Volume : IX, Issue : VIII, August - 2020

A STUDY OF DIAGNOSTIC VALUE OF PLEURAL FLUID ADA IN VARIOUS ETIOLOGY OF PLEURAL EFFUSION

Dr. Palak Bhatt, Dr. Ishita Thaker

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For etiological diagnosis of pleural effusion various methods are available from examination of pleural fluid to pleural biopsy. ADA is the enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of adenosine to inosine, which is predominant in T– lymphocyte, and its plasma activity is high in diseases in which cellular immunity is stimulated. There are few studies showing importance of pleural fluid ADA in diagnosis of etiology of pleural effusion. Considering this a prospective study, was designed to find out how much is pleural fluid ADA level is helpful in establishing the diagnosis of pleural effusion. If 40 IU/L is taken as cut off value for exudative pleural effusion then, sensitivity is 95.97%, specificity is 89.53%, positive predictive value is 94.08% and negative predictive value is 92.77%. Mean value of ADA in 149 diagnosed case of tubercular pleural effusion is 72.4 IU/L. & in 101 patients of non– tubercular pleural effusion is 23.6 IU/L.

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A STUDY OF DIAGNOSTIC VALUE OF PLEURAL FLUID ADA IN VARIOUS ETIOLOGY OF PLEURAL EFFUSION, Dr. Palak Bhatt, Dr. Ishita Thaker INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH : Volume-9 | Issue-8 | August-2020

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