Table 1 Subjects’ characteristics
From: Improved heart hemodynamics after draining large-volume pleural effusion: a prospective cohort study
Variables | Total | Lateral of effusion, n (%) | P* value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Left | Right | |||
Subjects, n(%) | 47 (100.0) | 23 (48.9) | 24 (51.1) | |
Gender, n (%) | ||||
Female | 18 (38.3) | 5 (21.7) | 13 (54.2) | 0.022 |
Male | 29 (61.7) | 18 (78.3) | 11 (45.8) | |
Age, yr., mean ± SD | 56.4 ± 19.5 | 52.6 ± 19.0 | 63.1 ± 17.3 | 0.726 |
BSA, mean ± SD | 1.73 ± 0.19 | 1.83 ± 0.16 | 1.63 ± 0.17 | 0.582 |
Smoking status, n (%) | ||||
Current or previous smoker | 18 (38.3) | 6 (26.1) | 12 (50.0) | 0.092 |
Non-smoker | 29 (61.7) | 17 (73.9) | 12 (50.0) | |
Past history | ||||
Tuberculosis | 4 (8.5) | 3 (13.0) | 1 (4.2) | 0.546 |
Malignancy | 4 (8.5) | 2 (8.7) | 2 (8.3) | |
NA | 39 (83.0) | 18 (78.3) | 21 (87.5) | |
Size of effusion, n (%) | ||||
Small | 8 (17.0) | 3 (13.0) | 5 (20.8) | 0.696 |
Moderate | 9 (19.1) | 4 (17.4) | 5 (20.8) | |
Large | 30 (63.9) | 16 (69.6) | 14 (58.3) | |
volume of effusion, (ml) | ||||
Total volume | 2142.2 ± 1393.7 | 2194.6 ± 1511.1 | 2203.6 ± 1301.8 | 0.827 |
Immediate volume | 1414.4 ± 727.9 | 1384.8 ± 982.0 | 1495.2 ± 947.6 | 0.744 |
24 h volume | 943.6 ± 742.8 | 809.8 ± 787.2 | 708.4 ± 708.0 | 0.855 |
Effusion appearance, n (%) | ||||
Bloody | 20 (42.5) | 11 (47.8) | 9 (37.5) | 0.474 |
Yellow | 27 (57.5) | 12 (52.2) | 15 (62.5) | |
Operation | ||||
IPC | 15 (31.9) | 8 (34.8) | 7 (29.2) | 0.893 |
Thoracentesis | 10 (21.3) | 5 (21.7) | 5 (20.8) | |
thoracoscopic | 22 (46.8) | 10 (43.5) | 12 (50.0) | |
Pre Nt-pro-BNP (ng/ml) | 221.3 ± 316.5 | 126.7 ± 176.6 | 320.2 ± 396.5 | 0.004 |