A Study of Uric Acid - A New Biochemical Marker for The Differentiation Between Exudates and Transudates in A Pleural Effusion Cases

• Main Authors: Ashish Jain (Author), Raina Jain (Author), Sudhakar B Petkar (Author), Sanjay Kumar Gupta (Author), Neeraj Khare (Author), Jusmita Dutta (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Medsci Publications, 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Pleural effusion is an excessive accumulation of fluid in the space lies between the lung and chest wall i.e. pleural space. In normal condition, pleural space contains 0.1-0.3 ml/kg body weight of fluid (near about of 10 ml of fluid on each side) between the parietal and visceral pleura...