Criteria For Defining An Pleural Effusion

Kriteria Efusi Pleura

Light's criteria	Heffner criteria
Pleural fluid protein to serum pro-tein ratio of >0.5	Pleural fluid protein >2.9 g/dL
Pleural fluid LDH to serum LDH ratio of >0.6	Pleural fluid cholesterol >45 mg/dL
Pleural fluid LDH > 2/3 serum upper limit of normal	Pleural fluid LDH >45% of upper limits of nor-mal serum valur

Referensi: 
The Washington Manual (R) Pulmonary Medicine Subspecialty Consult (Lippincott Williams and Wilkins) 2006

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