Clinical Study
Pigtail Catheter: A Less Invasive Option for Pleural Drainage in Egyptian Patients with Recurrent Hepatic Hydrothorax
Table 1
Liver function tests, child score, and pleural fluid characteristic of the studied patients.
| Liver functions | | Serum bilirubin | 2 ± 1.86 mg/dL | Serum albumin | 2.7 ± 0.36 g/dL | AST | 36.83 ± 22.77 U/L | ALT | 55.06 ± 27.68 U/L | Child-Pugh score | | Child A | 0 (0%) | Child B | 32 (53.33%) | Child C | 28 (46.66%) | Pleural fluid characteristic | | Protein | 1.6 ± 0.4 gm% | LDH | 103.5 ± 23.9 IU/L | Serum-pleural fluid albumin gradient | 1.7 ± 0.3 gm% | Duration of drainage: mean ± SD | 10.3 ± 6.1 days | Amount of drained fluid: mean ± SD | 5.3 ± 1.7 liters |
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