Table 1: Patients characteristics and medical background.
Demographics |
Pneumothorax N = 57 |
Malignant N = 168 |
Non-malignant + Non empyema/CPE N = 81 |
Empyema/CPE N = 41 |
Gender |
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Male |
41 |
88 |
54 |
27 |
Female |
16 |
80 |
27 |
14 |
Age |
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Median (years) |
60 |
71 |
73 |
68 |
Average (years) |
55.7 |
69.8 |
67.9 |
65.3 |
Site of insertion |
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Left |
26 |
63 |
40 |
23 |
Right |
30 |
94 |
40 |
18 |
Bilateral |
1 |
11 |
1 |
0 |
Smoking history |
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Never |
14 |
64 |
33 |
15 |
Ex |
24 |
80 |
37 |
19 |
Current |
19 |
24 |
11 |
7 |
Underlying lung disease |
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COPD |
19 |
30 |
14 |
10 |
ILD/Restrictive |
3 |
6 |
3 |
4 |
PE |
0 |
9 |
1 |
1 |
Asthma |
2 |
7 |
2 |
1 |
Pneumothorax |
6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Sarcoidosis |
3 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
Other |
3 |
4 |
8 |
5 |
Immunosuppression |
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Prednisone |
NA |
NA |
NA |
4 |
Diabetes |
|
|
6 |
|
Underlying cancer |
|
|
6 |
|
Steroid sparing agent |
|
|
1 |