Open AccessAbnormal Chest Computed Tomography Findings among Admitted Symptomatic COVID-19 Patients in a Tertiary Care Centre: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study
Author(s) -
Sujit Pant,
Bina Basnet,
Sujata Panta,
Neeraj Basanta Tulachan,
Kalpana Rai,
Mukunda Singh Shrestha
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
journal of nepal medical association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.176
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 1815-672X
pISSN - 0028-2715
DOI - 10.31729/jnma.7529
Subject(s) - medicine , confidence interval , cross sectional study , computed tomography , covid-19 , radiology , pneumonia , tertiary care , emergency medicine , disease , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty)
COVID-19 has emerged as a pandemic and has varied clinical presentation. Computed Tomography scans of the chest play an important role in evaluating the lung parenchymal changes and aids in better planning the management of COVID-19 patients. The purpose of this study was to find the prevalence of abnormal chest computed tomography findings among admitted symptomatic COVID-19 patients in a tertiary care centre.