CLINICO-RADIOLOGICAL CORELATION IN COVID 19 (SARS-COV-2) PATIENTS ADMITTED AT INTENSIVE CARE UNIT AT A TERTIARY HEALTHCARE CENTRE DURING SECOND WAVE OF EPIDEMIC.

Abstract

Background: Coronavirus disease-19 produced by the severe acute respiratory syndrome SARS-CoV-2, had become a global pandemic, giving rise to a serious health threat globally. HRCT chest in COVID-19 patients had a major diagnostic and prognostic importance as positive CT ndings were more prominent in symptomatic patients and co-morbid patients. Present study was conducted to nd out the clinical and radiological prole and its correlation in covid patient who are admitted in tertiary health care centre in intensive care unit. Present study was single-center, Retrospective Cross-se Material and Methods: ctional study, conducted from case records of patients with clinical manifestations like fever and pulmonary symptoms and RT-PCR positive for SARS-CoV-2. In present study, Results: 50 case-records satisfying study criteria were considered for this study. The mean age of present study of COVID-19 patients was 59.98 ± 14.07 years. Majority cases were male 31(62.0%) and 19(38.0%) were female. There was signicant association between CT Score COVID severity and presence of Co-morbidities (P<0.0001). Also there was statistical signicant association between CT Score COVID severity and Hypertension (P<0.0001), Diabetes Mellitus (P<0.0001) & Asthma (P=0.043). There was no statistical signicant association between CT Score COVID severity and IHD, COPD, Chronic Kidney Disease, CCF and Hypothyroidism. HRCT che Conclusion: st in COVID-19 patients has major diagnostic and prognostic importance as positive CT ndings were more prominent in symptomatic patients and co-morbid patients. CT severity was also signicantly associated with clinical symptoms of patients. CT images are useful to see clinical recovery of patients