Table 6: Discharge status cross tabulation according to light’s criteria diagnosis.

Discharge status

Type of pleural effusion

Total

P-value

Transudate

Exudate

Missing

Count

%

Count

%

Count

%

Morbidity

4

20

11

55

5

25

20

0.03

Mortality

6

28.6

13

61.9

2

9.5

21

0.04