Evaluating the Cavitary Lung Lesions on CT Scan of COVID-19 Patients: A Retrospective Study.

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Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives Pub Date : 2024-11-02 eCollection Date: 2024-01-01 DOI:10.55729/2000-9666.1411

Golnaz Moradi, Safa S Etehadi, Seyed H Mousavi, Rayeheh Mohammadi

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Abstract

Background: It has been shown that cavitary lesions on CT scans of patients with COVID-19 may be related to their clinical symptoms and mortality rate.

Materials and methods: The study population included patients diagnosed with COVID-19 based on RT-PCR results from throat samples or typical clinical and chest CT scan findings who were hospitalized at Sina Hospital in Tehran in 2020 and underwent chest CT scans. Chest CT scans were examined for the severity of pulmonary opacities and the presence, number, size, wall thickness, and distribution of cavitary lung lesions.

Results: Oxygen saturation was lower in patients with cavitary lesions in the initial state and after treatment than those without cavitation, and a statistically significant relationship was observed (p < 0.05). In terms of gender, a significant correlation was observed, and the prevalence of cavitary lesions was higher in men (p < 0.05). Also, the in-hospital mortality rate was higher in patients with cavitary lesions (p < 0.05).

Conclusion: Based on our results, the presence of cavitary lung lesions in COVID-19 patients is related to the mortality rate, severity of pulmonary involvement, and patients' gender.

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新型冠状病毒肺炎（COVID-19）患者CT空腔肺病变评价的回顾性研究

背景：已有研究表明，COVID-19患者CT扫描上的空洞病变可能与临床症状和死亡率有关。材料和方法：研究人群包括2020年在德黑兰新浪医院住院并接受胸部CT扫描的基于喉部样本RT-PCR结果或典型临床和胸部CT扫描结果诊断为COVID-19的患者。胸部CT扫描检查肺混浊的严重程度和空洞性肺病变的存在、数量、大小、壁厚和分布。结果：空化病变患者初始状态及治疗后的血氧饱和度均低于无空化病变患者，差异有统计学意义（p < 0.05）。在性别上，有显著的相关性，男性的空洞病变患病率更高（p < 0.05）。腔隙病变患者住院死亡率较高（p < 0.05）。结论：根据我们的研究结果，COVID-19患者肺空洞病变的存在与死亡率、肺部受累程度和患者性别有关。

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