose was to analyse the utility of the biomarkers used at our clinic in the routine diagnosis of PE. Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the PE
Tiva Nemanič, Aleš Rozman, Katja Adamič, Mateja Marc Malovrh   +3 more
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The clinical utility of pleural fluid cholesterol as a parameter in differentiating exudative from transudative pleural effusion when compared to light’s criteria

Asian Journal of Medical Sciences
Background: Pleural effusions are classified as exudate or transudate to guide clinical management. While Light’s criteria have been the standard for this differentiation due to their high sensitivity, their lower specificity can lead to potential ...
Neha Khillar , Rohith George , Sathiqali AS , Basil Ibrahim   +3 more
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Validity of pleural lactate dehydrogenase measurements in assessment of pleural effusions [PDF]

Universa Medicina, 2012
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.
Elisna Syahruddin, Lia G Partakusuma, Rita Khairani   +2 more
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Correspondence: 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 Research
Dear Editor, The study titled “Association of Light’s Criteria with Pleural Fluid Procalcitonin Levels and Ultrasound (USG) Thorax with Its Impact on the Management of Pleural Effusion: A Cross-sectional Study”was read with great interest [1].
Kundan Mehta, Somireddy Navothna
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