Table 1 Patient and Pleural Effusion Characteristics
From: Tissue plasminogen activator with prolonged dwell time effectively evacuates pleural effusions
Demographic | N | (%) |
|---|---|---|
Gender | ||
Female | 90 | (43) |
Male | 117 | (57) |
Laterality | ||
Right | 133 | (62) |
Left | 82 | (38) |
Etiology | ||
Infectious | 139 | (65) |
Malignant | 44 | (21) |
CHF | 2 | (1) |
Hepatic | 3 | (1) |
Renal | 5 | (2) |
Other | 17 | (8) |
Unknown | 5 | (2) |