e-Table 1.
Etiology | n (%) |
---|---|
Malignant PE | 241 (34.1) |
Lung | 113 (46.9) |
Breast | 37 (15.4) |
Lymphoma | 21 (8.7) |
Ovary | 19 (7.9) |
Stomach | 9 (3.7) |
Colon | 6 (2.5) |
Kidney | 3 (1.2) |
Pancreas | 3 (1.2) |
Sarcoma | 3 (1.2) |
Myeloma | 3 (1.2) |
Mesothelioma | 3 (1.2) |
Uterine | 2 (0.8) |
Bladder | 2 (0.8) |
Leukemia | 2 (0.8) |
Esophagus | 1 (0.4) |
Liver | 1 (0.4) |
Larynx | 1 (0.4) |
Vesicle | 1 (0.4) |
Peritoneum | 1 (0.4) |
Thymoma | 1 (0.4) |
Prostate | 1 (0.4) |
Melanoma | 1 (0.4) |
Cervix | 1 (0.4) |
Tumor of the yolk sac | 1 (0.4) |
Unknown | 5 (2.1) |
Tuberculous PE | 28 (4) |
Infectious PE | 177 (25.1) |
Noncomplicated | 74 (41.8) |
Complicated | 65 (36.7) |
Empyemas | 38 (21.5) |
Miscellaneous exudative PE | 48 (6.8) |
Post-surgical | 10 (20.8) |
Pulmonary embolism | 7 (14.6) |
Chylothorax | 7 (14.6) |
Chest trauma | 7 (14.6) |
Drugs | 5 (10.4) |
Hemothorax | 5 (10.4) |
Viral pleuropericarditis | 2 (4.2) |
Sarcoidosis | 2 (4.2) |
Dressler syndrome | 1 (2.1) |
Systemic sclerosis | 1 (2.1) |
Unknown origin | 1 (2.1) |
Transudative PE | 212 (30) |
Heart failure | 179 (84.4) |
Liver hydrothorax | 19 (9) |
Peritoneal dialysis | 5 (2.3) |
Hypoalbuminemia | 4 (1.9) |
Nephrotic syndrome | 3 (1.4) |
Trapped lung | 1 (0.5) |
Volume overload | 1 (0.5) |
PE: Pleural effusion