METHOD FOR PREDICTING EXUDATIVE PLEURISY OF TUBERCULOUS ETIOLOGY

摘要

FIELD: medicine, phthisiology, pulmonology. ^ SUBSTANCE: one should detect the content of adenosine deaminase (ADA) and cytosis in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) to calculate ADA coefficient: CADA=ADA/cytosis. At CADA value being equal or above 0.52±0.13 one should diagnose tuberculous etiology of exudative pleurisy. The innovation enables to carry out early diagnostics of tuberculous etiology of exudative pleurisy and provides the chance to conduct early diagnostics in patients who has got inconsiderable quantity of exudates in pleural cavity. ^ EFFECT: higher accuracy of diagnostics. ^ 4 ex, 1 tbl