Background Since November 2019, the rapid outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has become a public health emergency of international concern. COVID-19 disease is caused by a new variant of coronavirus, named as ‘severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2.’ Chest CT has a potential role in the diagnosis, detection of complications and in predicting clinical recovery of patients or progression of coronavirus disease 2019. Degree and severity of lung involvement can be assessed by 25 point CT severity score. This quantification plays an important role to modify the treatment plan at times in critically ill patient of COVID-19. Hence, the purpose of present study was to describe and quantify the severity of COVID-19 infection on chest computed tomography (CT) by 25-point CT severity score and to determine the relationship of CT severity score with clinical and laboratory parameters. Results A total of 150 patients with COVID-19 disease were assessed. Mean age of the study group was 54.46 years (62.7% males and 37.3% females). The most common comorbidity present in the study group was diabetes mellitus, which was present in 17.3% cases. Severity of disease was significantly associated with age of the patient. CT severity score was positively correlated with lymphopenia and raised CRP, D-dimer and serum ferritin levels. A significant statistical correlation was found between CT severity grade and patient survival. Conclusions This is a large comprehensive study, collecting data from 150 cases of COVID-19 pneumonia patients, in a tertiary care hospital in India to describe the correlation of CT severity score with clinical land laboratory parameters. Chest CT severity score correlates well with laboratory parameters and can aid in predicting COVID-19 disease outcome.
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