Figure 1.

Depicted are chest radiographs belonging to three different patients admitted to the intensive care unit of our institution with acute respiratory failure due to confirmed COVID-19 infection. Each row corresponds to a single patient’s imaging. Chest radiographs in the left column (panels A, C, E) represent those obtained at time of intensive care unit entry. Chest radiographs in the right column (panels B, D, F) were obtained fewer than 24 hours following the initial studies. The improvement in dense lung consolidation between earlier and later films is striking. The only intervention received by these patients capable of producing such a dramatic change over this time period was a single one gram dose of methylprednisolone. Radiographic resolution was mirrored by improvement in oxygenation in all three cases.