Light's Criteria: Sensitivity and Specificity
Introduction:
None written. Excerpt from the entry in Exudative Pleural Effusion:
Light's Criteria: any one of the following
Light's Criteria: any one of the following
1) pleural protein / serum protein > 0.5
2) pleural LDH / serum LDH > 0.6
3) pleural LDH > 2/3 * upper limit of normal serum LDH
Associated Diagnoses:
98.3% sensitive, 76.1% specific