{"id":6657,"date":"2012-11-09T22:51:13","date_gmt":"2012-11-10T03:51:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/insidesurgery.com\/?p=6657"},"modified":"2013-05-18T23:58:52","modified_gmt":"2013-05-19T03:58:52","slug":"pleural-fluid-protein","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/insidesurgery.com\/2012\/11\/pleural-fluid-protein\/","title":{"rendered":"Pleural Fluid Protein"},"content":{"rendered":"
The following pleural fluid protein associations have been noted:<\/p>\n
1. If pleural fluid protein levels are 6-8 g\/dL the malignancy conditions of multiple myeloma and Waldenstrom’s macroglobulinemia should be considered.<\/p>\n
2. Pleural effusions with protein levels of 4 g\/dL are characteristic of tuberculosis<\/p>\n
3. Pneumocystis infections typically have a pleural fluid\/serum protein ratio of < 0.5\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The following pleural fluid protein associations have been noted: 1. If pleural fluid protein levels are 6-8 g\/dL the malignancy conditions of multiple myeloma and Waldenstrom’s macroglobulinemia should be considered. 2. Pleural effusions with protein levels of 4 g\/dL are characteristic of tuberculosis 3. Pneumocystis infections typically have a pleural fluid\/serum protein ratio of < […]\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[5048,5037,5047,4604,5049],"yoast_head":"\n