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  • PURPOSE: Aim is to assess the temporal changes and prognostic value of chest radiograph (CXR) in COVID-19 patients. MATERIAL AND METHODS: We performed a retrospective study of confirmed COVID-19 patients presented to the emergency between March 07–17, 2020. Clinical & radiological findings were reviewed. Clinical outcomes were classified into critical & non-critical based on severity. Two independent radiologists graded frontal view CXRs into COVID-19 pneumonia category 1 (CoV-P1) with <4 zones and CoV-P2 with ≥4 zones involvement. Interobserver agreement of CoV-P category for the CXR preceding the clinical outcome was assessed using Kendall\'s τ coefficient. Association between CXR findings and clinical deterioration was calculated along with temporal changes of CXR findings with disease progression. RESULTS: Sixty-two patients were evaluated for clinical features. 56 of these (total: 325 CXRs) were evaluated for radiological findings. Common patterns were progression from lower to upper zones, peripheral to diffuse involvement, & from ground glass opacities to consolidation. Consolidations starting peripherally were noted in 76%, 93% and 48% with critical outcomes, respectively. The interobserver agreement of the CoV-P category of CXRs in the critical and non-critical outcome groups were good and excellent, respectively (τ coefficient = 0.6 & 1.0). Significant association was observed between CoV-P2 and clinical deterioration into a critical status (χ2 = 27.7, p = 0.0001) with high sensitivity (95%) and specificity (71%) within a median interval time of 2 days (range: 0–4 days). CONCLUSION: Involvement of predominantly 4 or more zones on frontal chest radiograph can be used as predictive prognostic indicator of poorer outcome in COVID-19 patients.
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  • 10.1016/j.clinimag.2020.11.004
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  • Clin_Imaging
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  • no-cc
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  • document_parses/pmc_json/PMC7644185.xml.json
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  • 33166898.0
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  • Elsevier; Medline; PMC
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  • Correlation of chest radiography findings with the severity and progression of COVID-19 pneumonia
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  • 2020-11-05

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