Table 1.
Characteristics of patients undergoing medical thoracoscopy.
| Characteristics | The total number of patients 127 |
|---|---|
| Age, median (range), year | 71.0 (33.0–92.0) |
| Sex, no. (%) | |
| Male | 101 (79.5) |
| Female | 26 (20.5) |
| Smoking status, number (%) | |
| Nonsmoker | 44 (34.6) |
| Smoker | 36 (28.3) |
| Ex-smoker | 47 (37) |
| The affected side, number (%) | |
| Right | 69 (54.3) |
| Left | 55 (43.3) |
| Bilateral | 3 (2.4) |
| Nature of pleural fluid analysis, number (%) | |
| Exudate | 124 (97.6) |
| Transudate | 3 (2.3) |
| Duration of ICT drainage, median (range), days | 7.0 (0.0–47.0) |
| Talc poudrage, number (%) | 30 (23.6) |
ICT: intercostals tube.
NB: 10 of the cases of exudate were purulent and one was hemorrhagic fluid.