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From: A retrospective study on the combined biomarkers and ratios in serum and pleural fluid to distinguish the multiple types of pleural effusion

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Differential diagnosis of the five types of pleural effusion by decision-tree analysis. The combination of ADA, S-Alb, S-LDH, TP, PF-LDH/ADA, and PF-LDH/TP provided the best predictive capacity, with an overall accuracy of 84.8% (95/112). TPE, tuberculous pleural effusion; MPE, malignant pleural effusion; CPPE, complicated parapneumonic effusion; UPPE, uncomplicated parapneumonic effusion; CTDs, connective tissue diseases. ADA, pleural fluid adenosine deaminase; PF-LDH, pleural fluid lactate dehydrogenase; S-Alb, serum albumin; S-LDH, serum lactate dehydrogenase; TP, pleural fluid total protein

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