id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-273262-1vqp188q Lal, Amos CT chest findings in coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) 2020-04-04 .txt text/plain 681 43 44 Although most of the radiological findings presented in these patients are generic and can be seen in many systemic infectious processes such as pneumonia (viral or bacterial), inflammatory conditions (inflammatory lung diseases, vasculitis) and cardiac etiologies affecting lung parenchyma such as decompensated congestive heart failure, early recognition and high index of suspicion is of paramount importance. 4, 7, 8 Even though the authors described this case as confirmed corona virus infection, they have omitted the important additional information about these patients such as underlying medical comorbidities, fluid status (volume overload), recent use of steroids and other concomitant infections (superadded pneumonia with corona virus infection). The readers would also benefit from the information about difference in clinical outcome of these patients with benign initial chest imaging that progressed to prolonged illness and/or further need for invasive mechanical ventilation versus the patients who present with early confluent radiological findings. First case of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pneumonia in Taiwan Chest CT findings in coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19): relationship to duration of infection ./cache/cord-273262-1vqp188q.txt ./txt/cord-273262-1vqp188q.txt