CORREALTION OF CT CHEST IMAGES WITH THE CLINICAL PRESENTATION IN COVID-19 INFECTION: A CLINICO-RADIOLOGICAL STUDY

Abstract

Aim: The study aimed to evaluate the correlation of CT chest images with the clinical presentation in COVID-19 infection. Methodology: 50 confirmed COVID-19 patients those who were hospitalized were included in the study. Patient history, laboratory results, demographic data, severity, time course of symptoms was recorded. The duration of onset of the symptoms to initial CT scan, fever recordings including duration of onset of fever to CT scanning and white blood counts were recorded along with the CT Scores of each patient. Results: The CT scores were found to have significant correlation with age (r=0.348, p value= 0.046), duration of onset to CT scanning (r=0.654, p value= 0.001), duration of fever onset to CT scanning (r=0.679, p value= 0.001) and white blood cell count (r=0.398, p value= 0.034). Conclusion: We found correlation between the CT scores and Age, duration of onset to Ct scanning, duration of fever onset to Ct scanning and white blood cell count.