Descriptive Study of HRCT Chest in Evaluation of Radiological Pulmonary Findings in Positive Covid-19 Patients

Abstract

COVID19 pandemic severely infects patients with co morbidities like diabetes mellitus, hypertension, cardio-pulmonary diseases, elderly population. In view of paucity of sensitive and specic vaccines and treatment for COVID19 patient and being a contagious disease with high morbidity and mortality rate, its mandatory to spot the disease course in early stages before complications develop and isolate (quarantine) the infected individual to prevent community spread of infection. Aim was to study the role of HRCT chest to observe extent of pulmonary involvement in positive covid-19 patients in tertiary care centre .It is a Hospital record based descriptive study carried out at the Department of Radio-diagnosis, patient with laboratory proven positive report for COVID-19 and undergoing HRCTChest. Out of 200 patients with laboratory proven positive report for COVID-19, 180 patients showed features of COVID19 infection on HRCTChest. It was found that patients with co morbidities like diabetes mellitus, hypertension, cardio-pulmonary diseases and chronic kidney disease were severely affected.