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Question 87.

What criteria can be used for diagnosing an exudative plural effusion?

Lights criteria. What markers are these criteria based on?

The plural fluid and serum protein level or lactate dehydrogenase, or LDH.

Question 88.

What are the top causes of exudative plural effusions? Cancer, for example, lung cancer or mesothelioma, infection, for example pneumonia or tuberculosis, and rheumatoid arthritis.

Question 89.

What are the top causes of transudative plural effusions?

Congestive cardiac failure,

hypoalbuminemia, hypothyroidism, and maigs syndrome.

Question 90.

What is the triadar features of Mages Syndrome? A benign ovarian tumour, usually a fibroma, a pleural effusion, and acetes.

Question 91.

What is found on percussion of the chest over a plural effusion?

There will be dullness to percussion.

Question 92.

In what direction does trequil deviation occur in a massive plural effusion?

The trachea will deviate away from the side of the effusion. Question 93. How is the size of a pneumothorax measured on a chest x-ray?

It's measured horizontally from the lung edge to the inside of the chest wall at the level of the

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