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Life, 2023 Malignant pleural effusion is associated with a poor prognosis and, while risk stratification models exist, prior studies have not evaluated pleural fluid resolution and its association with survival.
Christina R. MacRosty +5 more
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Pleural fluid investigations for pleural infections
Journal of Laboratory and Precision Medicine, 2021 Over 1.5 million patients are admitted to hospital with pneumonia in the United States each year. Up to 50% of them can develop a parapneumonic effusion which is associated with higher mortality. The incidence of pleural infection continues to rise, particularly in the elderly and those with comorbidities.
Roy, Bapti +2 more
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The International Journal of Biological Markers, 1995 As a tool for differentiating malignant and benign pleural effusions, we evaluated the diagnostic value of the assay of tissue polypeptide-specific antigen (TPS) in pleural fluid and serum, and of the pleural fluid TPS/serum TPS ratio in patients with ...
V. Villena +5 more
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Pleural Fluid Cholesterol in Differentiating Exudative and Transudative Pleural Effusion
Pulmonary Medicine, 2013 Objectives. To study the diagnostic value of pleural fluid cholesterol in differentiating transudative and exudative pleural effusion. To compare pleural fluid cholesterol level for exudates with Light’s criteria. Design.
A. B. Hamal +4 more
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Interferon-gamma release assay performance of pleural fluid and peripheral blood in pleural tuberculosis. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 BACKGROUND: The diagnosis of pleural tuberculosis (TB) remains to be difficult. Interferon-gamma release assay (IGRA) is a promising method for diagnosing TB in low TB burden countries.
Fei Liu +11 more
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Interpreting pleural fluid results [PDF]
Clinical Medicine, 2019 Interpreting pleural fluid results correctly requires an awareness of the possible aetiologies of a pleural effusion and an understanding of the reliability of the outcome of each investigation. All results must be interpreted within each different clinical context and knowledge of the pitfalls for each test is necessary when the diagnosis is unclear ...
Mercer, RM +4 more
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Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis, 2015 Background: Pleurodesis fails in 10–40% of patients with recurrent malignant pleural effusions (MPEs) and dyspnea. An accurate definition of the different characteristics of the patient would help to identify more precisely the population mostly ...
Samah M. Shehata +2 more
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Journal of Applied Sciences and Clinical Practice, 2022 Background: Malignant pleural effusion missed routinely because of less diagnostic yield of conventional fluid cytology. Materials and Methods: Prospective multicentric study conducted during January 2014 to June 2016 in Venkatesh chest hospital, and ...
Shital Patil +2 more
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Clinical Chemistry, 2016 A 90-year-old man was admitted for progressive dyspnea. His medical history included hypertension and chronic myeloid leukemia diagnosed 10 years before and treated with dasatinib. Physical examination revealed pitting edema of the legs and dullness to percussion in the right chest. Laboratory test results were clinically relevant for white blood cells
Oudart, Jean-Baptiste +3 more
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Journal of Nepal Medical Association, 2022 Introduction: A systematic approach to analysis of the fluid in conjunction with the clinical presentation allows clinicians to diagnose the cause of an effusion, narrow the differential diagnoses, and design a management plan.
Srijana Ranjit +6 more
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