• Rev Assoc Med Bras (1992) · Apr 2021

    Some inflammatory markers and chest computerized tomography in patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus infection.

    • Aydın Akyüz, Tuğba İlkem Kurtoğlu Özçağlayan, Gülcan Gücer Şahin, Muhammet Mucip Efe, Demet Özkaramanlı Gür, and Şeref Alpsoy.
    • Namık Kemal University, Faculty of Medicine, Cardiology Department - Tekirdağ, Turkey.
    • Rev Assoc Med Bras (1992). 2021 Apr 1; 67 (4): 522-528.

    ObjectiveWe retrospectively assessed whether there was a relationship between lung complications and some easily accessible markers to predict the presence of pulmonary consolidation in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).MethodsAccording to the polymerase chain reaction and chest computerized tomography results, the study was categorized into three groups. Group 1 (n=87) included the patients with polymerase chain reaction (+), group 2 (n=55) included the patients with polymerase chain reaction (-) and chest computerized tomography (+), and group 3 (n=77) included the patients with polymerase chain reaction (-) and chest computerized tomography (-), respectively.ResultsHigh-sensitivity C-reactive protein and increased age were associated with higher computerized tomography (CT) scores.ConclusionIncreased age and C-reactive protein (CRP) may suggest pulmonary infiltration on chest CT in patients with COVID-19.

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