Abstract

CACERES-BERNAOLA, Ursula et al. Initial CT scanning in patients with COVID-19 pneumonia in the peruvian central air force hospital: a case series. Acta méd. Peru [online]. 2020, vol.37, n.3, pp.330-335. ISSN 1728-5917.  http://dx.doi.org/10.35663/amp.2020.373.1010.

We present nine cases of COVID-19 patients that developed pneumonia caused by SARSCov- 2 who were seen in the Peruvian Central Air Force Hospital and showed different clinical features, risk factors, and outcomes. Findings of their thorax CT scans are described using a tomographic score that was applied on admission. Points assigned were based on the percentage of involvement on each pulmonary lobe and this allowed us to determine a clinical diagnosis of pneumonia according to its severity, even before having positive results in molecular and serological tests for some of these patients.

Keywords : COVID-19; Coronavirus; Tomography; Signs and symptoms.

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