Chest radiograph at admission predicts early intubation among inpatient COVID-19 patients.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The 2019 Coronavirus (COVID-19) results in a wide range of clinical severity and there remains a need for prognostic tools which identify patients at risk of rapid deterioration and who require critical care. Chest radiography (CXR) is routinely obtained at admission of COVID-19 patients. However, little is known regarding correlates between CXR severity and time to intubation. We hypothesize that the degree of opacification on CXR at time of admission independently predicts need and time to intubation.

Methods

In this retrospective cohort study, we reviewed COVID-19 patients who were admitted to an urban medical center during March 2020 that had a CXR performed on the day of admission. CXRs were divided into 12 lung zones and were assessed by two blinded thoracic

SUBMITTER: Xiao N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7553374 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature