Feasibility of Bioelectrical Impedance Spectroscopy Measurement before and after Thoracentesis

Table 1

Baseline data.

Baseline data
	Patient data	Control
	Mean ± SD/percentage	Mean ± SD/percentage
	Thoracentesis performed	21	0
Age	69 ± 11	26 ± 3
Sex
Female [%]	57	36
Height [cm]	171 ± 8	179 ± 8
Weight [kg]	76 ± 18	76 ± 18
Body mass index [kg/m^2]	25.9 ± 5.7	23.5 ± 3.6
Organ failure
Heart [%]	81
Reason for pleural effusion
Cardiac decompensation [%]	86
Type of pleural effusion
Transudate [%]	81
Left ventricular ejection fraction [%]	49 ± 16
Blood pressure systolic/diastolic [mmHg]	121 ± 17/71 ± 9
Heart rate [beats per minute]	74 ± 18
NT-proBNP [pg/mg]	3948 ± 5947
Oxygen saturation [%]	96 ± 2
Pleural effusion [mL]	1169 ± 513
Pleural effusion side
Left [%]	52