STUDY OF CAUSES OF PLEURAL EFFUSION WITH PLEURAL EFFUSION TO A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL IN LAHORE, PAKISTAN

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作者：

Sultan, Shagufta ^{[1
]}

Saeed, Muhammad Saad ^{[2
]}

Moavia, Muhammad Ameer ^{[3
]}

机构：

[1] Rawalpindi Med Coll, Rawalpindi, Pakistan

[2] THQ Sangla Hill, Sangla Hill, Pakistan

[3] Aziz Fatimah Med & Dent Coll Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan

来源：

INDO AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES | 2018年 / 5卷 / 10期

关键词：

pleural effusion; causes; adults;

D O I：

10.5281/zenodo.1461043

中图分类号：

R914 [药物化学];

学科分类号：

100701 ;

摘要：

Objective: The study aims to find causes of all the patients presented with pleural effusion to a tertiary care hospital in Lahore, Pakistan. Methods: study follows descriptive, cross sectional study design. It was conducted over a period of 6 months from January 2017 to June 2017. Total 100 cases who presented with pleural effusion were studied in this research. Results: Tuberculosis constituted 28% of pleural effusion cases followed by pneumonia 25% and malignancy 9% in exudative cases and CCF 13% and hepatic cirrhosis 8% in transudative cases. Conclusion: Tuberculosis is the most common cause of exudative pleural effusion while congestive cardiac failure is the most common cause of transudative pleura

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页码：9900 / 9903

页数：4

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