Observational study of clinico-radiological follow-up of COVID-19 pneumonia: a district general hospital experience in the UK.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The British Thoracic Society (BTS) recommends that all patients admitted with COVID-19 pneumonia should have a chest X-ray (CXR) and clinical follow-up at 6 or 12 weeks, depending on the disease severity. Little data is available on long-term CXR follow-up for moderate and severe COVID-19 pneumonia. This study aims to evaluate compliance with clinico-radiological follow-up of patients recovering from COVID-19 pneumonia at a local hospital in the UK, as per the BTS guidance, and to analyse radiological changes at clinical follow-up at 12 weeks, in order to risk-stratify and improve patient outcomes.

Methods

This is a single-centre retrospective audit of 255 consecutive COVID-19 positive patients admitted to a local hospital in the UK over 5 months between May and O

SUBMITTER: Musat CA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8651500 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature