Document Type

Article

Publication Date

12-1-2021

Publication Title

J Imaging

Keywords

JGM

JAX Source

J Imaging 2021 Dec 1; 7(12):258

Volume

7

Issue

12

ISSN

2313-433X

PMID

34940725

DOI

https://doi.org/10.3390/jimaging7120258

Abstract

The aim of this retrospective study is to assess any association between abdominal CT findings and the radiological stage of COVID-19 pneumonia, pulmonary embolism and patient outcomes. We included 158 adult hospitalized COVID-19 patients between 1 March 2020 and 1 March 2021 who underwent 206 abdominal CTs. Two radiologists reviewed all CT images. Pathological findings were classified as acute or not. A subset of patients with inflammatory pathology in ACE2 organs (bowel, biliary tract, pancreas, urinary system) was identified. The radiological stage of COVID pneumonia, pulmonary embolism, overall days of hospitalization, ICU admission and outcome were registered. Univariate statistical analysis coupled with explainable artificial intelligence (AI) techniques were used to discover associations between variables. The most frequent acute findings were bowel abnormalities (

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