Predictors of trapped lung in patients with malignant pleural effusions; comparison of pleural elastance and pleural fluid pH

H. Yildirim, M. Metintas, G. Ak, S. Erginel, F. Alatas (Eskisehir, Turkey)

Source: Annual Congress 2009 - Diagnosis of pleural effusions and rare tumours experience
Session: Diagnosis of pleural effusions and rare tumours experience
Session type: E-Communication Session
Number: 1934
Disease area: Thoracic oncology

Congress or journal article abstractE-poster

Rating: 0
You must login to grade this presentation.

Share or cite this content

Citations should be made in the following way:
H. Yildirim, M. Metintas, G. Ak, S. Erginel, F. Alatas (Eskisehir, Turkey). Predictors of trapped lung in patients with malignant pleural effusions; comparison of pleural elastance and pleural fluid pH. Eur Respir J 2009; 34: Suppl. 53, 1934

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:
Correlation between pleural fluid cytological yield and pleural tumour burden in malignant pleural effusions
Source: Annual Congress 2010 - 100 years of thoracoscopy: still room for improvement?
Year: 2010


Separating malignant from nonmalignant pleural effusion on the basis of PO2 in pleural effusion
Source: Eur Respir J 2003; 22: Suppl. 45, 541s
Year: 2003

Cytology of pleural fluid versus histopathology of the pleura in the diagnosis of malignant pleural effusions
Source: Eur Respir J 2006; 28: Suppl. 50, 775s
Year: 2006

Pleural fluid, serum β-HCG levels and pleural fluid/serum β-HCG ratio for the discrimination of malignant and benign pleural effusions
Source: Eur Respir J 2003; 22: Suppl. 45, 60s
Year: 2003

Transudative malignant pleural effusions
Source: International Congress 2019 – Novel approaches to pleural effusion: should I change my practice?
Year: 2019



Is it important to determine pleural fluid amylase in patients with malignant pleural effusions?
Source: Eur Respir J 2007; 30: Suppl. 51, 565s
Year: 2007

Utility of pleural fluid glucose measurement in TB pleural effusions.
Source: Virtual Congress 2020 – The young, the old and extrapulmonary tuberculosis
Year: 2020


Incidence and aetiology of eosinophilic pleural effusion
Source: Eur Respir J 2009; 34: 1111-1117
Year: 2009



Malignant pleural disease in primary lung cancer
Source: Eur Respir Mon; 2009: 44: 318–335
Year: 2009

Evaluation of patients with pleural effusions
Source: Eur Respir J 2004; 24: Suppl. 48, 247s
Year: 2004

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

Utility of pleural fluid for predictive marker testing in malignant pleural effusion
Source: Virtual Congress 2020 – Malignant pleural effusion in 2020: understanding the biology and clinical implications
Year: 2020



Ideal volume sampling in the diagnosis of malignant pleural effusions
Source: Annual Congress 2012 - Clinical issues in malignant pleural effusions
Year: 2012

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

Prognostic features of residual pleural thickening after parapneumonic pleural effusion
Source: Eur Respir J 2002; 20: Suppl. 38, 605s
Year: 2002

Polarized cytokine profiles in the peripheral blood and pleural fluid from the patients with tuberculous pleurisy, pulmonary tuberculosis combined disease, and malignant pleural effusion
Source: Eur Respir J 2004; 24: Suppl. 48, 467s
Year: 2004

Videothoracoscopy in the treatment of malignant pleural effusions
Source: Annual Congress 2009 - Pleural and mediastinal diseases
Year: 2009

Closed pleural brushing in the diagnosis of malignant pleural effusions
Source: Annual Congress 2008 - Diagnostic and therapeutic approaches in pleural diseases
Year: 2008