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Portable Chest Radiograph: A Boon for Critically Ill Patients With COVID-19 Pneumonia

In the present study, we evaluated the role of portable chest radiographs in critically ill patients with COVID-19 pneumonia in whom computed tomography (CT) of the chest was not feasible. A retrospective chest X-ray study of patients under investigation for COVID-19 was performed in our dedicated C...

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Published in:Curēus (Palo Alto, CA) CA), 2023-03, Vol.15 (3), p.e36330-e36330
Main Authors: Jakhotia, Yash, Dhok, Avinash, Mane, Priyanka, Mitra, Kajal
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Disease
Dyspnea
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Infectious Disease
Intensive care
Internal Medicine
Medical imaging
Patients
Pleural effusion
Pneumonia
Pneumothorax
Radiology
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
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