Articles: sensitivity-specificity.
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Respiratory InfectionsSESSION TYPE: Slide PresentationsPRESENTED ON: Sunday, March 23, 2014 at 04:15 PM - 05:15 PMPURPOSE: INTRODUCTION Elevated ADA levels in pleural fluid are highly suggestive of pleural tuberculosis. In fact, values above 35UL in our practice present levels of sensitivity and specificity > 90%. However, sometimes we find very high levels of ADA Pleural uncommon for tuberculosis. Is there an upper limit level of ADA to justify the possibility of another process? ⋯ The following authors have nothing to disclose: Patricia Lazo Meneses, Esteban Perez Rodriguez, Carolina Gotera, Jonathan Cámara Fernández, Deisy Barrios Barreto, Salvador Diaz Lobato, Sagrario Mayoralas Alises, Eva Mañas Baena, Rosa Mirambeaux VillalonaNo Product/Research Disclosure Information.
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COPD PostersSESSION TYPE: Poster PresentationsPRESENTED ON: Saturday, March 22, 2014 at 01:15 PM - 02:15 PMPURPOSE: Limited data are available regarding the validation of the European respiratory society (ERS) guidelines recommendations in patients with acute exacerbations of COPD (AECOPD).The ERS use an A3 recommendation to consider Pseudomonas aeruginosa (PA) in the presence of at least two PA risk factors. Our aim was to validate the ERS PA risk factors recommendation among patients hospitalized with an AECOPD. ⋯ The following authors have nothing to disclose: Pedro Marcos, Pilar Sanjuan, Marina Blanco-Aparicio, Jorge Ricoy, Isabel Otero, Hector Verea, Marcos RestrepoNo Product/Research Disclosure Information.
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Pleural Disease/Pleural Effusion PostersSESSION TYPE: Poster PresentationsPRESENTED ON: Saturday, March 22, 2014 at 01:15 PM - 02:15 PMPURPOSE: To assess the discriminatory power of pleural ADA levels in pleural effusions lymphomas. - Define the cutoff level in these cases. ⋯ The following authors have nothing to disclose: Deisy Barrios Barreto, Esteban Perez Rodriguez, Carolina Gotera, Patricia Lazo Meneses, Paola Arrieta Narvaez, Rosa Mirambeaux Villalona, Salvador Diaz Lobato, Sagrario Mayoralas AlisesNo Product/Research Disclosure Information.
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Pleural Disease/Pleural Effusion PostersSESSION TYPE: Poster PresentationsPRESENTED ON: Saturday, March 22, 2014 at 01:15 PM - 02:15 PMPURPOSE: To find biochemical parameters in pleural fluid, that may exceed the performance of Light criteria to discriminate transudates and exudates. Assess whether the clinical diagnosis exceeds or not biochemical parameters of pleural fluid to differentiate transudates and exudates. ⋯ The following authors have nothing to disclose: Carolina Gotera, Deisy Barrios Barreto, Patricia Lazo Meneses, Rosa Mirambeaux Villalona, Carolina Jurkojc Mohremberger, Esteban Perez Rodriguez, Salvador Diaz Lobato, Sagrario Mayoralas AlisesNo Product/Research Disclosure Information.
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Miscellaneous Case Report PostersSESSION TYPE: Case Report PosterPRESENTED ON: Sunday, March 23, 2014 at 01:15 PM - 02:15 PMINTRODUCTION: ICU readmissions after lung transplantation (LTx) have increased over the years, as a consequence of expanded criteria for LTx-list inclusion, with higher severity scores of patients in the list, together with the use of marginal grafts. ⋯ The following authors have nothing to disclose: Mauricio Acuña, Jordi Riera, Jordi Rello, Antonio RomanNo Product/Research Disclosure Information.