Accuracy of CT in a cohort of symptomatic patients with suspected COVID-19 pneumonia during the outbreak peak in Italy.

Giulia BesuttiPaolo Giorgi RossiValentina IottiLucia SpaggiariRiccardo BonaciniAndrea NitrosiMarta OttoneEfrem BonelliTommaso FasanoSimone CanoviRossana CollaMarco MassariIvana Maria LattuadaLaura TrabuccoPierpaolo Pattacininull null

Published in: European radiology (2020)

• During the epidemic peak, CT showed high positive predictive value and sensitivity for COVID-19 pneumonia when compared with RT-PCR. • Blood tests were significantly associated with RT-PCR and CT classes.

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coronavirus disease
dual energy
computed tomography
contrast enhanced
sars cov
positron emission tomography
magnetic resonance imaging
magnetic resonance
intensive care unit
respiratory syndrome coronavirus
real time pcr
community acquired pneumonia
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation