Radiological changes present in the respiratory system of patients with COVID-19: A systematic literature review

• Autor(a) principal: Lima, Lucas Henrique de Amorim
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Malcher Neto, José Souto, Nascimento, Wellington da Costa, Bezerra, Gabriel Oliveira, Castro Neto, Renor Gonçalves de
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Research, Society and Development
• DOI: 10.33448/rsd-v10i8.17502
• Texto Completo: https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/17502
• topic: COVID-19; Diagnóstico por Imagem; Sistema Respiratório; Técnicas de diagnóstico do sistema respiratório.; COVID-19; Diagnóstico por Imagen; Sistema Respiratorio; Técnicas de diagnóstico del sistema respiratorio.; COVID-19; Diagnostic Imaging; Respiratory System; Diagnostic techniques, respiratory system.

Objective: to investigate the most frequent radiological findings in the international literature in the respiratory system of patients infected with Sars-CoV-2. Methodology: This is a Systematic Literature Review (RSL), a search being performed in the Pubmed and Cochrane Library databases, using a comprehensive search for the following terms and their correlates based on the Medical Subject Headings (MeSH): Coronavirus Infection, Respiratory Systems, Imaging, Diagnostic. Observational studies published from 2020 in any language were included. Results: After screening, 8 studies were included, with a total population of 1,089 patients from 6 different countries. Discussion: patients infected by Sars-CoV-2 were obtained by two categories of imaging tests: Computed Tomography and Pulmonary Ultrasonography, and pulmonary involvement is closely related to the severity and presence of risk factors. Conclusion: the results show the importance of radiological findings as a complementary tool in the diagnosis and prognosis of COVID-19, although they should not replace laboratory tests in confirming the diagnosis.