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Diagnostic utility of pericardial fluid pH in diagnosing infectious pericardial effusions among patients with moderate and large effusions undergoing pericardiocentesis at Groote Schuur Hospital: a subs-study of the IMPI trial

Diagnosis of infectious pericardial disease has been challenging in the developing world despite improvement of treatment modalities. The diagnostic utility of pH in diagnosing infectious pericardial fluid is unknown, yet this concept is well studied in pleural fluid. This cross-sectional diagnostic...

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Main Author: Kiggundu, Brian
Other Authors: Ntsekhe, Mpiko
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Department of Medicine 2021
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