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.
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Arch. Bronconeumol. · Apr 2018
Accuracy of a New Algorithm to Identify Asthma-COPD Overlap (ACO) Patients in a Cohort of Patients with Chronic Obstructive Airway Disease.
We aimed to characterize the clinical, functional and inflammatory features of patients diagnosed diagnosed with ACO according to a new algorithm and to compare them with those of other chronic obstructive airway disease (COAD) categories (asthma and COPD). ⋯ This algorithm classifies as ACO all smoking asthmatics with non-fully reversible airway obstruction and a considerable proportion of e-COPD patients, highlighting those who can benefit from inhaled corticosteroids.