Thoracic Radiological Characteristics of COVID-19 Patients at the Time of Presentation: A Cross-sectional Study.

COVID-19 Chest X-ray Lung ultrasound Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 Shred sign

Journal

Indian journal of critical care medicine : peer-reviewed, official publication of Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine
ISSN: 0972-5229
Titre abrégé: Indian J Crit Care Med
Pays: India
ID NLM: 101208863

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Jan 2021
Historique:
entrez: 19 2 2021
pubmed: 20 2 2021
medline: 20 2 2021
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a type of pneumonia caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). COVID-19 pneumonia has characteristic radiological features. Recent evidence indicates usefulness of chest X-ray and lung ultrasound (LUS) in detecting COVID-19 pneumonia. In this prospective observational study, chest X-ray and LUS features of 50 adults with COVID-19 pneumonia at the time of presentation were described. Chest X-ray findings were present in 96% of patients, whereas all patients have ultrasound finding. Proportion (95% CI) of patients having bilateral opacities in chest X-ray was 96% (86.5-98.9%), ground glass opacity 74% (60.5-84.1%), and consolidation 50% (36.7-63.4%). In LUS, shred sign and thickened pleura was present in all patients recruited in this study. Air bronchogram was present in at least one area in 80% of all patients and B-lines score of more than 2 was present in at least one lung area in 84% patients. Number of lung areas with "shred sign" were higher in hypoxemic ( According to our study, LUS is a useful tool not only in diagnosing, but it also correlates with requirement of respiratory support in COVID-19 patients. Behera S, Maitra S, Anand RK, Baidya DK, Subramaniam R, Kayina CA,

Sections du résumé

BACKGROUND BACKGROUND
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a type of pneumonia caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). COVID-19 pneumonia has characteristic radiological features. Recent evidence indicates usefulness of chest X-ray and lung ultrasound (LUS) in detecting COVID-19 pneumonia.
MATERIALS AND METHODS METHODS
In this prospective observational study, chest X-ray and LUS features of 50 adults with COVID-19 pneumonia at the time of presentation were described.
RESULTS RESULTS
Chest X-ray findings were present in 96% of patients, whereas all patients have ultrasound finding. Proportion (95% CI) of patients having bilateral opacities in chest X-ray was 96% (86.5-98.9%), ground glass opacity 74% (60.5-84.1%), and consolidation 50% (36.7-63.4%). In LUS, shred sign and thickened pleura was present in all patients recruited in this study. Air bronchogram was present in at least one area in 80% of all patients and B-lines score of more than 2 was present in at least one lung area in 84% patients. Number of lung areas with "shred sign" were higher in hypoxemic (
CONCLUSION CONCLUSIONS
According to our study, LUS is a useful tool not only in diagnosing, but it also correlates with requirement of respiratory support in COVID-19 patients.
HOW TO CITE THIS ARTICLE UNASSIGNED
Behera S, Maitra S, Anand RK, Baidya DK, Subramaniam R, Kayina CA,

Identifiants

pubmed: 33603307
doi: 10.5005/jp-journals-10071-23705
pmc: PMC7874276
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

85-87

Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2021; Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers (P) Ltd.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

Source of support: Nil Conflict of interest: None

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Auteurs

Srikant Behera (S)

Department of Anaesthesiology, Pain Medicine and Critical Care, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.

Souvik Maitra (S)

Department of Anaesthesiology, Pain Medicine and Critical Care, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.

Rahul K Anand (RK)

Department of Anaesthesiology, Pain Medicine and Critical Care, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.

Dalim K Baidya (DK)

Department of Anaesthesiology, Pain Medicine and Critical Care, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.

Rajeshwari Subramaniam (R)

Department of Anaesthesiology, Pain Medicine and Critical Care, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.

Choro A Kayina (CA)

Department of Anaesthesiology, Pain Medicine and Critical Care, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.

Bikash R Ray (BR)

Department of Anaesthesiology, Pain Medicine and Critical Care, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.

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