The present study equates the CT severity score accompanying the clinical severity of the inmates who were habitual to have COVID-19 disease using the 25-point optic quantitative appraisal. Several studies have reported the CT findings of COVID-19 pneumonia. However, the effect of patients has not existed definite in many of these series. Therefore, the guess of risk factors for harsh disease and death in these former studies are not very strong, and skilled are limited data convenient about the prognostic application of rib cage CT. Data of consecutive symptomatic victims who were doubtful to have COVID-19 infection and bestowed to our hospital were collected from March to April 2020. All victims underwent two ensuing RT-PCR tests and had a noncontrast HRCT scan done at performance. From the original cohort of 1062 victims, 160 patients were excluded leaving a total number of 902 sufferers. The mean age was 44.2 ± 11.9 years (85.3% men, 14.7% females). CT severity score was establish to be definitely correlated with lymphopenia, raised serum CRP, d-dimer, and ferritin levels. The oxygen necessities and length of hospital stay were growing with the increase in leaf through severity. The 25-point CT severity score equates well with the COVID-19 dispassionate severity. Our dossier suggest that chest CT nick system can aid in concluding COVID-19 disease outcome and considerably correlates accompanying lab tests and oxygen requirements. In cases with COVID-19 contamination, CT severity score is favorably belonging to inflammatory testing room markers, length of nursing home stay, and oxygen need. More study, including partnership with patient outcome, is wanted to better elucidate the serviceableness of chest CT for prognosis in COVID-19 affliction.
Author(s) Details:
Ghufran Aref Saeed,
Department
of Radiology, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
Waqar
Gaba,
Department
of Internal Medicine, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
Asad Shah,
Department of Radiology, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Abu Dhabi,
UAE.
Abeer Ahmed Al Helali,
Department of Radiology, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Abu Dhabi,
UAE.
Emadullah
Raidullah,
Department
of Internal Medicine, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
Ameirah
Bader Al Ali,
Department
of Internal Medicine, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
Mohammed Elghazali,
Department of Internal Medicine, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Abu
Dhabi, UAE.
Deena Yousef Ahmed,
Department of Internal Medicine, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Abu
Dhabi, UAE.
Shaikha
Ghanam Al Kaabi,
Department
of Internal Medicine, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
Safaa
Almazrouei,
Department
of Radiology, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
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