COVID-19: opacification score is higher in the right lung and right lung involvement is a better predictor of ICU admission

Deepak Nagra; Mark Russell; Mark Yates; James Galloway; Richard Barker; Sujal R Desai; Sam Norton

doi:10.1183/13993003.02340-2020

COVID-19: opacification score is higher in the right lung and right lung involvement is a better predictor of ICU admission

Eur Respir J. 2020 Dec 10;56(6):2002340. doi: 10.1183/13993003.02340-2020. Print 2020 Dec.

Authors

Deepak Nagra¹, Mark Russell², Mark Yates³, James Galloway³, Richard Barker⁴, Sujal R Desai⁵, Sam Norton⁶

Affiliations

¹ King's College Hospital, London, UK deepak.nagra@nhs.net.
² King's College Hospital, London, UK.
³ King's College London, Centre for Rheumatic Disease, London, UK.
⁴ King's College Hospital, Respiratory Medicine, London, UK.
⁵ The Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust, Radiology, London, UK.
⁶ King's College London, London, UK.

Abstract

In COVID-19 the right lung has higher degree of opacification on plain radiograph than the left lung. Right lung opacificiation is a stronger predictor for critical care admission and death. https://bit.ly/36dig2N

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

COVID-19 / diagnostic imaging*
COVID-19 / epidemiology
Humans
Intensive Care Units / statistics & numerical data*
Pandemics
Pneumonia, Viral / diagnostic imaging*
Risk Assessment
SARS-CoV-2
Severity of Illness Index
United Kingdom / epidemiology