Imaging findings of critically ill patients with COVID-19 pneumonia: a case series

Introduction Between 25 January 2020 and 7 February 2020, 22 patients admitted to Princess Margaret Hospital, Hong Kong had diagnosis of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection confirmed by real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction of nasopharyngeal asp...

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Published in:Hong Kong medical journal = Xianggang yi xue za zhi 2020-06, Vol.26 (3), p.236
Main Authors: Woo, Stephanie C, Yung, K S, Wong, T, Yu, Ellen LM, Li, S K, Chan, H F, Chan, CH, Lee, Y C, Jacky MC Chan, Leung, W S
Format: Article
Language:chi ; eng
Subjects:
Blood tests
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Dyspnea
Fever
Infections
Intubation
Medical imaging
Medical prognosis
Middle East respiratory syndrome
Patients
Pleural effusion
Pneumonia
Respiratory diseases
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
Thorax
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Summary:Introduction Between 25 January 2020 and 7 February 2020, 22 patients admitted to Princess Margaret Hospital, Hong Kong had diagnosis of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection confirmed by real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction of nasopharyngeal aspirate and throat swab. Multifocal peripheral GGOs in all of our patients are in keeping with findings of other recent studies on patients with COVID-19.3 4 This is also consistent with infections caused by other members of the betacoronavirus genus, including SARS-CoV5 and Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV).6 The presence of GGOs were reported to be up to 86% and 87% in the recently published reviews of patients with COVID-19 pneumonia.3 4 Different patterns of GGOs have been described in patients with COVID-19 pneumonia, with predominant posterior and peripheral lung distribution of GGOs being the most commonly described pattern.4 Such distribution is in line with observations of our patients
ISSN:1024-2708
2226-8707
DOI:10.12809/hkmj208441