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  • Title: Erroneous classification of a pleural effusion. The role of a traumatic thoracentesis.
    Author: Israel RH.
    Journal: Respiration; 1978; 36(1):48-9. PubMed ID: 663419.
    Abstract:
    The separation of pleural effusions into exudates and transudates is based on the pleural fluid LDH and protein content compared to the simultaneous serum LDH and protein content. A patient in biventricular failure presented with a right pleural effusion that met the criteria of a transudate. After a traumatic thoracentesis the fluid met the criteria of an exudate.
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