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Table 5 Association between radiological findings with the need for ventilation

From: Typical and atypical CT chest imaging findings of novel coronavirus 19 (COVID-19) in correlation with clinical data: impact on the need to ICU admission, ventilation and mortality

 

Ventilation

Chi-square test

(p value)

No (n = 107)

Yes

(n = 13)

%(n)

%(n)

Radiological findings

CT severity signs

10.3(11)

76.9(10)

X2 = 35.658

p = <0.001*

Ground glass opacity

o Multilobes

92.5(99)

92.3(12)

X2 = 0.001

p = 0.978

Peripheral

73.8(79)

30.8(4)

X2 = 10.079

p = 0.001*

Central and peripheral

16.8(18)

15.4(2)

X2 = 0.017

p = 0.895

White lung

1.9(2)

46.2(6)

X2 = 36.535

p = <0.001*

o Single lobe

7.5(8)

7.7(1)

X2 = 0.001

p = 0.978

Consolidation

14.0(15)

7.7(1)

X2 = 0.401

p = 0.526

o Heterogenous

11.2(12)

7.7(1)

X2 = 0.149

P = 0.700

o Homogenous

2.8(3)

0.0(0)

X2 = 0.374

p = 0.541

Crazy paving

33.6(36)

23.1(3)

X2 = 0.590

p = 0.442

Atelectatic bands

7.5(8)

7.7(1)

X2 = 0.001

p = 0.978

Tree in bud nodules

7.5(8)

7.7(1)

X2 = 0.001

p = 0.978

Pleural effusion

2.8(3)

23.1(3)

X2 = 10.030

p = 0.002*

Lymph nodes

7.5(8)

0.0(0)

X2 = 1.041

p = 0.307

  1. *Significant at p ≤ 0.05