Volume : IX, Issue : XII, December - 2019

TO STUDY THE CLINICAL PROFILE OF PATIENTS WITH PLEURAL EFFUSION

Udaya. S, Arjun Ramaswamy, Potdar. P. V.

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Background: Pleural effusion is one of the manifestations of various diseases with cardiopulmonary symptoms. The diagnosis in cases with transudative pleural effusion is not that troublesome a compared to exudative pleural effusion requires careful differential diagnosis that includes parapneumonic effusion, tuberculosis, and metastatic cancers which are found to be the cases in large number of patients. Aims and objectives: The main objective of this study is to find out the various causes of pleural effusion, and their clinical presentation and importance of laboratory analysis of blood and pleural fluid to aid diagnosis of patients with pleural effusion Methodology: A prospective non–interventional observational study where data from all the cases all patients (age >14years) detected having pleural effusion attending MGM hospital for treatment from NOV 2015 to Dec 2016. All patients were subjected for routine blood investigation and pleural fluid analysis. USG chest HRCT chest and other special investigations carried out if considered necessary in particular cases. Sample size: 100 OBSERVATION: In our study the maximum number of patients with pleural effusion belonged to the age group 14–29 and 30 –44 years and majority of cases were males. The most common cause of pleural effusion was tubercular type followed by malignancy. Majority of the cases presented with an exudative effusion. The most common mode of presentation being fever, followed by other symptoms like cough, Shortness of eath, chest pain. CONCLUSION: Pleural fluid analysis is the diagnostic method to distinguish exudative from transudative pleural effusion. The prevalence of tuberculous pleural effusion among the younger population in a developing country like ours is reflected in this study.

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TO STUDY THE CLINICAL PROFILE OF PATIENTS WITH PLEURAL EFFUSION, Udaya.S, Arjun Ramaswamy, Potdar.P.V. INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-9 | Issue-12 | December-2019

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