An adult patient with suspected pleural effusion has a diagnostic pleural aspiration. The fluid protein is 35 g/L. Which criterion suggests this is an...

Question

An adult patient with suspected pleural effusion has a diagnostic pleural aspiration. The fluid protein is 35 g/L. Which criterion suggests this is an exudate rather than a transudate

Accepted Answer

Light's criteria fluid protein-to-serum protein ratio >0.5

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Serum-ascites albumin gradient

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Fluid-to-serum protein ratio

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Light's criteria fluid LDH

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Serum LDH

Pleural effusion — MRCP Part 1 MCQ

An adult patient with suspected pleural effusion has a diagnostic pleural aspiration. The fluid protein is 35 g/L. Which criterion suggests this is an exudate rather than a transudate