The impact of chest CT body composition parameters on clinical outcomes in COVID-19 patients.

The impact of chest CT body composition parameters on clinical outcomes in COVID-19 patients.

We assessed the impact of chest CT body composition parameters on outcomes and disease severity at hospital presentation of COVID-19 patients, focusing also on the possible mediation of body composition in the relationship between age and death in these patients. Chest CT scans performed at hospital...

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Main Authors: Giulia Besutti, Massimo Pellegrini, Marta Ottone, Michele Cantini, Jovana Milic, Efrem Bonelli, Giovanni Dolci, Giulia Cassone, Guido Ligabue, Lucia Spaggiari, Pierpaolo Pattacini, Tommaso Fasano, Simone Canovi, Marco Massari, Carlo Salvarani, Giovanni Guaraldi, Paolo Giorgi Rossi, Reggio Emilia COVID-19 Working Group
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0251768

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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0251768

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