[The investigation of clinical images of 88 hospital staff with SARS]

Beijing Da Xue Xue Bao Yi Xue Ban. 2003 May 31:35 Suppl:34-7.
[Article in Chinese]

Abstract

Objective: To investigate the clinical thoracic images of hospital staff with SARS.

Methods: Thoracic images was analyzed in 88 medical workers with SARS, including 394 chest plain films and 9 CT scans.

Results: The typical signs of SARS are multifocal air-space consolidations, and progress over a day from small shadow to becoming generalized.

Conclusion: Thoracic plain film was necessary for diagnosis of SARS, CT could detect the pulmonary abnormality of SARS early.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • China / epidemiology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Occupational Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
  • Occupations
  • Personnel, Hospital*
  • Radiography, Thoracic
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome / diagnostic imaging*
  • Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome / epidemiology
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed