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==Differential diagnosis== | |||
Evaluation of a patient with a pleural effusion requires a thorough clinical history and physical examination in conjunction with pertinent laboratory tests and imaging studies. Thoracentesis should not be performed for bilateral effusions in a clinical setting strongly suggestive of a transudate unless there are atypical features or they fail to respond to therapy.<ref name="pmid20696692">{{cite journal | author = Hooper C, Lee YC, Maskell N | title = Investigation of a unilateral pleural effusion in adults: British Thoracic Society Pleural Disease Guideline 2010 | journal = Thorax | volume = 65 Suppl 2 | issue = | pages = ii4–17 | year = 2010 | month = August | pmid = 20696692 | doi = 10.1136/thx.2010.136978 | url = | issn = }}</ref> | |||
Light's criteria is applied to distinguish the fluid between transudative or exudative. | |||
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Differential diagnosis
Evaluation of a patient with a pleural effusion requires a thorough clinical history and physical examination in conjunction with pertinent laboratory tests and imaging studies. Thoracentesis should not be performed for bilateral effusions in a clinical setting strongly suggestive of a transudate unless there are atypical features or they fail to respond to therapy.[1]
Light's criteria is applied to distinguish the fluid between transudative or exudative.