Blog for Respiratory-Medicine-Post-Graduates of Apollo Hospitals,Chennai,India - Diplomate National Board(DNB), started in the Year 2009 October ,by PGs & the Academic Co-Ordinator of Department - Dr.R.P.Ilangho - for enabling these Young PGs to INTER_CONNECT ideally for becoming better Pulmonologists.The word~ REMAP09 ~ was coined thus:RE= RE spiratory M=M edicine A=Apollo P= P ostGraduate 09= 2009 - thus meaning "Respiratory Medicine Apollo PostGraduate 2009 batch"
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HEMOTHORAX
The pleural fluid hematocrit is >50% of the simultaneous peripheral blood hematocrit.
If the pleural fluid hematocrit value is not available , one can estimate the pleural fluid hematocrit by dividing the pleural fluid RBC count by 100,000.
If the pleural fluid appears bloody and the hematocrit is <50%, it is considered a hemorrhagic effusion but not a true hemothorax
Ref: Fishman 6th ed
