Aims: To evaluate the prevalence of X-ray findings in hospitalized patients requiring hospitalization with suspected Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection and potential differences in the laboratory values and clinical outcomes related to the presence of abnormal chest X-ray (CXR) findings. Methods: A total of 117 patients suspected of COVID-19 pneumonia and hospitalized with symptoms of lower respiratory tract disease were included in this study. Patients were divided into subgroups according to COVID-19 diagnosis and statistical comparisons were made according to CXR findings. Results: In our cohort, CXR abnormalities were more common in patients with confirmed COVID-19 diagnosis and were associated with increased mortality. Patients with abnormal chest X-rays had a significantly lower PaO 2 /FiO 2 ratio both in the COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 groups. Conclusion: CXR is a routine examination in all patients with symptoms of lower respiratory tract disease and its findings relate to in-hospital mortality and PaO 2 /FiO 2 ratio. Thus, it can be a significant measure of disease severity, especially in resource restrained settings and emergency situations such as the COVID-19 pandemic.
【저자키워드】 COVID-19, Pneumonia, emergency medicine, thoracic radiography, chest x-ray (cx-ray), 【초록키워드】 Hospitalized, Hospitalization, COVID-19 pandemic, disease severity, Symptom, Laboratory, Clinical outcome, Prevalence, X-ray, comparison, Patient, COVID-19 diagnosis, chest X-ray, respiratory tract, resource, disease, in-hospital mortality, CXR, subgroup, Non-COVID-19, increased mortality, abnormality, statistical, evaluate, significantly, hospitalized patient, emergency situation, groups, PaO, 【제목키워드】 respiratory, finding,