Prognostic Factors of Initial Chest CT Findings for ICU Admission and Mortality in Patients with COVID-19 Pneumonia

Author:

Kazemi Mohammad Ali,Ghanaati Hossein,Moradi Behnaz,Chavoshi MohammadrezaORCID,Hashemi Hassan,Hemmati Samira,Rouzrokh Pouria,Gity MasoumehORCID,Ahmadinejad Zahra,Abdollahi Hamed

Abstract

Background: Studies have shown that computed tomography (CT) could be valuable for prognostic issues in COVID-19. Objectives: To investigate the prognostic factors of early chest CT findings in COVID-19 patients. Patients and Methods: This retrospective study included 91 patients (34 women, and 57 men) of real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) positive COVID-19 from three hospitals in Iran between February 25, 2020, to March 15, 2020. Patients were divided into two groups as good prognosis, discharged from the hospital and alive without symptoms (48 patients), and poor prognosis, died or needed ICU care (43 patients). The first CT images of both groups that were obtained during the first 8 days of the disease presentation were evaluated considering the pattern, distribution, and underlying disease. The total CT-score was calculated for each patient. Univariate and multivariate analysis with IBM SPSS Statistics v.26 was used to find the prognostic factors. Results: There was a significant correlation between poor prognosis and older ages, dyspnea, presence of comorbidities, especially cardiovascular and comorbidities. Considering CT features, peripheral and diffuse distribution, anterior and paracardiac involvement, crazy paving pattern, and pleural effusion were correlated with poor prognosis. There was a correlation between total CT-score and prognosis and an 11.5 score was suggested as a cut-off with 67.4% sensitivity and 68.7% specificity in differentiation of poor prognosis patients (patients who needed ICU admission or died). Multivariate analysis revealed that a model consisting of age, male gender, underlying comorbidity, diffused lesions, total CT-score, and dyspnea would predict the prognosis better. Conclusion: Total chest CT-score and chest CT features can be used as prognostic factors in COVID-19 patients. A multidisciplinary approach would be more accurate in predicting the prognosis.

Publisher

Briefland

Subject

Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging

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