Clinical characteristics and chest CT imaging features of critically ill COVID-19 patients.
Nan ZhangXunhua XuLing-Yan ZhouGang ChenYu LiHuiming YinZhonghua SunPublished in: European radiology (2020)
• Almost all patients critically ill with COVID-19 pneumonia had five lung lobes involved. • Medial or parahilar area involvement and degree of lung involvement were more serious in the deceased patients when compared with those who recovered from treatment. • Chronic lung disease, e.g., emphysema, diabetes, and higher serum CRP and NLR characterized patients who died of COVID-19.
Keyphrases
- sars cov
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- coronavirus disease
- newly diagnosed
- cardiovascular disease
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- computed tomography
- magnetic resonance imaging
- metabolic syndrome
- photodynamic therapy
- magnetic resonance
- kidney transplantation
- combination therapy
- lung function
- replacement therapy
- community acquired pneumonia