{"id":1000,"date":"2021-03-06T05:49:11","date_gmt":"2021-03-06T05:49:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/laboratoryinfo.com\/?p=1000"},"modified":"2022-03-07T19:57:14","modified_gmt":"2022-03-07T19:57:14","slug":"differences-transudates-exudates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/laboratoryinfo.com\/differences-transudates-exudates\/","title":{"rendered":"Differences Between Transudates and Exudates"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The closed cavities of the body\u2014namely, the <strong>pleural<\/strong>, <strong>pericardial<\/strong>, and <strong>peritoneal<\/strong> cavities\u2014are each lined by two membranes, <strong>visceral<\/strong> membrane and <strong>parietal<\/strong> membrane.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.kb-table-of-content-nav.kb-table-of-content-id6113_3b9ebd-8c .kb-table-of-content-wrap{padding-top:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);padding-right:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);padding-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);padding-left:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);background-color:#ecf2f7;}.kb-table-of-content-nav.kb-table-of-content-id6113_3b9ebd-8c .kb-table-of-contents-title-wrap{padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.kb-table-of-content-nav.kb-table-of-content-id6113_3b9ebd-8c .kb-table-of-contents-title{font-weight:regular;font-style:normal;}.kb-table-of-content-nav.kb-table-of-content-id6113_3b9ebd-8c .kb-table-of-content-wrap .kb-table-of-content-list{font-weight:regular;font-style:normal;margin-top:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;}.kb-table-of-content-nav.kb-table-of-content-id6113_3b9ebd-8c .kb-toggle-icon-style-basiccircle .kb-table-of-contents-icon-trigger:after, .kb-table-of-content-nav.kb-table-of-content-id6113_3b9ebd-8c .kb-toggle-icon-style-basiccircle .kb-table-of-contents-icon-trigger:before, .kb-table-of-content-nav.kb-table-of-content-id6113_3b9ebd-8c .kb-toggle-icon-style-arrowcircle .kb-table-of-contents-icon-trigger:after, .kb-table-of-content-nav.kb-table-of-content-id6113_3b9ebd-8c .kb-toggle-icon-style-arrowcircle .kb-table-of-contents-icon-trigger:before, .kb-table-of-content-nav.kb-table-of-content-id6113_3b9ebd-8c .kb-toggle-icon-style-xclosecircle .kb-table-of-contents-icon-trigger:after, .kb-table-of-content-nav.kb-table-of-content-id6113_3b9ebd-8c .kb-toggle-icon-style-xclosecircle .kb-table-of-contents-icon-trigger:before{background-color:#ecf2f7;}<\/style>\n\n\n<p>There is a small amount of fluid between the membranes that is an ultrafiltrate of plasma. When the production and reabsorption of the ultrafiltrate is not balanced, fluid may accumulate, resulting in effusion. Effusions may be classified as <strong>transudate<\/strong> or <strong>exudate<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/laboratoryinfo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/differences-between-transudate-and-exudate.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/laboratoryinfo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/differences-between-transudate-and-exudate.jpg\" alt=\"differences-between-transudate-and-exudate\" class=\"wp-image-1001\" width=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/laboratoryinfo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/differences-between-transudate-and-exudate.jpg 710w, https:\/\/laboratoryinfo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/differences-between-transudate-and-exudate-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/laboratoryinfo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/differences-between-transudate-and-exudate-20x12.jpg 20w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 710px) 100vw, 710px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Classifying a serous fluid as transudate or exudate can provide a valuable initial diagnostic step and aid diagnosis of underlying cause. Followings are the differences between transudate and exudate :<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Differences Between Transudates and Exudates Table:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#fafafa\"><tbody><tr><th>Features<\/th><th>Transudate<\/th><th>Exudate<\/th><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Cause<\/strong><\/td><td>Usually develop from imbalances in hydrostatic and oncotic forces in circulation.<\/td><td>Usually develop from increased capillary permeability or decreased lymphatic reabsorption.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Associated with<\/strong><\/td><td>Congestive heart failure Fluid overload Nephrotic syndrome Hepatic cirrhosis Malnutrition<\/td><td>Microbial infections Membrane inflammations Malignancy <a href=\"https:\/\/laboratoryinfo.com\/connective-tissue-types-functions\/\">Connective tissue<\/a> diseases.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Appearance<\/strong><\/td><td>Clear, thin-colored, pale yellow<\/td><td>Turbid, hemorrhagic, straw colored<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Fibrinogen<\/strong><\/td><td>Low content of fibrinogen (low tendency to clot)<\/td><td>High content of fibrinogen (high tendency to clot)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Specific gravity<\/strong><\/td><td>&lt;1.012<\/td><td>&gt;1.012<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>pH<\/strong><\/td><td>&gt;7.3<\/td><td>&lt;7.3<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Glucose content<\/strong><\/td><td>Same as plasma<\/td><td>Low (less than 60 mg\/dl)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Total Protein<\/strong><\/td><td>Less than 3 gm\/dl<\/td><td>More than 3 gm\/dl<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Fluid\/Serum Protein<\/strong><\/td><td>&lt;0.5<\/td><td>&gt;0.5<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>LDH<\/strong><\/td><td>&lt;0.67 x UNL Serum<\/td><td>&gt;0.67 x UNL Serum<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>WBC count<\/strong><\/td><td>&lt;1000\/ul<\/td><td>&gt;1000\/ul<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Differential count<\/strong><\/td><td>Mesothelial cells or lymphocytes<\/td><td>Polymorphs, lymphocytes or RBCs<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Culture<\/strong><\/td><td>Sterile<\/td><td>Positive<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The closed cavities of the body\u2014namely, the pleural, pericardial, and peritoneal cavities\u2014are each lined by two membranes, visceral membrane and parietal membrane. There is a small amount of fluid between the membranes that is an ultrafiltrate of plasma. When the production and reabsorption of the ultrafiltrate is not balanced, fluid may accumulate, resulting in effusion&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1001,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,105],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/laboratoryinfo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1000"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/laboratoryinfo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/laboratoryinfo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/laboratoryinfo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/laboratoryinfo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1000"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/laboratoryinfo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1000\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/laboratoryinfo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/laboratoryinfo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/laboratoryinfo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/laboratoryinfo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}