Correlation Between COVID-19 Severity Status and the Thoracic CT-Scan Examination Results: A Cross Sectional Study

Abstract

Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been a pandemic for two years after the World Health Organization (WHO) initially announced it on March 11, 2020. The conventional diagnosis of COVID-19 is often made using a reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and supported by radiographic examinations such as chest CT-SCAN which is regarded to be an additional modality to help quantify the severity of COVID-19 disease. This study's objective is to examine the link between the severity of cases and the chest CT-SCAN pictures observed in COVID-19 patients. The study was conducted at the Wahidin Sudirohusodo Hospital in Makassar. To determine the association between the severity of COVID-19 and the CT-SCAN image of the thorax, a cross-sectional study was conducted and statistical analysis was performed using the chi-square test. A study of 382 samples revealed that the majority of COVID-19 case subjects with a significant relationship to the severity of severe cases were male, older than 50 years, smokers, with comorbid diabetes mellitus, hypertension, kidney failure, heart disease, and evaluation of typical chest CT-SCAN images. Tests of statistical significance revealed a correlation between extreme clinical severity and severe CT-SCAN pictures of the thorax. The thoracic CT-SCAN can modalities shown has a benefit to be utilized as a diagnostic and evaluating tool of the patients. Keywords: Covid-19, case severity status, thoracic CT-scan examination.