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The Association Of Chest Radiographic Findings And Severity Scoring With Clinical Outcomes In Patients With Covid-19 Presenting To The Emergency Department Of A Tertiary Care Hospital In Pakistan, Raima Kaleemi, Kiran Hilal, Ainan Arshad, Russell S. Martins, Avinash Nankani, Tanveer Ul Haq, Sundas Basharat, Zeeshan Ansar

Department of Radiology

Introduction: While chest x-rays (CXRs) represent a cost-effective imaging modality for developing countries like Pakistan, their utility for the prognostication of COVID-19 has been minimally explored. Thus, we describe the frequency and distribution of CXR findings, and their association with clinical outcomes of patients with COVID-19.
Methods: All adult (≥ 18 years) patients presenting between 28th February-31st May to the emergency department of a tertiary care hospital in Pakistan, who were COVID-19 positive on RT-PCR with CXR done on presentation, were included. A CXR Severity Score (CXR-SS) of 0-8 was used to quantify the extent of pulmonary infection on CXR, …