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11.03.2020 | COVID-19 | Images
Chest computed tomography images of early coronavirus disease (COVID-19)
Erschienen in: Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d'anesthésie | Ausgabe 6/2020
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Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) has rapidly spread throughout China and as of 8 March 2020 has spread to over 100 countries with 105,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus-related disease (COVID-19).1 The high infectivity and mortality of COVID-19 makes this a serious public health threat.2 Recent studies have confirmed that fever, dry cough, and fatigue are the main manifestations.3 Some patients have other symptoms, such as nasal congestion, runny nose, sore throat, myalgia, and diarrhea. Seriously-ill patients may develop dyspnea and/or hypoxemia one week after the onset of symptoms, and critically-ill patients can quickly progress to acute respiratory distress syndrome, septic shock, severe metabolic acidosis, coagulopathy, and multiple organ dysfunction syndrome.3
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Chest computed tomography (CT) scan at the time of admission (A) of a 27-yr-old 36-week pregnant woman with coronavirus disease (COVID-19). The CT scan shows the characteristic peripheral (and/or subpleural) ground-glass opacities. These are seen in the left lower lobe/lingula junction and in the right middle lobe (arrows). Two days after admission (B), the size, density, and distribution of these opacities had progressed (arrows)
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