Comparison of Computed Tomography Findings between Adult and Pediatric COVID-19 Patients

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PURPOSE: This study aims to compare chest computed tomography (CT) findings between adult and pediatric patients with coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) pneumonia.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: This study included 30 pediatric patients aged 1 to 17 years and 30 adult patients over 18 years of age with COVID-19 pneumonia confirmed by reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) who have findings related to COVID-19 on Chest Computed Tomography. The CT findings of adult and pediatric patients were compared with a z-test.

RESULTS: Bilateral involvement (p:0.00056), involvement in all five lobes (p<0.00001), and central and peripheral involvement (p:0.01928) were significantly higher in the adult group compared to the pediatric group. In the pediatric group, the frequency of unilateral involvement (p:0.00056), involvement of solitary lobe (p:0.00132), and peripheral involvement (p: 0.01928) were significantly higher than in the adult group. The most common parenchymal finding in adults and pediatric patients was ground-glass opacities (100% and 83%, respectively). Among the parenchymal findings in adults, ground-glass opacities with consolidation (63%) were the second most common finding, followed by air bronchogram (60%) in adults, while in pediatric patients, halo sign (27%) and nodule (27%) were the second most common, followed by the ground-glass opacities with consolidation (23%).

CONCLUSION: The CT findings of pediatric COVID-19 patients must be well-known as the course of the disease is usually less severe, and the radiological findings are uncertain when compared with adults.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:20

Enthalten in:

Current medical imaging - 20(2024) vom: 30., Seite 1-7

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Dadalı, Yeliz [VerfasserIn]
Özkaçmaz, Sercan [VerfasserIn]
Ünlü, Erdal [VerfasserIn]
Özkaçmaz, Ayşe [VerfasserIn]
Alparslan, Muhammed [VerfasserIn]
Dündar, İlyas [VerfasserIn]
Turko, Ensar [VerfasserIn]
Özgökçe, Mesut [VerfasserIn]
Durmaz, Fatma [VerfasserIn]
Göya, Cemil [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Adult
Bronchiectasis.
COVID-19
Crazy paving pattern
Journal Article
Multidetector computed tomography
Pediatrics
Pneumonia
Reverse halo sign

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Date Completed 26.02.2024

Date Revised 26.02.2024

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.2174/0115734056248266230921072432

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM368793273