Safety and Performance Characteristics of Outpatient Medical Thoracoscopy and Indwelling Pleural Catheter Insertion for Evaluation and Diagnosis of Pleural Disease at a Tertiary Center in Canada
Table 1
Patient characteristics.
Characteristic
= 218
Age (mean ± SD)
68.2 ± 12.5
Sex (n, %)
Male
114 (52.3)
Female
104 (47.7)
ECO performance status (n, %)
1
39 (17.9)
2
106 (48.6)
3
64 (29.4)
4
9 (4.1)
(mean ± SD)
3.7 ± 1.3
(mean ± SD)
5.6 ± 2.0
Previous thoracentesis (n, %)
0
32 (14.7)
1
133 (61.3)
>1
52 (24.0)
CT imaging (n, %)
Single effusion alone
19 (9.9)
Bilateral effusion
46 (24.0)
Pleural nodularity
61 (31.8)
Pleural thickening
79 (41.1)
Adenopathy
57 (29.7)
Pulmonary nodules
51 (26.6)
Mass
33 (17.2)
Calcified pleural plaques
14 (7.3)
No recent CT
26 (11.9)
Indwelling pleural catheter already in place at time of procedure (, %)
