Usman Tahir, Fatima Khalid, Umar Ali, Nauman Ahmed, Amina Bibi, Muhammad Imran


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ABSTRACT

Aim: To assess Chest X-ray results in COVID-19 positive individuals diagnosed at the Corona Percolation Center, Mayo Hospital, Lahore, using the British Society of Thoracic Imaging CXR classification.

Methods: Altogether RT-PCR COVID-19 positive individuals tested at the Corona Percolation Epicenter, Mayo Hospital, Lahore between June 25th, 2020 and May 20th, 2021 included in this research. The cohort's mean age with age range was computed. The present symptoms and co-morbidities have been examined and tallied in rapports of facts and percentages. The outcomes of portable CXRs were categorized using the BSTI categorization and described in terms of numbers and percentages.

Results: The participants' average age remained 46 years. Cough (69%) was the most common symptom, followed by fever (20%), difficulty breathing (42%), sore throat (6%), and loss of flavor and aroma (6%). (18 percent). The most common co-morbidity included hypertension (six) (22 percent). 3 participants (8%) had normal CXRs, whereas eight (25%) showed characteristic COVID CXRs. There were 23 (73%) ambiguous individuals, with just one (4%) having solitary long illness. Five (14% of individuals) had widespread lung disease, whereas 20 (64%) had detection of lung participation. The majority of 21 individuals (65%) had bilateral middle and lower zonal lesions.

Conclusion: COVID-19 CXRs in this investigation showed a range of opacities from pure clear glass to mixed grounds glass opacification to accumulation in the contralateral peripheral intermediate and reduced lung zones. In these cases, the BSTI CXR writing categorization of Corona is legitimate, with both the inclusion of central zonal participation in conventional COVID-19 requirements rather than actually lower zone engagement.

Keywords: Chest X-ray results in COVID-19 positive, diagnosed, Mayo Hospital, Lahore.



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