All issues > Volume 20(4); 1977

Original Article

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1977;20(4):279-284. Published online April 30, 1977.

Clinical Observations of Pleurisy with Effusion.

Yon Woo Lee¹, Soon Il Lee¹, Kyung Suk Park¹, Duk Jin Yun¹

¹Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Yonsei Univesity, Korea.

Abstract

We observed 62 patients who were admitted to the Pediatric Department of Severance Hospital for the treatment of pleurisy with effusion during the period of 11 years from Apr. 1965 to May 1975. The following results was obtained. 1) Age and sex incidence : 72.6% were between the age of 3 to 12 years. The sex ratio of male to female was 1.7:1. 2) Seasonal incidence : Effusion occured most commonly in the spring(33.9%) least often in the winter(17.8%). 3) Symptoms on admission in order were fever,(77.4%) cough,(61.3%) dyspnea,(40.3%) Chest pain, (27.4%) etc. 4) There was a contact history with tuberculous family in 17 cases(27.3%). P.P.D skin test was positive in 43 cases(69%). 5) The site of effusion was 60% on the right and 40% on the left. 6) In all cases, antitubeculous drugs were used. Among 54 cases treated with prednisolone, pleural fluid was disappeared completly in 21 cases within 2 weeks.

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