Analysis of pleural fluid assists the diagnosis of intrathoracic and systemic disorders that cause pleural effusions. Nearly 75% of patients with pleural effusions gain either a definitive or pre- sumptive diagnosis after a systematic analysis of pleural fluid. The need for further diagnostic studies...
Analysis of pleural fluid - A one year study International Archives of Integrated MedicineKhatib, Wasim M.Aher, Vidya C.Patel, Pankti M.Demde, Rakesh B.
Proper analysis of pleural or peritoneal fluid can go a long way toward verifying a diagnosis and directing treatment recommendations. Sample preparation and handling can have a significant effect on the accuracy of test results. Proper analysis of pleural or peritoneal fluid can go a long way ...
Background: Determination of leukocyte (WBC) counts in pleural fluid is routinely performed by microscopic examination. In this study, we evaluated the performance of automated (differential) WBC counting in comparison with manual counting. Methods: Pleural fluid samples (n=45) were obtained from pat...
EMPYEMA THORACIS: Bacteriological analysis of pleural fluid from the largest chest hospital in Delhi A retrospective microbiological review of pleural fluid samples was conducted to investigate the various bacteria associated with empyema thoracis and to monitor their antibiogram pattern in the 2 year ...
Conclusions: Bacterial pathogens predominated in this selected subgroup of PERCH participants drawn from those with radiological consolidation or pleural fluid, with S. pneumoniae and S. aureus the leading pathogens identified. 展开 关键词: Lung aspirate pleural fluid aspirate PERCH pneumonia etiology ...
Fluid-filled paranasal sinuses are suggested to be a valuable tool to distinguish between drowning and non-drowning postmortem, yet the mechanisms governin
To compare the utility of chromosome and cytogenetic analysis, the idiopathic pleural effusions of 60 patients were subjected to a double-blind analysis. A fluid was considered "positive" for malignancy if there was a marker chromosome, or if 10 percent of metaphases were hyperdiploid. Of the ...
Pleural space disease is often complex, difficult to diagnose, and problematic to manage. At computed tomography (CT), empyema appears as an oblong fluid c... JE Kuhlman,NK Singha - 《Radiographics A Review Publication of the Radiological Society of North America Inc》 被引量: 113发表: 1997...
Where risk of TB is considered to be significant, pleural fluid aspiration should be combined with simultaneous pleural biopsy, as the latter may provide crucial diagnostic information at an earlier stage.doi:10.1136/thoraxjnl-2011-201054c.31Agarwal, P. K....