Pleural fluid lactate in pleural effusion.
Eur J Respir Dis
; 71(1): 19-22, 1987 Jul.
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| ID: mdl-3653301
ABSTRACT
Pleural fluid lactate (PFL) and blood lactate (BL) concentrations were simultaneously measured in samples from 46 patients with pleural effusion. PFL exceeded 6 mmol/l in all 15 patients with pyogenic bacterial pleurisy but in only 5 of the other 31 patients. We have found that a PFL-BL difference greater than or equal to 6 mmol/l has a sensitivity of 100% and a specificity of 93.8% in detecting pyogenic pleural effusions. Results are available within 1 h of sample collection, so that PFL-BL difference may become a useful aid in the early assessment of pleural effusions.
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Bases de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Derrame Pleural
/
Lactatos
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
/
Etiology_studies
Límite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Eur J Respir Dis
Año:
1987
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Bélgica