青年与老年人单侧胸腔积液临床分析

目的:探讨青年与老年人单侧胸腔积液病因分布差异.方法:收集1996年1月～2004年8月的单侧胸腔积液患者,分成青年组和老年组,对青老年组进行临床对比分析.结果:青年组结核性占78.7%,癌性占4.3%;老年组结核性占21.0%,癌性占59.7%;两组有显著性差异(P＜0.01).结论:青年组(45岁以下)以结核性为主,老年组(60岁以上)以癌性为主,结核性比例仍较高.

Clinical analysis of sigle side pleural effusion of the young and the old

Objective To explore the difference of youth between old people's single side pleural effusionpathogeny distributing between the young and the old. Methods Collecting the patients from Jan. 1996 to Aug.2004 and dividing them into two groups, the young group and the old people group, and comparing them. ResultsThe percentage of every illness types in young group: tuberculosis 79.1%, cancer 4.7%. The percentage of everyillness types in the old group: cancer 59.3% tuberculosis 20.4%.The difference between the young group and theold group was significant (P<0.01). Conclusion Tuberculosis has the highest rate in the young group, and cancerhas the highest rate and tuberculosis also has a high rate in the old group.