Relationship between initial chest X-ray and laboratory findings in Covid ۱۹ patients: a scopin review

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus ۲ is an RNA virus belonging to the Coronaviridae family. They are enveloped viruses with positive sense single stranded RNA genome and a nucleocapsid of helical symmetry. They cause respiratory infections, ranging from common cold to pneumonia to severe acute respiratory syndrome. This novel pulmonary infection, also called coronavirus disease ۲۰۱۹ (COVID ۱۹) has caused an outbreak in the entire world with India being one of the most affected. Throat and nasal swab -RT PCR has been the gold standard for the diagnosis of COVID ۱۹. Chest CT has been widely used to assess the extent of lung involvement and the severity of the disease. However it is not routinely used to assess the progression of COVID-۱۹ because of the amount of radiation involved, constraints in the transport of very sick patients and the risk of contaminating the CT room. The ease of doing an X-ray bedside, lower radiation and repeatability make it the modality of choice for assessment of disease progression. Laboratory parameters like C - reactive protein, D- dimer, ferritin and leukocyte count can also be used to assess the progression of the disease by evaluating the improvement or deterioration of the values. There have been a few studies correlating chest x-rays and lab parameters in the progression of COVID ۱۹.

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Covid-۱۹ ، chest X-ray ، laboratory findings ، diagnose