Evaluation of Reliability and Validity of the RALE and BRIXIA Chest-X Ray Scores in Patients Hospitalized with COVID-19 Pneumonia

Introduction: Chest X-rays are commonly used to assess the severity in patients that present in the emergency department with suspected COVID-19 pneumonia, but in clinical practice quantitative scales are rarely employed. Aims: To evaluate the reliability and validity of two semi-quantitative radiol...

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Main Authors: Paraskevas Themistoklis, Dimopoulos Platon M., Kantanis Anastasios, Garatzioti Anna-Sofia, Karalis Iosif, Michailides Christos, Chourpiliadi Charikleia, Matthaiakaki Evgenia, Kalogeropoulou Christina, Velissaris Dimitrios
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Published: Sciendo 2023-09-01
Series:Romanian Journal of Internal Medicine
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2478/rjim-2023-0013
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author Paraskevas Themistoklis
Dimopoulos Platon M.
Kantanis Anastasios
Garatzioti Anna-Sofia
Karalis Iosif
Michailides Christos
Chourpiliadi Charikleia
Matthaiakaki Evgenia
Kalogeropoulou Christina
Velissaris Dimitrios
author_facet Paraskevas Themistoklis
Dimopoulos Platon M.
Kantanis Anastasios
Garatzioti Anna-Sofia
Karalis Iosif
Michailides Christos
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Matthaiakaki Evgenia
Kalogeropoulou Christina
Velissaris Dimitrios
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description Introduction: Chest X-rays are commonly used to assess the severity in patients that present in the emergency department with suspected COVID-19 pneumonia, but in clinical practice quantitative scales are rarely employed. Aims: To evaluate the reliability and validity of two semi-quantitative radiological scales in patients hospitalized for COVID-19 pneumonia (BRIXIA score and RALE score).
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spelling doaj.art-92cb9309f5ca4372b976d33ddb7fac872023-08-14T07:11:28ZengSciendoRomanian Journal of Internal Medicine2501-062X2023-09-0161314114610.2478/rjim-2023-0013Evaluation of Reliability and Validity of the RALE and BRIXIA Chest-X Ray Scores in Patients Hospitalized with COVID-19 PneumoniaParaskevas Themistoklis0Dimopoulos Platon M.1Kantanis Anastasios2Garatzioti Anna-Sofia3Karalis Iosif4Michailides Christos5Chourpiliadi Charikleia6Matthaiakaki Evgenia7Kalogeropoulou Christina8Velissaris Dimitrios91Department of Internal Medicine, General University Hospital of Patras, Patras, Greece2Department of Radiology, General University Hospital of Patras, Patras, Greece3Department of General Practice and Family Medicine, General University Hospital of Patras, Patras, Greece2Department of Radiology, General University Hospital of Patras, Patras, Greece1Department of Internal Medicine, General University Hospital of Patras, Patras, Greece1Department of Internal Medicine, General University Hospital of Patras, Patras, Greece1Department of Internal Medicine, General University Hospital of Patras, Patras, Greece1Department of Internal Medicine, General University Hospital of Patras, Patras, Greece2Department of Radiology, General University Hospital of Patras, Patras, Greece1Department of Internal Medicine, General University Hospital of Patras, Patras, GreeceIntroduction: Chest X-rays are commonly used to assess the severity in patients that present in the emergency department with suspected COVID-19 pneumonia, but in clinical practice quantitative scales are rarely employed. Aims: To evaluate the reliability and validity of two semi-quantitative radiological scales in patients hospitalized for COVID-19 pneumonia (BRIXIA score and RALE score).https://doi.org/10.2478/rjim-2023-0013covid-19prognosisradiographyrisk assessmenttriage
spellingShingle Paraskevas Themistoklis
Dimopoulos Platon M.
Kantanis Anastasios
Garatzioti Anna-Sofia
Karalis Iosif
Michailides Christos
Chourpiliadi Charikleia
Matthaiakaki Evgenia
Kalogeropoulou Christina
Velissaris Dimitrios
Evaluation of Reliability and Validity of the RALE and BRIXIA Chest-X Ray Scores in Patients Hospitalized with COVID-19 Pneumonia
Romanian Journal of Internal Medicine
covid-19
prognosis
radiography
risk assessment
triage
title Evaluation of Reliability and Validity of the RALE and BRIXIA Chest-X Ray Scores in Patients Hospitalized with COVID-19 Pneumonia
title_full Evaluation of Reliability and Validity of the RALE and BRIXIA Chest-X Ray Scores in Patients Hospitalized with COVID-19 Pneumonia
title_fullStr Evaluation of Reliability and Validity of the RALE and BRIXIA Chest-X Ray Scores in Patients Hospitalized with COVID-19 Pneumonia
title_full_unstemmed Evaluation of Reliability and Validity of the RALE and BRIXIA Chest-X Ray Scores in Patients Hospitalized with COVID-19 Pneumonia
title_short Evaluation of Reliability and Validity of the RALE and BRIXIA Chest-X Ray Scores in Patients Hospitalized with COVID-19 Pneumonia
title_sort evaluation of reliability and validity of the rale and brixia chest x ray scores in patients hospitalized with covid 19 pneumonia
topic covid-19
prognosis
radiography
risk assessment
triage
url https://doi.org/10.2478/rjim-2023-0013
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