Alqahtani Jaber S, Alghamdi Saeed M, Aldhahir Abdulelah M, Althobiani Malik, Raya Reynie Purnama, Oyelade Tope
Department of Respiratory Care, Prince Sultan Military College of Health Sciences, Dammam 3431, Saudi Arabia.
Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah 21990, Saudi Arabia.
World J Radiol. 2021 Jun 28;13(6):149-156. doi: 10.4329/wjr.v13.i6.149.
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic presents a significant global public health challenge. One in five individuals with COVID-19 presents with symptoms that last for weeks after hospital discharge, a condition termed "long COVID". Thus, efficient follow-up of patients is needed to assess the resolution of lung pathologies and systemic involvement. Thoracic imaging is multimodal and involves using different forms of waves to produce images of the organs within the thorax. In general, it includes chest X-ray, computed tomography, lung ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging techniques. Such modalities have been useful in the diagnosis and prognosis of COVID-19. These tools have also allowed for the follow-up and assessment of long COVID. This review provides insights on the effectiveness of thoracic imaging techniques in the follow-up of COVID-19 survivors who had long COVID.
2019年冠状病毒病（COVID-19）大流行是一项重大的全球公共卫生挑战。五分之一的COVID-19患者出院后症状会持续数周，这种情况被称为“长新冠”。因此，需要对患者进行有效的随访，以评估肺部病变和全身受累情况的缓解情况。胸部成像具有多种模式，涉及使用不同形式的波来生成胸部内器官的图像。一般来说，它包括胸部X光、计算机断层扫描、肺部超声和磁共振成像技术。这些模式在COVID-19的诊断和预后中很有用。这些工具还可用于对长新冠患者的随访和评估。本综述提供了关于胸部成像技术在对患有长新冠的COVID-19幸存者进行随访中的有效性的见解。
