PMC9868140_01
Chest CT before and after treatment (A) on July 4, 2019, early onset, out of hospital; (B) on July 12, 2019, when the condition became worse after admission; (C) on July 22, 2019, after treatment, the patient's condition improved; (D) on August 12, 2019, re examination was conducted after discharge.
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The chest CT showed interstitial changes and lobular exudate shadow in both lungs, with obvious manifestation in both lower lungs (see Figure 1A).  Chest CT (2019-7-4, Figure 1A): interstitial changes and lobular exudates in both lungs, with bilateral lower lungs being the most prominent. After active treatment, the chest CT (see Figure 1B) was reexamined on July 12. The general condition was OK, Re-examination of chest CT on July 22 (see Figure 1C) The lung lesions are still being absorbed. After discharge, the patient was followed up on August 12 and left old cord strips on chest CT (see Figure 1D).
Chest X-ray examination after admission (A) on July 7, 2019, when the condition worsened; (B) on July 8, 2019, when the condition improved slightly.
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The patient underwent chest radiography on 07/07/2019 showing significant progression of bilateral lung lesions (Figure 2A), and was changed to tracheal intubation ventilator-assisted breathing (high PEEP, small tidal volume) at 21:00 on the same day due to unsustainable oxygen saturation; the following day, the chest radiograph (see Figure 2B) showed absorption of bilateral lung lesions compared to the previous one, and as the condition improved, the ventilator parameters were gradually adjusted downward, and the patient was successfully discharged from the ventilator on 2019-07-13, after which the body temperature dropped.