Research Paper
Year: 2022 | Month: July | Volume: 9 | Issue: 7 | Pages: 132-137
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijrr.20220715
Correlation Between COVID-19 Severity Status and The Thoracic CT-Scan Examination Results: A Cross Sectional Study
Ardito Adi Pratama1, Irawaty Djaharuddin1,2, Nur Ahmad Tabri1,2, Muhammad Ilyas1,2, Harun Iskandar1,2, Jamaluddin Ma’dolangan11,2
1Pulmonology and Respiratory Medicine Department, Medical Faculty, Hasanuddin University,
Makassar, Indonesia
2Wahidin Sudirohusodo Hospital, Makassar, Indonesia
Corresponding Author: Irawaty Djaharuddin
ABSTRACT
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been a pandemic for two years after the World Health Organization (WHO) initially announced it on March 11, 2020. The conventional diagnosis of COVID-19 is often made using a reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and supported by radiographic examinations such as chest CT-SCAN which is regarded to be an additional modality to help quantify the severity of COVID-19 disease. This study's objective is to examine the link between the severity of cases and the chest CT-SCAN pictures observed in COVID-19 patients. The study was conducted at the Wahidin Sudirohusodo Hospital in Makassar. To determine the association between the severity of COVID-19 and the CT-SCAN image of the thorax, a cross-sectional study was conducted and statistical analysis was performed using the chi-square test. A study of 382 samples revealed that the majority of COVID-19 case subjects with a significant relationship to the severity of severe cases were male, older than 50 years, smokers, with comorbid diabetes mellitus, hypertension, kidney failure, heart disease, and evaluation of typical chest CT-SCAN images. Tests of statistical significance revealed a correlation between extreme clinical severity and severe CT-SCAN pictures of the thorax. The thoracic CT-SCAN can modalities shown has a benefit to be utilized as a diagnostic and evaluating tool of the patients.
Keywords: Covid-19, case severity status, thoracic CT-scan examination.
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