Table 3.

Serial chest X-ray manifestations of 24 deceased patients with COVID-19.

	First chest X-ray (n = 24)	Final chest X-ray (n = 24)
Median (IQR) time from the chest X-ray to death, days	8 (6–11.5)	3 (1–3.75)
Distribution of lesions
Bilateral	23 (96%)	23 (96%)
Left	0	0
Right	1 (4%)	1 (4%)
Number of lesions
Unifocal involvement	0	0
Multifocal involvement	24 (100%)	24 (100%)
Number of lung fields involved
1	0	0
2	0	0
3	2 (8%)	1 (4%)
4	4 (17%)	1 (4%)
5	5 (21%)	2 (8%)
6	13 (54%)	20 (83%)
More than three lung fields involved	24 (100%)	24 (100%)
Patchy opacities	24 (100%)	24 (100%)
Round or oval solid nodules	1 (4%)	1 (4%)
Fibrous stripes	3 (13%)	4 (17%)
Pleural effusion	3 (13%)	7 (29%)
Pleural thickening	2 (8%)	2 (8%)
Pneumothorax	0	3 (13%)
Subcutaneous emphysema	0	2 (8%)
White lung	0	6 (25%)
Progression of X-ray manifestations	16/24 (67%)
No significant change of X-ray manifestations	8/24 (33%)
Reduction of X-ray manifestations	0