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Lights criteria to distinguish between exudate and transudate pleural effusion

Exudates :
Pleural fluid protein/ serum protein ratio > 0.5
Pleural fluid LDH/ serum LDH > 0.6
Pleural fluid LDH > 2/3 of the upper limit of normal serum LDH

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