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AHMEDABAD: Prakash Chandra, 59, did not have any symptoms of Covid-19 but got himself tested after his son tested positive. His report came positive. When his doctor insisted for a CT scan after his blood tests revealed high sugar levels and inflammatory markers, it was found that 50% of his lung was involved. His oxygen saturation too had dipped to 85. All this on Day-1 itself. He is now admitted in the hospital with his son whose scan has revealed nearly 60% damage to his lungs by the virus.
Even as the debate on the importance of HRCT rages on after the statement of AIIMS-D director Dr Randeep Guleria that HRCT did not serve any purpose in mild and home isolated Covid-19 patients, city-based radiologists are busy with a high number of infected and suspected patients lining up for high-resolution CT (HRCT) of thorax (chest and lungs) to understand the lung involvement and severity of the infection. Doctors say the CT score of the lung
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