Table 4. Comparison of Chest Imaging Results.
| Chest X-ray (CXR) on admission | Survivors N = 187 (%) |
Non-survivors N = 16 (%) |
P value |
|---|---|---|---|
| CXR-unilateral infiltrates | 93 (50%) | 6 (37.5) | 0.438 |
| CXR-bilateral infiltrates | 57 (30.5) | 10 (62.5) | 0.0128 |
| CXR-normal | 37 (19.8) | 0 | 0.047 |
| Chest computed tomography (CT) scan on admission | |||
| Number of patients with chest CT scan | 64 (34.2) | 3 (18.7) | 0.27 |
| Ground-glass opacification/airspace consolidation | 22 (34.4) | 1 (33.3) | 1.000 |
| Nodules/masses | 8 (12.5) | 1 (33.3) | 0.355 |
| Bronchovascular thickening/linear opacities | 13 (6.9) | 0 | 1.000 |
| Pleural effusion(s) | 15 (23.4) | 0 | 1.000 |
| Lymphadenopathy | 4 (6.3) | 0 | 1.000 |
| Bronchiectasis | 7 (10.9) | 0 | 1.000 |
| Cavitary lesions | 2 (3) | 0 | 1.000 |
| Acute pulmonary embolism | 1 (1.5) | 1 (33.3) | 0.08 |
| Normal CXR with abnormal chest CT | 8 (12.5) | 0 | 1.000 |