Correlation Between Radiologic Severity Assessment by Lung CT and Clinical Scoring Using Pneumonia Severity Index In COVID-19 Patients | ||||
| Suez Canal University Medical Journal | ||||
| Article 6, Volume 26, Issue 5, May 2023, Page 0-0 | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/scumj.2023.306936 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| Aliaa A. Khairy* 1; Ahmed F. ElSerafi2; Azza A. Gad2; Yara H. Khattab2 | ||||
| 1Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Ismailia Fever Hospital, Egypt | ||||
| 2Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University, Egypt | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Background: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Reporting and Data System (CO-RADS) provides very good performance and gives radiologists a good probability index for COVID-19 prediction. But we need other classification systems that will help us to detect the prognosis and severity of the disease. Aim: To explore the relationship between the HRCT chest findings, severity, and clinical scoring of COVID-19 patients at the time of presentation. Subjects and Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted on 95 Patients at Suez Canal University who presented with community-acquired Pneumonia and scored clinically with Pneumonia Severity Index, all patients were assessed radiologically by HRCT and scored their CT lesions. Results: For CT features, GGO (100%) and consolidation (53.6%) are the most common. There were significant correlations between the degree of CT severity and the clinical severity (P value = 0.01) with sensitivity of 60.4% and specificity of 69% at the cut point of 11.5. There was a correlation between the observer and the artificial intelligence in radiological evaluation (P value < 0.001). Conclusions:Computed tomography plays an important role in the diagnosis and disease severity evaluation of COVID-19, Artificial intelligence can be used to help overworked doctors during a pandemic. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Virus; infection; pulmonary | ||||
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