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Pleural Effusion at King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Saudi
Arabia
This study is aimed at identifying the etiology, clinical presentation
and diagnostic modalities of pleural
effusion in patients admitted to medical wards at King Abdul Aziz
University Hospital, Jeddah. The
study included all cases of pleural effusion admitted to the medical
ward of the hospital during the period between January 1997 to December 1999. A total of 62 patients
were diagnosed to have pleural effusion with a mean age of 46 years, with a male to female ratio of
2:1. Dyspnoea, cough and chest pain
were the commonest symptoms on presentation. Malignancy and
tuberculosis (TB) were the most
common etiologies. T.B. was more common in non-Saudis than in
Saudis; 77% and 23% respectively.
No cause could be found in 10 out of 62 patients (16%) in whom
empirical treatment with anti tuberculosis was started with good response.
We found that clinical presentation and etiology of pleural effusion
in our study was similar to that reported in other developed countries where malignancy and
tuberculosis constituted the main causes.
‫عنوان الوثيقة‬
Document (
)Title
‫المستخلص‬
)Abstract(
Journal of the Bahrain Medical Society
)ISSN( ‫ردمد‬
‫اسم الدورية‬
)Journal Name(
13
)Volume( ‫المجلد‬
3
Issue ( ‫العدد‬
)Number
‫سنة النشر‬
Publishing (
)Year
)Pages( ‫الصفحات‬
July 2001
:123 ‫إلى‬
121
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Prof. Daad : )E(
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‫االسم األول للباحث‬
‫االسم األخير للباحث‬
Akbar : )E(
Pleural Effusion at King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Saudi
Arabia
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