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Criteria Formation

Chemical Composition Likely pathological causes

Transudates -Increase in hydrostatic pressure -Decreased colloid oncotic pressure Low protein concentration <3.0g/100 mL -Congestive heart failure -pulmonary embolism -nephrotic syndrome -intraabnominal diseases

Exudates -obstruction to lymphatic flow -inflammatory or infiltrative disease of the pleura and its adjacent structures High protein concentration >3.0g/100 mL -Bronchogenic carcinoma -acute bacterial pneumonia

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