TY - JOUR
T1 - Pleural effusions in non-transplanted cystic fibrosis patients
AU - Belanger, Adam R.
AU - Nguyen, Kimtuyen
AU - Osman, Umar
AU - Gilbert, Christopher R.
AU - Allen, Katherine
AU - Al Rais, Ahmad Farid
AU - Yarmus, Lonny
AU - Akulian, Jason A.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 European Cystic Fibrosis Society
PY - 2017/7
Y1 - 2017/7
N2 - Background Pleural effusions are considered rare in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients. There is a paucity of available information in the literature concerning the nature and significance of pleural effusions in non-transplanted CF patients. Methods We conducted a multicenter retrospective evaluation of non-transplanted adult CF patients. Given the small sample size, only descriptive statistics were performed. Results A total of 17 CF patients with pleural effusion were identified, of whom 9 patients underwent thoracentesis. The crude incidence of pleural effusion was 43 per 10,000 person-years in hospitalized CF patients at large CF centers. All sampled effusions were inflammatory in nature. All samples submitted for culture grew at least one organism. Conclusion Pleural effusions are rare in adult non-transplanted CF patients. These fluid collections appear to be quite inflammatory with a higher rate of empyema than in the general population.
AB - Background Pleural effusions are considered rare in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients. There is a paucity of available information in the literature concerning the nature and significance of pleural effusions in non-transplanted CF patients. Methods We conducted a multicenter retrospective evaluation of non-transplanted adult CF patients. Given the small sample size, only descriptive statistics were performed. Results A total of 17 CF patients with pleural effusion were identified, of whom 9 patients underwent thoracentesis. The crude incidence of pleural effusion was 43 per 10,000 person-years in hospitalized CF patients at large CF centers. All sampled effusions were inflammatory in nature. All samples submitted for culture grew at least one organism. Conclusion Pleural effusions are rare in adult non-transplanted CF patients. These fluid collections appear to be quite inflammatory with a higher rate of empyema than in the general population.
KW - Cystic fibrosis
KW - Patient outcome assessment
KW - Pleural effusion
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jcf.2016.11.006
DO - 10.1016/j.jcf.2016.11.006
M3 - Article
C2 - 27979723
AN - SCOPUS:85008957353
SN - 1569-1993
VL - 16
SP - 499
EP - 502
JO - Journal of Cystic Fibrosis
JF - Journal of Cystic Fibrosis
IS - 4
ER -