COVID-19: opacification score is higher in the right lung and right lung involvement is a better predictor of ICU admission

Deepak Nagra, Mark Russell, Mark Yates, James Galloway, Richard Barker, Sujal R. Desai, Sam Norton

Source: Eur Respir J, 56 (6) 2002340; 10.1183/13993003.02340-2020
Journal Issue: December

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