Tableau 3: Risk Indicators for inaccurate puncture sites (n=54).
|
N |
RR |
CI 95% |
|
|
Abundance |
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|
Blunted costo-diaphragmatic angle |
1 |
0.97 |
0.91 -1.02 |
|
Small |
16 |
1.82 |
0.52 – 6.40 |
|
Medium |
16 |
0.73 |
0.38 – 1.39 |
|
Large |
2 |
0.45 |
0.04 – 4.44 |
|
Radiological features |
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|
Unloculated |
32 |
1.04 |
0.78 -1.38 |
|
Loculated |
3 |
0.68 |
0.08 -5.76 |
|
Effusion side |
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|
Right |
19 |
1.44 |
0.56 – 3.72 |
|
Left |
16 |
0.73 |
0.38 – 1.39 |
CI95%: 95%confidence interval, RR: relative risk.