Lung Lesion Burden found on Chest CT as a Prognostic Marker in Hospitalized Patients with High Clinical Suspicion of COVID-19 Pneumonia: a Brazilian experience.
Eduardo Kaiser Ururahy Nunes FonsecaAntonildes Nascimento Assunção JúniorJose de Arimateia Batista Araujo-FilhoLorena Carneiro FerreiraBruna Melo Coelho LoureiroDaniel Giunchetti StrabelliLucas de Pádua Gomes de FariasRodrigo Caruso ChateGiovanni Guido CerriMarcio Valente Yamada SawamuraCesar Higa NomuraPublished in: Clinics (Sao Paulo, Brazil) (2021)
Even after accounting for dynamic CT changes in patients with both clinical and imaging findings consistent with COVID-19, an LLB of ≥50% might be associated with a higher risk of mortality.
Keyphrases
- coronavirus disease
- sars cov
- computed tomography
- image quality
- contrast enhanced
- dual energy
- high resolution
- magnetic resonance imaging
- risk factors
- positron emission tomography
- cardiovascular events
- coronary artery disease
- respiratory syndrome coronavirus
- magnetic resonance
- type diabetes
- intensive care unit
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation