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    Evaluation of abdominal computed tomography findings in patients with COVID-19: a multicenter study
    (2023) Basak Gulpinar; Ayşe Erden; SEZER KULA; Aysegul Gursoy Coruh; Digdem Kuru Oz; Çağlar Uzun; Bumin Değirmenci; Fatih Alper; Sonay Aydin; SAFİYE GÜREL; bircan alan; Fatih Düzgün; gökhan pekindil; Bayram Kahraman; CANAN ALTAY; oğuz dicle; Ezgi Guler; mustafa harman; Nevin Aydın; onur solmaz; Leyla KARACA; Zeynep Maras Ozdemir; Merve Gulbiz Dagoglu Kartal; Görkem Durak; Yüksel BALCI; Kaan Esen; Baki Yağcı; Özlem Güngör; HATICE KELES; HASAN ERYESİL; funda barlik; Işıl Başara Akın; Ali Karaosmanoglu; Nevra Elmas; Huseyin Odaman; Ceyda Civan Kus; Mecit Kantarci; Mehmet Seker; irem işlek; Serdar Aslan; Cengiz Erol; yusuf can; Mustafa Nasuh Ozmen; GÜLŞEN YÜCEL OĞUZDOĞAN; Ahmet Yalcin; elif Gündoğdu; Aysegul Cansu; AHMET BURAK KALE; Elif Ofluoğlu Tuncer; FERHAT CAN PISKIN; Hale Çolakoğlu Er; Musturay Karcaaltincaba; Mehmet Ruhi Onur; yakup ozbay; Ilkay Idilman; Selma Uysal Ramadan; Ozgur Appak; Melahat Kul; Erdal Karavaş; akın levent; HAKAN ARTAS; Türkkan Kaygusuz; Mustafa Faraşat; Feramuz Apaydın; Meltem Nass Duce; Aysegul Sagir Kahraman; mesude tosun; Mehmet Selim Nural; ilkay Çamlıdağ; Mustafa arda Onar; KAAN BALLI; Cansu Öztürk; Duygu Herek; yasemin bilgili; Alper Göncüoğlu; Pelin Zeynep Bekin Sarıkaya; Barış Bakır
    PURPOSE To evaluate the frequency of abdominal computed tomography (CT) findings in patients with coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) and interrogate the relationship between abdominal CT findings and patient demographic features, clinical findings, and laboratory test results as well as the CT atherosclerosis score in the abdominal aorta. METHODS This study was designed as a multicenter retrospective study. The abdominal CT findings of 1.181 patients with positive abdominal symptoms from 26 tertiary medical centers with a positive polymerase chain-reaction test for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 were reviewed. The frequency of ischemic and non-ischemic CT findings as well as the association between CT findings, clinical features, and abdominal aortic calcific atherosclerosis score (AA-CAS) were recorded. RESULTS Ischemic and non-ischemic abdominal CT findings were detected in 240 (20.3%) and 328 (27.7%) patients, respectively. In 147 patients (12.4%), intra-abdominal malignancy was present. The most frequent ischemic abdominal CT findings were bowel wall thickening (n = 120; 10.2%) and perivascular infiltration (n = 40; 3.4%). As for non-ischemic findings, colitis (n = 91; 7.7%) and small bowel inflammation (n = 73; 6.2%) constituted the most frequent disease processes. The duration of hospital stay was found to be higher in patients with abdominal CT findings than in patients without any positive findings (13.8 ± 13 vs. 10.4 ± 12.8 days, P < 0.001). The frequency of abdominal CT findings was significantly higher in patients who did not survive the infection than in patients who were discharged after recovery (41.7% vs. 27.4%, P < 0.001). Increased AA-CAS was found to be associated with a higher risk of ischemic conditions in abdominal CT examinations. CONCLUSION Abdominal symptoms in patients with COVID-19 are usually associated with positive CT findings. The presence of ischemic findings on CT correlates with poor COVID-19 outcomes. A high AA-CAS is associated with abdominal ischemic findings in patients with COVID-19.