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Lights Criteria for Pleural Effusion Calculator
Lights Criteria for Pleural Effusion Explanation and Clinical Context Lights Criteria is a well established diagnostic framework used to differentiate exudative pleural effusion from transudative pleural effusion based on biochemical comparison of pleural fluid and serum. Exudative effusion indicates increased capillary permeability usually due to inflammatory or malignant processes while transudative effusion occurs