RT Journal Article
T1 Usefulness of chest X-rays for evaluating prognosis in patients with COVID-19
A1 Adarve Castro, A.
A1 Diaz Antonio, T.
A1 Cuartero Martinez, E.
A1 Garcia Gallardo, M. M.
A1 Berma Gascon, M. L.
A1 Dominguez Pinos, D.
K1 COVID-19
K1 Chest X-rays
K1 prognosis
K1 Mortality
K1 Intensive care unit
K1 Radiography
AB Background and aims: The pandemia caused by SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) has been a diagnostic challenge in which chest X-rays have had a key role. This study aimed to determine whether the Radiological Scale for Evaluating Hospital Admission (RSEHA) applied to chest X-rays of patients with COVID-19 when they present at the emergency department is related with the severity of COVID-19 in terms of the need for admission to the hospital, the need for admission to the intensive care unit (ICU), and/or mortality.Material and methods: This retrospective study included 292 patients with COVID-19 who presented at the emergency department between March 16, 2020 and April 30, 2020. To standardize the radiologic patterns, we used the RSEHA, categorizing the radiologic pattern as mild, moderate, or severe. We analyzed the relationship between radiologic severity according to the RSEHA with the need for admission to the hospital, admission to the ICU, and mortality.Results: Hospital admission was necessary in 91.4% of the patients. The RSEHA was significantly associated with the need for hospital admission (p = 0.03) and with the need for ICU admission (p
PB Elsevier espana
SN 0033-8338
YR 2021
FD 2021-11-15
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10668/26877
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10668/26877
LA es
DS RISalud
RD Apr 4, 2025