[The investigation of clinical images of 88 hospital staff with SARS].
OBJECTIVE
To investigate the clinical thoracic images of hospital staff with SARS.


METHODS
Thoracic images was analyzed in 88 medical workers with SARS, including 394 chest plain films and 9 CT scans.


RESULTS
The typical signs of SARS are multifocal air-space consolidations, and progress over a day from small shadow to becoming generalized.


CONCLUSIONS
Thoracic plain film was necessary for diagnosis of SARS, CT could detect the pulmonary abnormality of SARS early.
Du
Xiangke
X
Department of Radiology, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing 100044, China.
Zhu
Qizhi
Q
Hong
Nan
N
Yu
Wanjiang
W
Wang
Silun
S
Sun
Zhiguo
Z
Gao
Qin
Q
Liu
Tao
T
D000328:Adult; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D009790:Occupations; D010564:Personnel, Hospital; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D045169:Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000453:epidemiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed