Khawaja Muhammad Baqir Hassan, Tathir Baqir Hassan, Shakil Sarwar, Irfan Najam Sheen, Farrukh Islam, Syed Aown Raza Shah Bukhari, Muhammad Shahbaz Shoaib.
Clinical symptoms and chest x-ray findings for evaluation of chest x-ray in management and prediction of clinical outcome of confirm cases of covid-19.
Pak Armed Forces Med J Jan ;70(6):1847-52.

Objective: To study clinical symptoms and chest X-ray findings for evaluation of chest X-ray in management of confirmed cases of COVID-19 and predicting the clinical outcome. Study Design: Cross sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: The departments of Radiology & Medicine of Combined Military Hospital Malir, from Mar to May 2020. Methodology: The sample used in this study consists of 73 patients. All the standard frontal projections of chest X-ray of PCR confirmed COVID-19 patients were studied on computer and findings were noted Results: At the aggregate, the study indicates that there is no Significant Connection in between the clinical symptoms, their severity and chest X-ray findings. Conclusion: There is no significant connection found between the severity of clinical symptoms and chest X-rays suggesting that chest X-Ray cannot be a reliable indicator to predict the clinical outcome of the patient and has limited role in management of patient. Clinical assessment is still the main stay of the patient management.

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