TY - JOUR AU - Hassan, Khawaja Muhammad Baqir AU - Hassan, Tathir Baqir AU - Sarwar, Shakil AU - Sheen, Irfan Najam AU - Islam, Farrukh AU - Bukhari, Syed Aown Raza Shah AU - Shoaib, Muhammad Shahbaz PY - 2020/12/16 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - 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: Correlation of clinical symptoms and chest-X-ray in Covid-19 patients JF - Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal JA - PAFMJ VL - 70 IS - 6 SE - Original Articles DO - 10.51253/pafmj.v70i6.4520 UR - https://pafmj.org/PAFMJ/article/view/4520 SP - 1847-52 AB - <p><strong>Objective:</strong> To study clinical symptoms and chest X-ray findings for evaluation of chest X-ray in management of<br>confirmed cases of COVID-19 and predicting the clinical outcome.</p><p><strong>Study Design:</strong> Cross sectional study.</p><p><strong>Place and Duration of Study:</strong> The departments of Radiology &amp; Medicine of Combined Military Hospital Malir,<br>from Mar to May 2020.</p><p><strong>Methodology:</strong> 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</p><p><strong>Results:</strong> At the aggregate, the study indicates that there is no Significant Connection in between the clinical<br>symptoms, their severity and chest X-ray findings.</p><p><strong>Conclusion:</strong> 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.</p> ER -