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. 2022 Nov;19(11):1946-1948.
doi: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.202204-331RL.

Pleural Fluid Analysis in Neutropenia

Isadore M Budnick  1 , Samuel F Oliver  1 , Andrew J Barros  1 , Jeffrey M Sturek  1
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Pleural Fluid Analysis in Neutropenia

Isadore M Budnick et al. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2022 Nov.
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Figure 1.
Neutropenic pleural fluid laboratory results. (A–D) Comparison of fluid pH, LDH, protein, and glucose, respectively, between all four case categories. Horizontal line in (C) represents pleural fluid protein 2.9 as referenced in Table 1. (E) Comparison of fluid cell profile between all four case categories. **P value determined by Bonferroni correction with familywise error rate of 0.05. LDH = lactate dehydrogenase.
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