Preliminary investigation of relationship between clinical indicators and CT manifestation patterns of COVID-19 pneumonia improvement.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To retrospectively evaluate several clinical indicators related to the improvement of COVID-19 pneumonia on CT.

Methods

A total of 62 patients with COVID-19 pneumonia were included. The CT scores based on lesion patterns and distributions in serial CT were investigated. The improvement and deterioration of pneumonia was assessed based on the changes of CT scores. Grouped by using the temperature, serum lymphocytes and high sensitivity CRP (hs-CRP) on admission respectively, the CT scores on admission, at peak time and at discharge were evaluated. Correlation analysis was carried out between the time to onset of pneumonia resolution on CT images and the recovery time of temperature, negative conversion of viral nucleic acid, serum lymphocytes and hs-CRP.

Results

SUBMITTER: Shi N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7656389 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature