Comparative Evaluation of Pleural Fluid Cholesterol and Total Protein Versus Light's Criteria in Differentiation of Exudates and Transudates: A Cross‐Sectional Analysis at Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital [PDF]
The Clinical Respiratory JournalIntroduction Pleural effusions are very common clinical findings in clinical practice. Their proper diagnosis based on different parameters like pleural fluid protein, LDH, ADA, and cholesterol is very important.
Amrit Raj Subedi +3 more
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Evaluation of biomarkers sTREM-1, procalcitonin and C reactive protein in the diagnosis of pleural infection [PDF]
BMJ Open Respiratory ResearchObjective To measure the pleural fluid concentrations of soluble triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cell-1 (sTREM-1), procalcitonin (PCT) and C reactive protein (CRP) to provide information for diagnosing and discriminating between CPPE and UPPE ...
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Accuracy of seven criteria based on cholesterol and lactate dehydrogenase for differentiating exudative and transudative pleural effusions [PDF]
Scientific ReportsPrevious studies have proposed multiple diagnostic criteria based on cholesterol and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) levels to differentiate pleural exudates from transudates.
Su-Na Cha +10 more
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Retrospective Evaluation of the Causes and Fluid Characteristics of Cavitary Effusions in Dogs and Cats [PDF]
Journal of Veterinary Internal MedicineBackground The relationship between fluid characteristics and cause of cavitary effusions is incompletely characterized. Hypothesis/Objectives Describe fluid characteristics and cytologic classification of cavitary effusions in dogs and cats.
Samantha Sotillo +3 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 [PDF]
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 +3 more
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Pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics of gamithromycin for treating Pasteurella multocida infection in cattle using a tissue cage model. [PDF]
PLoS ONEIn this study, gamithromycin, a long-acting azalide antibiotic recently introduced for bovine respiratory disease (BRD) treatment, was evaluated for its effectiveness against Pasteurella multocida using a cattle tissue cage model. Gamithromycin (6 mg/kg)
Qingwen Yang +3 more
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Diagnostic accuracy of thoracic CT to differentiate transudative from exudative pleural effusion prior to thoracentesis [PDF]
Respiratory ResearchBackground Computed tomography (CT) scan is commonly performed for pleural effusion diagnostis in the clinic. However, there are limited data assessing the accuracy of thoracic CT for the separation of transudative from exudative effusions.
Yan Zhang +13 more
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Antioxidants, 2022 Pleural effusions (PEs) are common in clinical practice and can be due to many different underlying diseases such as cancer, congestive heart failure, or pneumonia.
Mu-Rong Chao +5 more
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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
Padmaja Balla +3 more
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Can computerized tomography Hounsfield unit values be useful in the differential diagnosis of pleural effusion? [PDF]
Journal of Research in Clinical Medicine, 2020 Introduction: We aimed to investigate the efficacy of Hounsfield unit (HU) attenuation measured on computed tomography (CT) as a non-invasive method for pleural effusion characterization.
Fatma Durmaz +4 more
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