Archivos de bronconeumología
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Arch. Bronconeumol. · Jun 2018
Detection of Pleural Fluid Biochemistry Changes in Two Consecutive Thoracenteses for Differentiating Malignant from Benign Effusions.
To assess whether changes in pleural fluid (PF) biochemistries between two consecutive thoracenteses enable clinicians to predict malignant or benign pleural effusions (PE). ⋯ An increase in LDH and neutrophils along with a decrease in protein in a second thoracentesis increase the probability of malignant PE, while the opposite reduces it significantly.