Romanian Journal of Internal Medicine (Sep 2023)

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

  • Paraskevas Themistoklis,
  • Dimopoulos Platon M.,
  • Kantanis Anastasios,
  • Garatzioti Anna-Sofia,
  • Karalis Iosif,
  • Michailides Christos,
  • Chourpiliadi Charikleia,
  • Matthaiakaki Evgenia,
  • Kalogeropoulou Christina,
  • Velissaris Dimitrios

DOI
https://doi.org/10.2478/rjim-2023-0013
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 61, no. 3
pp. 141 – 146

Abstract

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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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