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.

Fifty-seven patients had relief from recurrent pleural effusion from the initial intracavitary instillation of Au 198 (Table 2). There were 28 failures to the first treatment.