Role of pleural viscosity in the differential diagnosis of exudative pleural effusion

Yetkin O., Tek I., Yetkin F., Numanoglu N.

RESPIROLOGY, cilt.12, sa.2, ss.267-271, 2007 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 12 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2007
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2006.01041.x
  • Dergi Adı: RESPIROLOGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.267-271
  • İnönü Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Determining the aetiology of an effusion involves assessing if it is an exudate or a transudate. However, a reliable test for determining the aetiology of a pleural effusion is lacking. Pleural viscosity has a high sensitivity and specificity and a high positive and negative predictive value for discriminating exudative and transudative pleural effusions. The aim of this study was to use pleural fluid viscosity to discriminate between various aetiologies of exudative effusions, namely malignant, parapneumonic and tuberculous.