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A Brief Overview about CT role in COVID-19 Post-Acute Sequelae

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Khaled Mohamed Altaher, Walaa Gamal Gaber Mohamed, Amal Mohamed Hasan, Nesma Adel Zaid
» doi: 10.53555/ecb/2023.12.Si12.257

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Background: The recovery from SARS-CoV-2 infection is variable. Although most will make a total recovery, others will experience sequalae long after they recover from the acute infection with severity of symptoms ranging from mild to debilitating. In a study of health care workers with mild COVID-19. The most common symptoms reported were lost of taste or smell, fatigue, and shortness of breath. Identified risk factors for symptoms after infection include increasing age and body mass index, female sex, and a higher number of symptoms during the acute illness. Studies from other viral infections with pulmonary involvement suggest that functional and radiologic impairments persist beyond hospital discharge. In the original SARS-CoV outbreak in 2003, which had 8000 confirmed cases and a mortality rate of 9%.COVID-19 starts as interstitial pneumonitis and then affects lung parenchyma. A wide variety of CT findings in COVID-19 have been reported in the different studies, and the CT findings differ according to the stage of the disease and disease severity and associated co-morbidities. opacification of the lung in the X-ray or computed tomography with no obliteration of bronchial or vascular markings. The presumed pathology includes partial filling of the lung alveoli by fluid, interstitial thickening, or partial collapse of lung alveoli. The reported sensitivity of CT in the diagnosis of COVID-19 is 60–98%, and the reported specificity is 25–56%.

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