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Evaluation of initial chest computed tomography (CT) findings of COVID-19 pneumonia in 117 deceased patients: a retrospective study
BACKGROUND/AIM: There is no study in the literature in which only chest computed tomography (CT) findings of deceased cases obtained at admission were examined, and the relationship between these findings and mortality was evaluated. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In this retrospective study, a total of 117...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8283471/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33315351 http://dx.doi.org/10.3906/sag-2009-183 |
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author | GÜNDÜZ, Yasemin KARABAY, Oguz ERDEM, Ali Fuat ARIK, Erbil ÖZTÜRK, Mehmet Halil |
author_facet | GÜNDÜZ, Yasemin KARABAY, Oguz ERDEM, Ali Fuat ARIK, Erbil ÖZTÜRK, Mehmet Halil |
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description | BACKGROUND/AIM: There is no study in the literature in which only chest computed tomography (CT) findings of deceased cases obtained at admission were examined, and the relationship between these findings and mortality was evaluated. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In this retrospective study, a total of 117 deceased patients with COVID-19 infection confirmed by positive polymerase chain reaction and undergone chest CT were enrolled. We evaluated initial chest CT findings and their relationship, location, prevalence, and the frequency with mortality. RESULTS: The mean age of patients was 73 ±18 years; 71 of all patients were male and 46 were female. The predominant feature was pure ground-glass opacity (GGO) lesion (82.0%), and 59.8% of cases had pure consolidation. There was no cavitation or architectural distorsion. Pericardial effusion was found in 9.4% the patients, and pleural effusions were found in 15.3% of them. Mediastinal lymphadenopathy was only 11.9% in total. CONCLUSION: In deceased patients, on admission CTs, pure consolidation, pleural and pericardial effusion, mediastinal LAP were more common than ordinary cases. It was these findings that should also raise the concern when they were seen on chest CT; therefore, these radiologic features have the potential to represent prognostic imaging markers in patients with COVID-19 pneumonia. |
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spelling | pubmed-82834712021-08-02 Evaluation of initial chest computed tomography (CT) findings of COVID-19 pneumonia in 117 deceased patients: a retrospective study GÜNDÜZ, Yasemin KARABAY, Oguz ERDEM, Ali Fuat ARIK, Erbil ÖZTÜRK, Mehmet Halil Turk J Med Sci Article BACKGROUND/AIM: There is no study in the literature in which only chest computed tomography (CT) findings of deceased cases obtained at admission were examined, and the relationship between these findings and mortality was evaluated. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In this retrospective study, a total of 117 deceased patients with COVID-19 infection confirmed by positive polymerase chain reaction and undergone chest CT were enrolled. We evaluated initial chest CT findings and their relationship, location, prevalence, and the frequency with mortality. RESULTS: The mean age of patients was 73 ±18 years; 71 of all patients were male and 46 were female. The predominant feature was pure ground-glass opacity (GGO) lesion (82.0%), and 59.8% of cases had pure consolidation. There was no cavitation or architectural distorsion. Pericardial effusion was found in 9.4% the patients, and pleural effusions were found in 15.3% of them. Mediastinal lymphadenopathy was only 11.9% in total. CONCLUSION: In deceased patients, on admission CTs, pure consolidation, pleural and pericardial effusion, mediastinal LAP were more common than ordinary cases. It was these findings that should also raise the concern when they were seen on chest CT; therefore, these radiologic features have the potential to represent prognostic imaging markers in patients with COVID-19 pneumonia. The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey 2021-06-28 /pmc/articles/PMC8283471/ /pubmed/33315351 http://dx.doi.org/10.3906/sag-2009-183 Text en Copyright © 2021 The Author(s) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) ), which permits unrestricted use and redistribution provided that the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Article GÜNDÜZ, Yasemin KARABAY, Oguz ERDEM, Ali Fuat ARIK, Erbil ÖZTÜRK, Mehmet Halil Evaluation of initial chest computed tomography (CT) findings of COVID-19 pneumonia in 117 deceased patients: a retrospective study |
title | Evaluation of initial chest computed tomography (CT) findings of COVID-19 pneumonia in 117 deceased patients: a retrospective study |
title_full | Evaluation of initial chest computed tomography (CT) findings of COVID-19 pneumonia in 117 deceased patients: a retrospective study |
title_fullStr | Evaluation of initial chest computed tomography (CT) findings of COVID-19 pneumonia in 117 deceased patients: a retrospective study |
title_full_unstemmed | Evaluation of initial chest computed tomography (CT) findings of COVID-19 pneumonia in 117 deceased patients: a retrospective study |
title_short | Evaluation of initial chest computed tomography (CT) findings of COVID-19 pneumonia in 117 deceased patients: a retrospective study |
title_sort | evaluation of initial chest computed tomography (ct) findings of covid-19 pneumonia in 117 deceased patients: a retrospective study |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8283471/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33315351 http://dx.doi.org/10.3906/sag-2009-183 |
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