Abstract
Lung’s primary role is to allow the diffusion of gases from the surrounding atmosphere into circulation. Pneumonia and associated spread in the lungs parenchyma is a very common finding in one or both lungs. Objective: To determine the frequency of HRCT findings and distribution in the lung parenchyma in pneumonia patients. Methods: It was a cross-sectional study conducted at a Tertiary Hospital in Lahore, Pakistan in the department of Radiology over five months, from January 2022 to May, 2022. A sample size of 90 patients was taken using a convenient sampling approach from previously published articles. Patients with pneumonia were included in the study after informing a consent. All the data were entered and analyzed using SPSS version 22.0. Results: Results shows that pneumonia is more common in the age of 56-65years (30.0%). It is more common in the patients having a history of smoking 44(48.9%). One of the most prevalent CT findings was ground-glass opacities 55(17.7%). Lung infection dissemination was found to be unilateral in 16(17.8%) patients and bilateral in 74(82.2%). On categorization and parenchymal distribution, lobular pneumonia was more common 77(85.6%). Conclusion: In conclusion, pneumonia is the most prevalent disease among children and older males at the age of 56-65years, having previous history of smoking. The most prevalent observations were lymphadenopathy, ground-glass opacities GGO, and consolidations. Bronchopneumonia findings are more common however, the majority of cases were bilateral than unilateral.
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