Study on the relationship between chest radiograph changes and clinical features
- VernacularTitle:严重急性呼吸综合征患者激素治疗后胸部X线表现动态观察
- Author:
Jia LI
;
Limin ZHU
;
Song REN
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome;
Radiography, thoracic;
Glucocorticoids
- From:
Chinese Journal of Infectious Diseases
2001;0(06):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To observe the radiological feature of chest X ray in SARS patients. Methods The chest films of 54 cases of SARS were reviewed in the study. The chest film features and site of lung involvement were studies in early stage, most severe stage and recovery stage. The correlation between the score of lung involvement and clinical course was also studied. Results 79.63% cases had abnormal chest films in early stage. Most of them (72.22%) were found in 3～7 days after onset. The lung involvement was most common in bilateral (88.89%) and most in middle and lower field (46.30%). Exudation and consolidation lesions showed to be dominant. The lesions progressed quickly and showed to be variable. There are 17 (31.48%) cases had second peak in X ray, the mean time of onset is 14.71 days. The chest X ray is not parallel with clinical syndrome. The absorption of lung infiltrates is correlation with glucocorticosteroids treatment in 20 patients, and the correlation is not found in 26 patients.Conclusions The chest X ray of SARS has some features and its changes can reflect the clinical situation.
