Association between clinical, laboratory findings and chest CT in COVID-19 in a secondary hospital in Jakarta, Indonesia.

INTRODUCTION

A new emerging infectious disease caused by SARS-CoV-2 has caused a global pandemic. Early diagnosis is essential to prevent and halt the spread of the disease, patient management and isolation. In this study, we aimed to reveal correlations between clinical and laboratory findings with chest CT.

METHODS

This in an observational case series single center study in a secondary hospital in Jakarta, Indonesia. Patients were included if they had typical symptoms and positive RT-PCR for SARS-CoV-2.

RESULTS

Forty-two patients with positive RT-PCR were included in this study. Typical CT findings were present in 33 (78.6%). We found a positive correlation between patients in whom the imaging was performed after the 4 day of symptoms and chest CT findings (r=0.365 p<0.05). In receiver operating characteristic analysis of this parameter, the area under curve (AUC) was 0.678, and the sensitivity and specificity were 0.96 and 0.44, respectively.

CONCLUSIONS

Early diagnosis of COVID-19 is essential to promptly isolate and treat suspected patients. Utilization of chest CT to help diagnosis in this pandemic era needs to be considered by healthcare facilities especially if RT-PCR is limited.