Radiologic findings of patients with covid-۱۹-a systematic review study

Background and Objective: Covid-۱۹ is a newly emerged viral pandemic with a wide variety of systemic and local manifestations, radiography is a main diagnostic tool in patients with covid-۱۹, the aim of the following systematic review study is to evaluate the radiologic findings of patients with covid-۱۹ Methods: In this systematic review study, electronic search was conducted on MEDLINE, Google Scholar, Scopus, Web of knowledge and SID. The erelevant data were extracted. Results: ۲۲ studies including ۱۱۰۸ patients with main age of ۵۰.۱ ± ۱۶.۲ were included. The ost common finding was ground glass opacification (۳۱.۲%) following by consolidation (۲۸.۴%) Right lobe involvement was much higher prevalent than left lobe (۲۹% vs ۱۲%) and lower lobe was much higher than upper lobes (۳۳% vs ۱۴%). Conclusion: Chest radiography is a high valuable tool in viral infection detection and according to high prevalence of radiological manifestations, it can be used effectively to encounter this disease.

Keywords:

COVID-۱۹ , Radiologic Findings. Lung Involvement , Systematic Review Study