POST COVID-19 SHORT-TERM LUNG SEQUELAE ON FOLLOW-UP CT-CHEST

Document Type : Preliminary preprint short reports of original research

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1 Department of Radiodiagnosis and Intervention, Faculty of Medicine Alexandria University

2 Department of Radiodiagnosis and Intervention, Faculty of Medicine, University of Alexandria.

3 Department of Radiodiagnosis and Intervention, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University

Abstract

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), was a highly contagious disease thatcaused severe respiratory distress syndrome (RDS). The most severely affected patients were older individuals and those with comorbidities.
The etiology of lung disease after COVID-19 might be a sequela of prolonged mechanical ventilation, COVID-19-induced acute (RDS), or direct injury from the virus.
Chest CT played a critical role in the diagnosis and follow-up of patients with moderate to severe respiratory symptoms of COVID-19 pneumonia and was an alternative and superior method compared with (RT-PCR) testing.
Patients recovering from COVID-19 had persistent symptoms and variable CT abnormalities including ground-glass opacities (GGOs), consolidations, sub-pleural bands, reticular abnormality, and evidence of fibrosis, volume loss, architectural distortion, traction bronchiectasis, and air trapping.
The short and midterm chest CT outcomes in patients with COVID-19 had been reported in some studies, which used both qualitative and semi quantitative methods.

AIM OF THE WORK:
The purpose of this work was describing post covid-I9 short-term lung sequelae on follow up CT-chest.

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ALEXMED ePosters
Volume 6, Issue 4
September 2024
Pages 21-22

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