Pulmonary & Respiratory Medicine

Anna S Kookoolis

Publications

• Research Article
  Mortality of Hospitalized Patients with Pleural Effusions
  Author(s): Anna S Kookoolis, Jonathan T Puchalski, Terrence E Murphy, Katy LB Araujo and Margaret A PisaniAnna S Kookoolis, Jonathan T Puchalski, Terrence E Murphy, Katy LB Araujo and Margaret A Pisani
  
  Background: Each year in the United States an estimated 1.5 million people develop pleural effusions and approximately 178,000 thoracenteses (12%) are performed. While it has been established that malignant effusions are associated with increased mortality, the association between mortality and all-cause pleural effusions in a medical population has not been previously evaluated. Our objective was to evaluate associations between 30-day and 12-month all-cause mortality among patients with a pleural effusion. Methods: All patients admitted to the medical service at Yale-New Haven Hospital during March 2011 were screened for pleural effusion. Pleural effusions were documented by the attending radiologist and the medical record was reviewed for admitting diagnosis, severity of illness and whether a thoracenteses was performed. The outcomes were.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2161-105X.1000184

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