Thoracic Radiological Characteristics of COVID-19 Patients at the Time of Presentation: A Cross-sectional Study.
Indian J Crit Care Med
; 25(1): 85-87, 2021 Jan.
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in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1073665
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a type of pneumonia caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). COVID-19 pneumonia has characteristic radiological features. Recent evidence indicates usefulness of chest X-ray and lung ultrasound (LUS) in detecting COVID-19 pneumonia. MATERIALS ANDMETHODS:
In this prospective observational study, chest X-ray and LUS features of 50 adults with COVID-19 pneumonia at the time of presentation were described.RESULTS:
Chest X-ray findings were present in 96% of patients, whereas all patients have ultrasound finding. Proportion (95% CI) of patients having bilateral opacities in chest X-ray was 96% (86.5-98.9%), ground glass opacity 74% (60.5-84.1%), and consolidation 50% (36.7-63.4%). In LUS, shred sign and thickened pleura was present in all patients recruited in this study. Air bronchogram was present in at least one area in 80% of all patients and B-lines score of more than 2 was present in at least one lung area in 84% patients. Number of lung areas with "shred sign" were higher in hypoxemic (p = 0.005) and tachypneic (p = 0.006) patients and pleura line abnormalities were present in more lung areas in hypoxemic patients (p = 0.03).CONCLUSION:
According to our study, LUS is a useful tool not only in diagnosing, but it also correlates with requirement of respiratory support in COVID-19 patients. HOW TO CITE THIS ARTICLE Behera S, Maitra S, Anand RK, Baidya DK, Subramaniam R, Kayina CA, et al. Thoracic Radiological Characteristics of COVID-19 Patients at the Time of Presentation A Cross-sectional Study. Indian J Crit Care Med 2021;25(1)85-87.
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Randomized controlled trials
Language:
English
Journal:
Indian J Crit Care Med
Year:
2021
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Article
Affiliation country:
Jp-journals-10071-23705
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