ROLE OF CO-RADS CLASSIFICATION AND COMPARISON OF CHEST COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY WITH POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION IN COVID-19 PATIENTS

Authors

  • Nadia Wali Pathology Department, Akhtar Saeed Medical & Dental College, Lahore, Pakistan.
  • Yasser Amin Radiology Department, Akhtar Saeed Medical and Dental College, Lahore, Pakistan.
  • Omair Farooq Department of Medicine, Akhtar Saeed Medical & Dental College, Lahore, Pakistan.
  • Atika Masood Pathology Department, Akhtar Saeed Medical & Dental College, Lahore, Pakistan
  • Maleeha Aslam Pathology Department, Akhtar Saeed Medical & Dental College, Lahore, Pakistan.
  • Asim Mumtaz Pathology Department, Akhtar Saeed Medical & Dental College, Lahore, Pakistan.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33279/jkcd.v11i01.156

Keywords:

COVID-19, Tomography, Pneumonia

Abstract

Objective:

To determine the radiological parameters of COVID-19 patients based on CO-RADS classification and to compare the RT-PCR with chest CT.

Materials and Methods:

This cross sectional study involved 180 participants who were hospitalised in COVID Unit of Farooq Hospital, West Wood, Lahore from April 2020 to July 2020. Data was collected from suspected COVID-19 patients who were subjected to CT chest and RT-PCR.
SPSS version 22.0 was used to analyse the data. Frequency and percentages were calculated for categorical variables while mean and standard deviation was calculated for numerical veriables.

Results:

Of the total 180 patients, there was frequent manifestation of ground-glass opacities (GGOs) 168 (93%) followed by consolidation 121(67%) and reticulation/thickened interlobular septa 41 (23%) in radiological features of our study. Whereas, nodular lesions were completely absent. The highest number of patients 132 (73%) were in CO-RADS 5 classification. GGOs 126 (95%); and consolidations 93 (77%) were also highest in CO-RADS 5. Only 143(79%) of total RT-PCR tests were positive when compared with chest CT 158(88%).


Conclusion:

CO-RADS categorical assessment scheme indicates a significant prevalence of GGOs in COVID-19 patients. RT-PCR of most of the patients was negative at the time of admission but on radiological analysis they had positive CT findings suggestive of COVID-19.

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Published

2021-03-31

How to Cite

Nadia Wali, Yasser Amin, Omair Farooq, Atika Masood, Maleeha Aslam, & Asim Mumtaz. (2021). ROLE OF CO-RADS CLASSIFICATION AND COMPARISON OF CHEST COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY WITH POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION IN COVID-19 PATIENTS. JOURNAL OF KHYBER COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY, 11(01), 2–8. https://doi.org/10.33279/jkcd.v11i01.156

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Vol. 11 No. 01 (2021): Journal of Khyber College of Dentistry

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