Comparison of the Efficacy of Light’s Criteria With Serum-Effusion Albumin Gradient and Pleural Effusion Glucose

Introduction While Light’s criteria exhibit high sensitivity (98%) in detecting exudative pleural effusions, the capacity to rule out transudates is relatively limited. A previous study showed that approximately one-fifth of patients with congestive cardiac failure on diuretics also met the criteria...

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Autores principales: Sharma, Karan, Fultariya, Lekhini, Reddy Mallimala, Priya, Shah, Kavita, Sharma, Vishal
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
Materias:
Internal Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10415955/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37577277
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.43319

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10415955/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37577277
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.43319

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