Brief communication: Chest radiography score in young COVID-19 patients: Does one size fit all?

PLoS One. 2022 Feb 23;17(2):e0264172. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0264172. eCollection 2022.

Abstract

During the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, chest X-Ray (CXR) scores are essential to rapidly assess patients' prognoses. This study evaluates a published CXR score in a different national healthcare system. In our study, this CXR score maintains a prognostic role in predicting length of hospital stay, but not disease severity. However, our results show that the predictive role of CXR score could be influenced by socioeconomic status and healthcare system.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Body Mass Index
  • COVID-19 / pathology*
  • COVID-19 / virology
  • Comorbidity
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Length of Stay
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Prognosis
  • Radiography, Thoracic
  • Retrospective Studies
  • SARS-CoV-2 / isolation & purification
  • Severity of Illness Index
  • Smoking
  • Thorax / diagnostic imaging*

Grants and funding

The author(s) received no specific funding for this work.