14 September 2021>: Database Analysis
Chest Radiological Findings and Clinical Characteristics of Laboratory-Confirmed COVID-19 Patients from Saudi Arabia
Rowa Aljondi 1ABCDE* , Salem Alghamdi 1ABCDE , Abdulrahman Tajaldeen 2ABCDE , Ikhlas Abdelaziz 1BE , Lubna Bushara 1AE , Hind A. Alghamdi 3F , Hassan Alhinishi 4B , Bandar Alharbi 5B , Raied Alshehri 5B , Abdullah Aljehani 4D , Mansour Almotairi 6BDOI: 10.12659/MSM.932441
Med Sci Monit 2021; 27:e932441
Table 2 Radiological findings on chest X-rays (n=297).
Characteristics | No. of findings (%) |
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Normal baseline chest x-ray | 74 (24.9) |
Abnormal baseline chest x-ray | 223 (75.1) |
Follow-up chest x-ray | 172 (57.9) |
Normal baseline chest x-ray later becoming abnormal | 13 (4.4) |
Ground-glass opacity | 226 (76.1) |
Consolidation | 49 (16.5) |
Peripheral | 116 (39.1) |
Perihilar | 21 (7.1) |
Central | 5 (1.7) |
Diffuse | 32 (10.8) |
Patchy | 18 (6) |
Nodular | 5 (2) |
Location | |
Unilateral right | 39 (13.1) |
Unilateral left | 27 (9.4) |
Bilateral | 157 (57.2) |
Upper zone | 19 (6.4) |
Lower zone | 136 (45.8) |
Middle zone | 108 (36.4) |
Reticulation | 3 (1) |
Linear atelectasis | 25 (8.4) |
Pleural effusion | 35 (11.8) |
Pneumothorax | 8 (2.7) |
Pulmonary nodules | 5 (1.7) |
Bronchovascular markings | 28 (9.4) |
* | |
Improved | 25 (14.5) |
Stable | 69 (40.2) |
Worse | 78 (45.3) |
* Percentage were calculated on the basis of 172 patients who had follow-up chest x-ray. |