Thoracic computerised tomography scans in one hundred eighteen orthopaedic patients during the COVID-19 pandemic: identification of chest lesions; added values; help in managing patients; burden on the computerised tomography scan department.
Jacques HernigouFrançois CornilAlexandre PoignardSaid El BouchaibiJean ManiJean François NaouriPatrick YounesPhillippe HernigouPublished in: International orthopaedics (2020)
Although extremely valuable for surgery management, these results should not be overstated. The CT findings studied are not specific for COVID-19, and the positive predictive value of CT will be low unless disease prevalence is high, which was the case during this period.
Keyphrases
- end stage renal disease
- computed tomography
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- peritoneal dialysis
- coronavirus disease
- prognostic factors
- sars cov
- minimally invasive
- risk factors
- dual energy
- contrast enhanced
- magnetic resonance imaging
- coronary artery disease
- acute coronary syndrome
- image quality
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- pet ct
- bioinformatics analysis