Is pleural effusion in COVID-19 interstitial pneumonia related to in-hospital mortality?

The recent severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic has highlighted the importance of pulmonary computed tomography (CT) for diagnosis and prognostic stratification this new viral pneumonia. 1370 lung CT scans (performed at time admission) consecutive patients hospitalized SARS-CoV-2 in Northern Italy during first epidemic wave were analyzed by a radiological CoreLab. presence pleural effusion on scan was present 188 (13.3% population) identified population with more comorbidities. Patients had cardio-respiratory complications higher mortality. Pleural an independent predictor death multivariate analysis HR 1.4 (95% confidence interval 1-1.9). Pulmonary