Frequency and Distribution of Chest Radiographic Findings in Patients Positive for COVID-19

• Published in: Radiology Vol. 296; no. 2; pp. E72 - E78
• Main Authors: Wong, Ho Yuen Frank, Lam, Hiu Yin Sonia, Fong, Ambrose Ho-Tung, Leung, Siu Ting, Chin, Thomas Wing-Yan, Lo, Christine Shing Yen, Lui, Macy Mei-Sze, Lee, Jonan Chun Yin, Chiu, Keith Wan-Hang, Chung, Tom Wai-Hin, Lee, Elaine Yuen Phin, Wan, Eric Yuk Fai, Hung, Ivan Fan Ngai, Lam, Tina Poy Wing, Kuo, Michael D., Ng, Ming-Yen
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.08.2020
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Betacoronavirus; Clinical Laboratory Techniques - methods; Coronavirus Infections - complications; Coronavirus Infections - diagnosis; Coronavirus Infections - diagnostic imaging; COVID-19; COVID-19 Testing; COVID-19 Vaccines; Female; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Pandemics; Pneumonia, Viral - complications; Pneumonia, Viral - diagnostic imaging; Pneumonia, Viral - virology; Radiographic Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted - methods; Reproducibility of Results; Retrospective Studies; Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction - methods; SARS-CoV-2; Severity of Illness Index; Tomography, X-Ray Computed - methods; Young Adult

Background Current coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) radiologic literature is dominated by CT, and a detailed description of chest radiography appearances in relation to the disease time course is lacking. Purpose To describe the time course and severity of findings of COVID-19 at chest radiograph...