Association of chest computed tomography severity score at ICU admission and respiratory outcomes in critically ill COVID-19 patients.
Ricardo Esper TremlTulio CaldonazoFábio Barlem HohmannDaniel Lima da RochaPedro Hilton A FilhoAndréia L MoriAndré S CarvalhoJuliana S F SerranoPedro A T Dall-AglioPeter RadermacherJoão Manoel Silva JuniorPublished in: PloS one (2024)
COVID-19 patients with >50% lung involvement on Chest-CT admission presented higher chances to stay longer on invasive mechanical ventilation and more chances to developed ventilator-associated pneumonia.
Keyphrases
- mechanical ventilation
- computed tomography
- sars cov
- respiratory failure
- intensive care unit
- acute respiratory distress syndrome
- dual energy
- emergency department
- positron emission tomography
- image quality
- contrast enhanced
- magnetic resonance imaging
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
- type diabetes
- magnetic resonance
- pet ct
- weight loss
- insulin resistance