Diagnostic Accuracy of Ultrasound and Computed Tomography in Differentiating Transudate from Exudate in Patients with Pleural Effusion

Pleural Effusion — Diagnoses, Treatment, Transudate and Exudate

Medical students often encounter patients with pleural effusion during internships and their residency. These patients do not always suffer from dyspnea and an accurate clinical examination is crucial for the diagnosis. In oral and written exams, explaining the difference between transudate and exudate is a frequent task. In this article, you can find all the important information regarding ple...

Pleural Effusion — Diagnoses, Treatment, Transudate and Exudate

Medical students often encounter patients with pleural effusion during internships and their residency. These patients do not always suffer from dyspnea and an accurate clinical examination is crucial for the diagnosis. In oral and written exams, explaining the difference between transudate and exudate is a frequent task. In this article, you can find all the important information regarding ple...

Evaluation of Plasma-pleural Effusion Albumin Gradient for Differentiating between Pleural Transudate and Exudate

Pleural Effusion in Meigs’ Syndrome—Transudate or Exudate?

Although Meigs' syndrome is regarded as a well-defined entity, contradictory data on pleural fluid characteristics have been presented, with some papers classifying it as a transudate, whereas others stating that it is an exudate.The aims of the study were: (1) to evaluate pleural fluid characteristics in patients with Meigs' syndrome and (2) to analyze the prevalence of transudative and exudat...

Diagnosing pleural effusion: moving beyond transudate-exudate separation.

in our article, our human lung model simply reflected a baseline estimate of the distance traveled by any potentially infectious aerosols while the patient was breathing at rest with a respiratory rate of 12 breaths/min. With appropriate references,2,3 we have already stressed the importance of full personal protective equipment as an effective infection control measure in protecting health-car...