Chest CT score 13/25 in covid positive patients

[Prasath_sas]

Hello All, My dad is admitted is hospital due to covid positive.Last night we took chest CT scan and our doctor told the score is 13 out of 25 and there is some infection in the lungs. and advised remedisiver and some steroids for 5 days and told it will be cured.His oxygen levels are normal. Is the above mentioned score correlates to severe infection or a moderate one. Any one pls explain

[Katinka46]

I’m sorry I haven’t any idea what 13/25 CT scan refers to.I do hope things improve for your father. The doctor was very hopeful so that is good.

[Prasath_sas in reply to Katinka46]

Hi Katinka,

Many thanks for your reply.

The doctor told it was some score kind of thing..

[CDPO16]

Hi, I have had several chest CT scans but no one has ever mentioned a scoring system. I hope that your dad recovers well from the covid infection.

[Comino2]

I believe the score is a correlation of the levels of infection and inflammation due to covid evident in the lungs.With a score of 25 being the highest level.It is used to determine the appropriate treatment.

[Kpacific]

In this article, I found how the score was determined. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articl...

“A semi-quantitative CT score was calculated based on the extent of lobar involvement (0:0%; 1, < 5%; 2:5–25%; 3:26–50%; 4:51–75%; 5, > 75%; range 0–5; global score 0–25).“ A score of 1 to 5 for each of the 5 lobes of the lung.Best wishes for your father's quick recovery.

[Prasath_sas]

Hi Kpacific Yes you are correct, it's called CT severity score 13 out of 25 and he is on his third day on remdesivir and doing well