Clinical and Chest Radiography Features Determine Patient Outcomes in Young and Middle-aged Adults with COVID-19.

ABSTRACT: Background Chest radiography has not been validated for its prognostic utility in evaluating patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Purpose To analyze the prognostic value of a chest radiograph severity scoring system for younger (nonelderly) patients with COVID-19 at initial presentation to the emergency department (ED); outcomes of interest included hospitalization, intubation, prolonged stay, sepsis, and death. Materials and Methods In this retrospective study, patients between the ages of 21 and 50 years who presented to the ED of an urban multicenter health system from March 10 to March 26, 2020, with COVID-19 confirmation on real-time reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction were identified. Each patient's ED chest radiograph was divided into six zones and examined

SUBMITTER: Toussie D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7507999 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature