The pH-Glucose Relationship in Malignant Pleural Effusion

J Bronchology Interv Pulmonol. 2016 Apr;23(2):e17-8. doi: 10.1097/LBR.0000000000000264.

Authors

Fayez Kheir¹, Upendra Kaphle, Fahim Ahmed, Abdul H Alraiyes

Affiliation

¹ *Section of Pulmonary Diseases, Critical Care and Environmental Medicine Tulane University Health Sciences Center New Orleans, LA †Internal Medicine Erie County Medical Center ‡Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine State University of New York University at Buffalo §Interventional Pulmonary Section Department of Medicine Roswell Park Cancer Institute Buffalo, NY.

PMID: 27058725
DOI: 10.1097/LBR.0000000000000264

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Female
Glucose / metabolism*
Humans
Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
Linear Models
Male
Middle Aged
Pleural Effusion, Malignant / chemistry
Pleural Effusion, Malignant / diagnosis
Pleural Effusion, Malignant / metabolism*
Pleural Effusion, Malignant / therapy
Thoracentesis
Thoracotomy

Substances

Glucose