“MDCT findings in Novel Covid-19 disease in survivors and non-survivors”

Abstract

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:
1. To compare the CTfindings between survivors and non survivors diagnosed with COVID-19 infection.
2. To correlate the severity of CT scan findings by CT Severity Score in COVID - 19 pneumonia helping to predict
prognosis of patients diagnosed with COVID-19 infection.
METHODS: MDCT was performed on 128 slice PHILIPS CT Scanner machine on 80 patients from APRIL2020 to
OCTOBER 2020 in our SVP Hospital, NHLMMC, Ahmedabad. No age and gender bias was followed.
RESULT: Our study shows that out of 80 patients(40 survivors and 40 non-survivors) studied, 37 patients showed
ground glass opacities as the commonest finding. Out of 40 non survivors studied, 25 patients had CT Severity
Index of > 18 and 15 patients showed crazy pavement appearance. Out of 40 survivors studied, 37 patients had CT
Severity index of ≤18 and only 6 patients showed crazy pavement appearance.
CONCLUSION : From comparison between survivors and non survivors, the study concluded that non survivors
had crazy paving pattern with increased CT severity index as compared to survivors. Thus, we concluded that CT
Severity index helps us in predicting the prognosis of the patients. Higher the CTSeverity index , higher the chances
of mortality and morbidity. Parenchymal pattern that can help in predicting the prognosis is appearance of the crazy
paving pattern which may increase the rate of mortality.
DECLARATIONS : Funding: None, Conflict of interest: None declared