Computed tomography findings and prognosis in older COVID-19 patients.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In older and multimorbid patients, chronic conditions may affect the prognostic validity of computed tomography (CT) findings in COVID-19. This study aims at assessing to which extent CT findings have prognostic implications in COVID-19 older patients.

Methods

Hospitalized COVID-19 patients aged 60 years or more enrolled in the multicenter, observational and longitudinal GeroCovid study who underwent chest CT were included. Patients were stratified by tertiles of age and pneumonia severity to compare CT findings. Hierarchical clustering based on CT findings was performed to identify CT-related classificatory constructs, if any. The hazard ratio (HR) of mortality was calculated for individual CT findings and for clusters, after adjusting for potential confounders.<

SUBMITTER: Okoye C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8885320 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature