Journal of Advances in Medical and Biomedical Research

en Chest CT Findings (COVID-19), Analysis of 200 Cases (Postmortem) Clinical Medicine Clinical Medicine مقاله پژوهشی Original Research Article Background and Objective: COVID-19 was first seen in Wuhan-China in December 2019, and became a widely- spreadepidemic and caused a terrifying life-threatening problem in most societies of the world. In Iran, a declaration was made on  January 20, 2020, and all health systems were alerted of the disease threats. Materials and Methods: We collected all chest CT scans of 200 cases diagnosed as COVID-19 who died in 22 hospitals of Golestan Province, Iran. All data were collected in a designed checklist, then statistical evaluation  was made using descriptive analysis and Chi-Square test. Results: The most frequent complaints in patients were dyspnea (38.5%), fever(15%), and dry cough (13%) . Hypertension (22.5%), Heart disease (18.5%), and diabetes (15%) were present as underlying diseases. CT scan findings showed Ground Glass Opacity (96%), consolidation (44%), pleural effusion (26.5%), crazy paving (15%), and cardiomegaly (15.5%). Conclusion: Based on this study, hypertension as an underlying disease was significantly related to Highly Suggestive CT scans. No relation was found between cardiomegaly and death under 48 hours. Our findings Showed Ground Glass Opacity (GGO) in 192 (96%), consolidation  in 88 (44%), crazy paving in 30 (15%), cardiomegaly in 30 (15%), and pleural effusion in 53 (26.5%) cases. Ground Glass Opacity, Cardiomegaly, CT Findings, COVID-19 241 248 http://journal.zums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-5915-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Nematollah Nematollahi nnmd78@gmail.com 5200319475328460073478 5200319475328460073478 No Dept. of Radiology, School of Medicine, 5Azar Hospital, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran Mohammad Reza Mohammadi dr.mmohamadi@goums.ac.ir 5200319475328460073479 5200319475328460073479 Yes Dept. of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, 5Azar Hospital, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran Mohammad Ali Vakili vakili@goums.ac.ir 5200319475328460073480 5200319475328460073480 No Dept. of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, School of Medicine, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran Asieh Sadat Baniaghil a_baniaghil@yahoo.com 5200319475328460073481 5200319475328460073481 No Dept. of Midwifery, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran Maryam Ghelichli goldis.ghelichli@gmail.com 5200319475328460073482 5200319475328460073482 No Dept. of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, School of Dentistry, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran Mohammad Javad Najafi mjnajafi@rocketmail.com 5200319475328460073483 5200319475328460073483 No School of Medicine, 5Azar Hospital, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran Atousa Mortazavi Milani dr_a.milani@yahoo.com 5200319475328460073484 5200319475328460073484 No School of Medicine, 5Azar Hospital, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran Amir Hossein Ghadirian amirhossein.7gh@gmail.com 5200319475328460073485 5200319475328460073485 No School of Medicine, 5Azar Hospital, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran Fatemeh Shahrokhi fatima.shahrokhi@yahoo.com 5200319475328460073486 5200319475328460073486 No School of Medicine, 5Azar Hospital, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran Hasan Khorshah khorshah@yahoo.com 5200319475328460073487 5200319475328460073487 No Dept.of Statistics, 5Azar Hospital, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran Sepide Sadat Hosseini 5200319475328460073488 5200319475328460073488 No Dept.of Education, 5Azar Hospital, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran