CLINICO RADIOLOGICAL CORRELATION IN COVID-19 PATIENTS.

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a pandemic infectious disease caused by a novel coronavirus, known as severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). SARS-CoV-2 genome is similar to that of SARS and Middle East respiratory syndrome. Infection by COVID-19 can result in a range of clinical outcomes, from asymptomatic to severe life-threatening course or death. Most of the 1 affected patients present with high temperature and dry cough Chest radiograph (CXR) played a role in determining the course and the severity of disease during the 2002 severe acute respiratory syndrome 2 (SARS) and the 2012 Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) outbreaks The diagnostic armamentarium of COVID-19 is inclusive of travel history, history of exposure, clinical features, and reverse transcriptase–polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) assay from specimens obtained by oropharyngeal or nasopharyngeal swab, assisted with 3 digital Chest radiograph (CXR) AIMS & OBJECTIVES: 1.To Study clinical correlation to chest x ray in covid 19 patients. 2.To Study clinical correlation to outcome in covid 19 patients. METHODS & MATERIALS: This is a prospective study which included 507 patients with laboratory-conrmed COVID-19 admitted in tertiary care hospital from May 2020 to Nov 2020. The patients were examined clinically , were assessed for signs& symptoms and severity of pneumonia. All patients underwent a digital CXR examination. RESULTS: Out of 507 patients studied, 58.6% were males, 41.4%were females.Most of the affected patients are between 41-60 yrs of age group .Death percentage is more in critical group compared to noncritical group.Our observational study shows signicant correlation between clinical features , CXR and outcome in covid 19 patients.