id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-292331-j3dk6h68 Muniz, Bernardo Carvalho COVID-19 - Computed tomography findings in two patients in PetrĂ³polis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 2020-04-22 .txt text/plain 448 38 59 His 67-year-old wife (patient 2), who also accompanied him on the trip, developed the same symptoms the next day. Upon examination, he was afebrile, with severe dyspnea, respiratory rate of 20 breaths per minute and oxygen saturation of 90%, normotensive, acyanotic. Chest radiography is not sensitive for the early detection of the disease and may demonstrate normal findings in the initial stage of infection 1,2 , and is not recommended as the first-line imaging modality for COVID-19. High-resolution chest CT is the most effective radiological examination for the early detection of lung involvement by COVID-19. The largest sample study to date has shown that, among 3,665 confirmed cases, in 95.5% (n = 3,498) of the patients, pulmonary impairment was correctly diagnosed by CT 1 , which provides valuable information for diagnosis and evaluates the severity of lung disease caused by COVID-19, guiding clinical treatment. ./cache/cord-292331-j3dk6h68.txt ./txt/cord-292331-j3dk6h68.txt