Characteristics

Chest tube+lavage-irrigation

N = 127

Chest tube thoracostomy

N = 119

p value

Pleural fluid characteristics

Glucose (mg/dL)

WBC/mm³

pH

LDH (U/L)

Protein (mg/dL)

36.8 ± 4.4

4.4 × 10⁴ ± 4.6 × 10⁴

7.3 ± 0.0

3.3 × 10³ ± 1.2 × 10³

3.77 ± 0.9

31.00 ± 11.6

3.5 × 10⁴ ± 4.7 × 10⁴

7.47 ± 0.2

2.6 × 10³ ± 1.8 × 10³

4.40 ± 0.8

0.399

0.130

0.566

0.202

0.717

Blood parameters

WBC/mm³

Hemoglobin, g/l

CRP, mg/dL

15,905 ± 11,359.2

10 4 ± 3.1

30.7 ± 1.2

13,660 ± 6502.6

9.8 ± 2.7

25.7 ± 5.5

0.803

0.774

0.492