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Discriminating Between Transudates and Exudates
Clinics in Chest Medicine, 2006The dichotomous classification of pleural fluid as a transudate or an exudate simplifies diagnostic efforts in determining the cause of pleural effusions. Multiple pleural fluid tests are available to discriminate between these two classes of effusions. Tests commonly used in clinical practice depend on the detection in pleural fluid of large-molecular-
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Diagnosis and Management of Pleural Transudates
Archivos de Bronconeumología (English Edition), 2017Various clinical trials have been published on the optimal clinical management of patients with pleural exudates, particularly those caused by malignant tumors, while little information is available on the diagnosis and treatment of pleural transudates.
Lucía, Ferreiro +2 more
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Identifying transudates misclassified by Lightʼs criteria
Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine, 2013Light's criteria combine three dichotomous tests into a decision rule that is considered positive if any one of the tests is positive. This strategy clearly maximizes sensitivity, although at the expense of specificity. Although Light's criteria identify 98% of pleural exudates, they misclassify about 25% of transudates as exudates. The way to overcome
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[Presumed transudative pleural effusion?].
Revue des maladies respiratoires, 1995We report a case of recurrent transudative pleural effusion. The initial cardiovascular investigations failed to determine its cause. The catheterization showed a "dip-plateau" suggesting a restrictive cardiomyopathy. Endomyocardial biopsy finally proved a cardiac amyloidosis.
P, Berger +4 more
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Correction: Oncotic Pressure and Transudates
Annals of Internal Medicine, 1973Excerpt To the editor: In the October 1972 issue the article "Pleural Effusions: The Diagnostic Separation of Transudates and Exudates," by Light and colleagues (pp.
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