The value of computed tomography in assessing the risk of death in COVID-19 patients presenting to the emergency room.
Giulia BesuttiMarta OttoneTommaso FasanoPierpaolo PattaciniValentina IottiLucia SpaggiariRiccardo BonaciniAndrea NitrosiEfrem BonelliSimone CanoviRossana CollaAlessandro ZerbiniMarco MassariIvana LattuadaAnna Maria FerrariPaolo Giorgi Rossinull nullPublished in: European radiology (2021)
• Early identification of COVID-19 patients at higher risk of disease progression and death is crucial; the role of CT scan in defining prognosis is unclear. • A clinical model based on age, sex, comorbidities, days from symptom onset, and laboratory results was highly accurate in predicting death in COVID-19 patients presenting to the emergency room. • Disease extension assessed with CT was independently associated with death when added to the model but did not produce a valuable increase in accuracy.