Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
- Volume 38 Issue 3
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- Pages.262-269
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- 1991
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- 1738-3536(pISSN)
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- 2005-6184(eISSN)
A Diagnostic Significance of Pleural Fluid Cholesterol Level
흉막액 Cholesterol 농도에 대한 진단적 의의
- Kim, Young-Kyoon (Department of Internal Medicine, Catholic University Medical College) ;
- Kwon, Soon-Seog (Department of Internal Medicine, Catholic University Medical College) ;
- Kim, Kwan-Hyoung (Department of Internal Medicine, Catholic University Medical College) ;
- Han, Ki-Don (Department of Internal Medicine, Catholic University Medical College) ;
- Moon, Hwa-Sik (Department of Internal Medicine, Catholic University Medical College) ;
- Song, Jeong-Sup (Department of Internal Medicine, Catholic University Medical College) ;
- Park, Sung-Hak (Department of Internal Medicine, Catholic University Medical College)
- 김영균 (가톨릭대학 의학부 내과학교실) ;
- 권순석 (가톨릭대학 의학부 내과학교실) ;
- 김관형 (가톨릭대학 의학부 내과학교실) ;
- 한기돈 (가톨릭대학 의학부 내과학교실) ;
- 문화식 (가톨릭대학 의학부 내과학교실) ;
- 송정섭 (가톨릭대학 의학부 내과학교실) ;
- 박성학 (가톨릭대학 의학부 내과학교실)
- Published : 1991.09.30
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to investigate the utility of the pleural fluid cholesterol level in separating the exudates from the transudates, and in differentiating tuberculous exudates from non-tuberculous exudates, 52 patients with pleural effusion were involved in this prospective study. By predefined criteria, 40 of these effusions were classified as exudates (Group I) and 12 as transudates (Group II). Group I was subdivided into tuberculous exudates (Group A) and non-tuberculous exudates (Group B). The followings are parameters used in separating the exudates from the transudates; pleural protein (P-PROT) 3.0 g/dl, pleural protein/serum protein ratio (P/S PORT) 0.5, pleural LDH (P-LDH) 200 IU, pleural LDH/serum LDH ratio (P/S LDH) 0.6, pleural cholesterol (P-CHOL) 50 mg/dl and pleural cholesterol/serum cholesterol ratio (P/S CHOL) 0.4. Mean values of the parameters in each group were compared, and then misclassified rate and the dignostic efficiency for each parameter were calculated. The results were as follows; 1) Mean P-CHOL (
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