Other ECG criteria which improved sensitivity resulted in an unacceptably high prevalence of false-positive diagnoses of pericardial effusion. Thus, echocardiographic effusions occur in only 1% of normal subjects but in more than 25% of patients with hemodynamic loading conditions, with a strong ...
Lactic (acid) dehydrogenase (LDH), total protein - The Light criteria (for exudative pleural effusion) found to be as reliable in distinguishing between exudative and transudative effusions: (1) total protein fluid-to-serum ratio >0.5, (2) LDH fluid-to-serum ratio >0.6, (3) LDH fluid le...
following diagnostic criteria: the presence of pleural effusion and ascites; the existence of benign and solid ovarian tumors with the gross appearance of a fibroma (fibroma, thecoma, and granulose cell tumor); and the ascites and pleural effusion rapidly resolve after removal of the tumor [1]...
However, few reports have assessed the effusion by cytological examination with immunostaining. Diagnostic criteria for IgG4-RD have been proposed as follows [2]: (1) typical tissue fibrosclerosis; (2) elevated serum IgG4 (>135 mg/dL); and (3) histopathological features, including lymphocyte ...
Diagnostic Criteria forPericarditis–at least 2 required Pleuriticchest pain. Pericardial friction rubonauscultation. Characteristic electrocardiogram changes. SeeFig. 1. New or worseningpericardial effusion. View article Emergency Cardiology: From ED to CCU ...
Table 1 Pleural and pericardial effusion associated with remitting seronegative symmetrical synovitis with pitting edema syndrome Full size table Several reports suggested that serum IL-6 and VEGF are increased in RS3PE syndrome [2,10–12], suggesting that these cytokines may be associated with sympt...
Based on 2-dimensional echocardiography, the amount of pericardial effusion can be categorized as small (<1 cm), moderate (1–2 cm), large (2–2,5 cm), or very large (> 2, 5 cm) measured at end-diastole [26]. CMR criteria are based on the total amount of fluid, if the fluid...
Cultures of blood and pleural effusion were all negative. Our patient fulfilled the diagnostic criteria of RS3PE syndrome including: 1) pitting edema of the hands and feet; 2) sudden onset of polyarthritis; 3) onset at age 50 years or older; and 4) negative serology for rheumatoid factors...
This new score could become a valuable diagnostic tool for detecting PE by ECG in daily practice.ROC Curve ARENA ScoreECG criteria for pericardial effusionBiasin MCordioli NVarriale AZayalah JComuzzi APilan MGambaro ARibichini FEuropean Heart Journal: Acute Cardiovascular Care...
Exclusion criteria were a history of atrial fibrillation, hyperthyroidism, amiodarone intake, severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, left ventricle ejection fraction less than 30%, the size of the left atrium exceeding 50 mm, active infective endocarditis, the presence of adhesions in the ...