Which laboratory finding would the nurse expect in a patient with empyema secondary to lung abscess?
A) Straw-colored clear pleural fluid
B) Cloudy pleural fluid with frank pus
C) Purulent exudate with yellow-green pus
D) Blood tinged pleural fluid
C) Purulent exudate with yellow-green pus
Explanation: A) Transudate pleural fluid is straw-colored and clear. It is caused by a noninflammatory process, such as heart failure, ascites, or atelectasis.
B) Exudate pleural fluid is cloudy and may have frank pus. It is caused by an infectious process in the pleural space, cancer, pulmonary infarction, and viral pleuritis.
C) Empyema produces a yellow-green pus purulent exudate and is caused by pneumonia, lung abscess, or an infected wound or sepsis.
D) Hemothorax produces blood tinged to frankly bloody pleural fluid.
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