Evaluation of chest computed tomography alterations of patients hospitalized by Covid-19 / Avaliação de alterações em tomografia computadorizada de tórax de pacientes internados por Covid-19
Targino, Hugo Alexandre Sousa; Sousa, Pedro Henrique Borges; Almeida, Caique Marques de; Leite, Maria Socorro Lira; Maia Júnior, José Roberto; Duarte, Andrezza Araújo de Oliveira.
Medicina (Ribeirao Preto, Online)
; 56(3)nov. 2023. tab
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| LILACS | ID: biblio-1551254
Introduction:
SARS-CoV-2 has rapid dissemination and high infectivity and can evolve into Severe Respiratory Distress Syndrome (SARS), which led to a high number of deaths and hospitalizations in the recent pandemic. Computed tomography (CT) of the chest has demonstrated an essential role in the initial evaluation and evolution of these patients.Methodology:
This was a retrospective observational study at a single center, University Hospital in Northeastern Brazil, evaluating 97 patients hospitalized for COVID-19 with laboratory confirmation to evaluate and quantify the chest CT findings, comparing the findings with the severity of the case and relating them to the morbidities presented. The CT scans were performed by radiologists from the hospital and the data were evaluated by the university's statistics laboratory.Results:
Among the main alterations, ground-glass opacities were present in more than 90% of the patients. The study observed that the magnitude of the pulmonary involvement of this finding had a relationship with the outcome of higher hospitalization.Conclusion:
In this sense, the relevance of chest CT to suggest the diagnosis of Covid-19 and establish the prognosis of the disease is observed. However, further studies are still needed to confirm these finding (AU).
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BR26.1
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