Journals / Solunum / 2008 / Cilt: 10 - Sayı: 1

The importance of alkaline phosphatase levels in differentiation of pleural effusions

Plevral efüzyonların ayırıcı tanısında alkalen fosfataz

Journal
Solunum
Pages
15–18
DOI
—
🏛️Bibliographic metadata and full text access for this article are provided via DergiPark.
DergiPark Record ↗
✨

AI Summary & Key Takeaways

AI Insight
⚡ TL;DR(Too Long; Didn't Read)

CONCLUSION: We found pleural fluid ALP concentration and pleura/serum ALP ratio higher in exudative group than transudative group but these values were not helpfull in differentiation of malign and benign pleural diseases.

📌 3 Key Takeaways

🎯
Objective & Hypothesis:AIM: It is known that various biochemical parameters may be used in the differential diagnoses of pleural diseases.
📊
Key Findings & Data:RESULTS: Hundred had exudative, 15 had transudative pleural effusions according to Light criteria.
💡
Conclusion & Impact:CONCLUSION: We found pleural fluid ALP concentration and pleura/serum ALP ratio higher in exudative group than transudative group but these values were not helpfull in differentiation of malign and benign pleural diseases.
🔬Design:Research Article
📍Scope:Comprehensive Sample
⚙️Variables:Plevral efüzyon · Alkalin fosfataz · Tanı

Abstract

AIM: It is known that various biochemical parameters may be used in the differential diagnoses of pleural diseases. There is a few and contradictory studies about the importance of Alkaline phosphatase (ALP) in pleural effusions. To compare ALP levels in malignant and nonmalignant effusions, transudative and exudative effusions. MATERIAL-METHODS: Hundred and fifteen cases with pleural effusion were included in this study. RESULTS: Hundred had exudative, 15 had transudative pleural effusions according to Light criteria. Fourty one had malignant, 74 had benign pleural effusions. Pleural ALP and pleura/serum ALP level was significantly higher in exudative group than transudative group (p<0.05). Cut-off level for the differentiation of exudate-transudate was found to be 44.5 U/L with the sensitivity of 74% and specificity of 86%. Serum, pleural ALP and pleura/serum ALP level was not found to be significant for differentiation of malignant-benign pleural effusions. CONCLUSION: We found pleural fluid ALP concentration and pleura/serum ALP ratio higher in exudative group than transudative group but these values were not helpfull in differentiation of malign and benign pleural diseases.

Özet

AMAÇ: Bazı biyokimyasal parametrelerin plevral hastalıkların ayırıcı tanısına yaklaştırdığı, ayırıcı tanı olasılıklarını azalttığı bilinmektedir. Plevral efüzyonlarda Alkalen Fosfataz (ALP) tayini ile ilgili az sayıda ve çelişkili çalışmalar mevcuttur. Malign-malign olmayan plöreziler ile transudatif-eksudatif plörezilerde, plevral sıvı ve serum ALP düzeylerini karşılaştırmak suretiyle ALP tayininin önemini araştırmaya çalıştık. GEREÇ-YÖNTEM: Çalışmaya 115 plevral efüzyonlu olgu alındı. BULGULAR: Light kriterlerine göre 100?ü eksuda,15?i transuda vasfında plevral efüzyona, 41?i malign, 74?ü ise benign plevral efüzyona sahipti. Plevral ALP ve plevra/serum ALP düzeyi, eksudatif plevral efüzyonlu grupta transudatif gruba göre anlamlı olarak yüksek bulundu (p<0.05). % 74 sensitivite ve %86 spesifite ile cut-off 44.5 U/L olarak hesaplandı. Malign-benign plevral efüzyonların ayrımında ise serum, plevra, plevra/serum ALP düzeyi anlamlı bulunmamıştır.. SONUÇ: Plevral ALP ve plevra/serum ALP değeri transuda-eksuda ayrımında anlamlı iken, malign-malign olmayan efüzyonların ayrımında etkisiz kalmıştır.

🔖

Cite This Article

POLAT, G., KARADENİZ, G., BÜYÜKŞİRİN, M., TİBET, G. (2008). The importance of alkaline phosphatase levels in differentiation of pleural effusions. Solunum, Cilt: 10 - Sayı: 1, 15–18. https://ajindex.com/articles/314434

📄 Full Text PDF Viewer

📄

PDF görüntüleyici hazırlanıyor...

References (14)

  1. Light RW, MacGregor MI, Luchsinger PC, BallWC. Pleural effusions: the diagnostic seperation of transudates and exudates. Ann Intern Med 1972; 77: 507-13
  2. Hamm H, Brohan U, Bohmer R, et al. Cholesterol in pleural effusions: a diagnostic aid. Chest 1987; 92: 296-302
  3. Valdes L, Pose A, Suarez J, et al. Cholesterol: a useful parameter for distinguishing between pleural exudates and transudates. Chest 1991; 99: 1097- 102
  4. Roth BJ, O’Meara TF, Cragun YM. The serum effusion albumin gradient in the evaluation of pleural effusions. Chest 1990; 98: 546- 9 5. Romero S, Candela A,Martin C, et al. Evaluation of different criteria for the seperation of pleural transudates from exudates. Chest 1993; 103: 399- 404
  5. Burgess LJ, Maritz FJ, Taljaard JJF. Comparative analysis of the biochemical parameters used to distinguish between pleural transudates and exudates. Chest 1995; 107: 1604- 09
  6. Light RW. Pleural Disease. Baltimore:Williams andWilkins, !995: 38- 9
  7. Millard FJC, Pepper JR. Pleural disease. In: Brewis RAL, Gibson GJ, Geddes DM, eds. Respiratory Medicine. New York: Saunders, 1990: 1407- 12
  8. Fishman WH, Inglis NI, Stolbach LL. et al. A serum alkaline phosphatase isoenzyme of human neoplastic cell origine. Cancer Res 1968; 28: 150- 4
  9. Hühn SH, De Kock MA. A preliminary study of elevated alkaline phosphatase and cathepsin in bronchial aspirates of patients with lung cancer and bronchitis. Chest 1975;68: 326- 30
  10. Ekmekçioğlu A, Çıkrıkçıoğlu S, Kurutepe M. Akciğer kanserlerinin erken tanısında bronş lavajında fosfataz enzim de¤erlerinin önemi. Dirim 1990; 9: 262- 7
  11. Metintafl M, Alatafl Ö, Alatafl F, et al. Comparative analysis of biochemical parameters for differentiation of pleural exudates from transudates Light’s criterias, cholesterol, bilirubin, albumin gradient, alkaline phosphatase, creatine kinase and uric acid. Clinica Chimica Acta 1997; 264:149-62
  12. Syabbalo NC. Use of pleural alkaline phosphatase content to diagnose of tuberculous effusions(letter). Chest 1991;99: 522- 3
  13. Tahaoğlu K, Kizkin O. Alkaline phosphatase: distinguishing between pleural exudates and transudates(letter). Chest 1994; 107: 1912- 13
  14. Lone MA,Wahid A, Saleem SM, et al. Alkaline phosphatase in pleural effusion. Indian J Chest Dis Allied Sci. 2003;45: 161- 3.