Visual scoring of chest CT at hospital admission predicts hospitalization time and intensive care admission in Covid-19.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Chest CT is prognostic in Covid-19 but there is a lack of consensus on how to report the CT findings. A chest CT scoring system, ÖCoS, was implemented in clinical routine on 1 April 2020, in Örebro Region, Sweden. The ÖCoS-severity score measures the extent of lung involvement. The objective of the study was to evaluate the ÖCoS scores as predictors of the clinical course of Covid-19.

Methods

Population based study including data from all hospitalized patients with Covid-19 in Örebro Region during March to July 2020. We evaluated the correlations between CT scores at the time of admission to hospital and intensive care in relation to hospital and intensive care length of stay (LoS), intensive care admission and death. C-reactive protein and lymphocyte count were i

SUBMITTER: Ahlstrand E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8054497 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature