We observed 62 patients who were admitted to the Pediatric Departmentof Severance Hospital for the treatmentof 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 cccured most commonly in the spr?ng(33.9%) least often in the winter(17.80%).
3) Symptoms on admission in crcer were fever,(77.4%) cough,(61.3%) dyspnea,(40.39,/) 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(69,6).
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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