Etiological
diagnosis of pleural effusion is sometimes easy and sometimes very difficult
challenge. In most of patients with pleural effusion, the symptoms, signs and
laboratory data are not pathognomonic for etiologic diagnosis. In a patient with an undiagnosed pleural
effusion, the first question to answer is whether the fluid is a transudate or
an exudate. This is usually determined by means of Light's criteria. In
patients under diuretic treatment, Light's criteria misclassify transudates as
exudates, but the pleural fluid NT-pro-BNP levels usually is above 1500 pg/mL
in pleural effusions associated with heart failure.
Birincil Dil | İngilizce |
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Konular | Yoğun Bakım |
Bölüm | Original Articles |
Yazarlar | |
Yayımlanma Tarihi | 23 Aralık 2019 |
Gönderilme Tarihi | 16 Eylül 2019 |
Kabul Tarihi | 5 Kasım 2019 |
Yayımlandığı Sayı | Yıl 2019 Cilt: 1 Sayı: 3 |