Chest radiography patterns of COVID-19 pneumonia in Kumasi, Ghana

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dc.contributor.authorBadu-Peprah, Augustina
dc.contributor.authorAnyitey-Kokor, Ijeoma
dc.contributor.authorAckon, Allswell
dc.contributor.authorOtoo, Obed K.
dc.contributor.authorA. K., Nana
dc.contributor.orcid0000-0003-0979-4006
dc.date.accessioned2024-10-28T15:18:42Z
dc.date.available2024-10-28T15:18:42Z
dc.date.issued2020-12
dc.descriptionThis article is published by Ajol.Info and is also available at doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/gmj.v54i4.9
dc.description.abstractObjectives: To document the pattern of chest radiographic findings in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pa tients with moderate to severe disease. Design: Retrospective cross-sectional study. Setting: The study site was Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) located at Bantama in Kumasi, the capital town of the Ashanti Region. It is the second largest hospital in the country and the major referral site for Ashanti region and the northern part of the country. The hospital hosts a highly infectious isolation unit (HIIU) for COVID 19 patients with moderate to severe infections and receives referred cases from the region and within the hospital. Participants: The study involved 27 patients admitted to the HIIU at KATH with COVID-19 infection who under went chest X-ray as part of their investigations. Results: The study enrolled 12 males and 15 females. The common comorbidities were hypertension and diabetes. Chest x-ray findings in most of the patients (81.5%) revealed ground-glass opacities while a few of them (18.5%) had lung consolidations without ground-glass opacities. For those with ground-glass opacities, eight (29.6%) had superimposed consolidation. All the participants had positive chest x-ray findings. Conclusion: The chest x-ray findings in the 27 COVID-19 positive patients with moderate to severe disease on ad mission at the KATH HIIU enrolled in this study showed significant pulmonary abnormalities. The predominant pulmonary abnormalities were bilateral peripheral ground-glass opacities with the lower lung zones being mostly affected.
dc.description.sponsorshipKNUST
dc.identifier.citationGhana Med J 2020; 54(4): 264-268
dc.identifier.uri10.4314/gmj.v54i4.9
dc.identifier.urihttps://ir.knust.edu.gh/handle/123456789/15898
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherAjol.Info
dc.titleChest radiography patterns of COVID-19 pneumonia in Kumasi, Ghana
dc.typeArticle
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