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The association of chest radiographic findings and severity scoring with clinical outcomes in patients with COVID-19 presenting to the emergency department of a tertiary care hospital in Pakistan.

Raima KaleemiKiran HilalAinan ArshadRussell Seth MartinsAvinash NankaniHaq TuSundas BasharatZeeshan Ansar
Published in: PloS one (2021)
In a resource-constrained country like Pakistan, CXRs may have valuable prognostic utility in predicting ICU admission and mortality. Additional research with larger patient samples is needed to further explore the association of CXR findings with clinical outcomes.
Keyphrases
  • emergency department
  • case report
  • tertiary care
  • intensive care unit
  • cardiovascular events
  • type diabetes
  • coronary artery disease
  • acute respiratory distress syndrome
  • extracorporeal membrane oxygenation