Variáveis clínicas e laboratoriais no diagnóstico de derrame pleural por tuberculose e neoplasia / Clinical and laboratorial variables in diagnosis of tuberculosis and malignant pleural effusions

RESUMO

Modelos diagnósticos (MD) de baixo custo e complexidade com variáveis clínicas e laboratoriais que diferenciem, com eficiência, derrame pleural neoplásico (DPN) e tuberculoso (DPT). MÉTODO. Variáveis clínicas, exames bioquímicos, citologia quantitativa e oncótica (ONC) e histologia do tecido pleural de 403 casos de DPT (200) ou DPN (203) foram analisados. / Diagnoses Models (DM) of low cost and complexity with clinical and laboratorial variables that differentiate, with efficiency, malignance (MPE) and tuberculous (TPE) pleural effusion. METHOD. Clinical variables, biochemical tests, quantitative cytology and oncotic (ONC) and histology of pleural tissue of 403 cases of DPE (200) or MPE (203) were analyzed...