The pleural fluid is considered as empyema if following is present in it:
(a) Fluid glucose < 60 mg/dl
(b) Lactate Dehydrogenase (LDH) of more than 1000 U/L
(c) Fluid pH of less than 7.0
(d) All of these
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ANS- (d) All of these
features suggesting empyema are-
- a fluid glucose of less than 3.3 mmol/L (60 mg/dL),
- lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) of more than 1000 IU/L,
- a fluid pH of less than 7.0 (H+ > 100 nmol/L).