Assessing the Risk for Complicated Effusions The importance of pleural fluid analysis in parapneumonic effusions does not lie in the classification of effusions as transudative or exudative. The ...

A triglyceride level greater than 1.24 mmol/L and a cholesterol level less than 5.18 mmol/L are diagnostic. 3 Pleural fluid with a triglyceride level greater than 1.24 mmol has less than a 1% chance ...

Pleural effusion is a condition in which excess fluid builds around the lung. Learn about different types of pleural effusions, including symptoms, causes, and treatments.

Porcel JM, Esquerda A, Vives M, Bielsa S. Etiology of pleural effusions: analysis of more than 3,000 consecutive thoracenteses. Arch Bronconeumol 2014;50:161-165.

Pleural effusions complicate end-stage liver disease in 5% of patients. [5, 6] Effusions (defined as 500 mL or more of fluid within the pleural space) are typically right-sided. [7, 8] No ...

Chest radiography and computed tomography showed that he had left lower lobe consolidation with a loculated pleural effusion (Figure 1A). Pleural fluid analysis was consistent with the diagnosis of ...

Kevin Lamote, PhD, from the University of Antwerp, Belgium, and colleagues conducted a study aimed to investigate whether exhaled breath analysis could differentiate treatment responders from non ...