- Putting all this information together, we get our two rules of pleural effusions. If pleural thickening is visible, the fluid is an exudate, and it may be an empyema, but it is not translate. If no pleural thickening is visible, the fluid may be an exudate or a transudate, but it's not an empyema.www.medmastery.com/magazine/how-recognize-different-pleural-effusions-che…
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CT is frequently used to assess patients with pleural abnormalities associated with neoplasm, pneumonia, and empyema. Exudates usually contain high levels of protein, lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), bilirubin, and cholesterol [1], thus …
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By Najib M Rahman, BMBCh MA (oxon) DPhil, University of Oxford. Reviewed/Revised Aug 2023. Normally, 10 to 20 mL of pleural fluid, similar in composition to plasma but lower in protein (< 1.5 g/dL [< 15 g/L]), is spread …
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