Chest CT for early detection and management of coronavirus disease (COVID-19): a report of 314 patients admitted to Emergency Department with suspected pneumonia.
Cartocci GaiaColaiacomo Maria ChiaraLanciotti SilviaAndreoli ChiaraDe Cicco Maria LuisaBrachetti GiuliaPugliese SilviaCapoccia LuciaTortora AlessandraScala AnnaritaValentini CristinaAlmberger MariaD'Aprile Maria RosariaAvventurieri GiacintaGiura RiccardoKharrub ZaherLeonardi AndreaBoccia MaddalenaCarlo CatalanoRicci PaoloPublished in: La Radiologia medica (2020)
Chest CT has a useful role in the early detection and in patient management of COVID-19 pneumonia in a pandemic. It helps in identifying suspected patients, cutting off the route of transmission and avoiding further spread of infection.
Keyphrases
- coronavirus disease
- emergency department
- sars cov
- computed tomography
- end stage renal disease
- respiratory syndrome coronavirus
- image quality
- pulmonary embolism
- ejection fraction
- dual energy
- newly diagnosed
- contrast enhanced
- chronic kidney disease
- positron emission tomography
- case report
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
- community acquired pneumonia
- adverse drug
- drug induced
- electronic health record