Prospective study – Meisel's criteria for differentiation of pleural transudates from exudates

C. L. C. Pessôa, C. T. S. Junior, G. P. Cardoso, N. P. Monteiro (Niterói, Brazil)

Source: Annual Congress 2003 - Pleural effusion
Session: Pleural effusion
Session type: Oral Presentation
Number: 1292
Disease area: Respiratory infections, Thoracic oncology

Congress or journal article abstract

Rating: 0
You must login to grade this presentation.

Share or cite this content

Citations should be made in the following way:
C. L. C. Pessôa, C. T. S. Junior, G. P. Cardoso, N. P. Monteiro (Niterói, Brazil). Prospective study – Meisel's criteria for differentiation of pleural transudates from exudates. Eur Respir J 2003; 22: Suppl. 45, 1292

You must login to share this Presentation/Article on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn or by email.

Member's Comments

No comment yet.
You must Login to comment this presentation.


Related content which might interest you:
Comparison of the effectiveness of Light criteria and some other proposed criteria in differentiation of pleural fluids as exudates or transudates
Source: Annual Congress 2003 - Pleural effusion
Year: 2003


Diagnostic yield of sl-selectin in differentiation of transudates from exudates in pleural effusions
Source: Eur Respir J 2005; 26: Suppl. 49, 448s
Year: 2005

A comparison of criteria of light, formulas of Kokturk and our novel formulas in distinguishing pleural fluids as transudates and exudates
Source: Eur Respir J 2002; 20: Suppl. 38, 441s
Year: 2002

Diagnostic utility of Costa's criteria in separation of exudates from transudates
Source: Eur Respir J 2002; 20: Suppl. 38, 441s
Year: 2002

Evaluation of the utility of using pleural fluid cholesterol as a new criterion for the differential diagnosis between transudates and exudates
Source: Annual Congress 2011 - The new clinical spectrum of lung diseases: from bronchi to pleura
Year: 2011

Critical issues in pleural fluid examinations: laboratory parameters, tumour markers and cytological methods
Source: ISSN=1025-448x, ISBN=1-904097-25-1, page=110
Year: 2002

Diagnostic approach in a patient with pleural effusion
Source: ISSN=1025-448x, ISBN=1-904097-25-1, page=131
Year: 2002

A prospective study of yield of popper ( modified Raja ) pleural biopsy needle in ideopathic pleural effusion
Source: Eur Respir J 2004; 24: Suppl. 48, 71s
Year: 2004

Is pleural cholesterol useful for differentiation between exudates and transudates?
Source: Eur Respir J 2005; 26: Suppl. 49, 447s
Year: 2005

Pseudocholinesterase in separation of pleural exudates from transudates
Source: Eur Respir J 2001; 18: Suppl. 33, 320s
Year: 2001

Evaluation of efficacy of discrimination of pleural transudates and exudates by measuring specific gravity of pleural effusion fluid using refractometer
Source: Eur Respir J 2006; 28: Suppl. 50, 581s
Year: 2006

Parapneumonic pleural effusion (ppnpe) and microbiological isolation. Study routine or selective?
Source: Annual Congress 2009 - Diagnosis of pleural effusions and rare tumours experience
Year: 2009


A prospective study on etiology of haemorrhagic pleural effusion
Source: Annual Congress 2009 - Pleural and mediastinal diseases
Year: 2009

Blind pleural biopsy in the study of undiagnosed pleural effusion: results and complications
Source: Virtual Congress 2020 – Interventional pulmonology: the pleura and bronchoscopic treatment of emphysema
Year: 2020


Thoracentesis in the bilateral pleural effusion. Should we puncture both sides? Prospective study
Source: International Congress 2015 – Mediastinal tumors, malignant pleural mesothelioma and other rare tumors
Year: 2015


Accuracy of pleural fluid c-reactive protein in differentiating between tuberculous and malignant pleural effusions: a meta-analysis
Source: International Congress 2019 – Tuberculosis and comorbidities
Year: 2019

Variability of the sensitivity of three tests for the diagnosis of pleural TB according to the findings in pleural tissue
Source: Eur Respir J 2005; 26: Suppl. 49, 241s
Year: 2005

Cholesterol in separation of pleural exudates from transudates
Source: Eur Respir J 2002; 20: Suppl. 38, 442s
Year: 2002

The association between pleural fluid exposure and survival in malignant pleural mesothelioma: a retrospective cohort study in 761 patients
Source: Virtual Congress 2020 – Malignant pleural effusion in 2020: understanding the biology and clinical implications
Year: 2020




Survival of patients with malignant pleural effusions: a three-year prospective self-experience study
Source: International Congress 2018 – Clinical management of pleural malignancies, including mesothelioma
Year: 2018