FDG-PET/CT imaging during the Covid-19 emergency: a southern Italian perspective.

Simone MaureaCiro Gabriele MainolfiClaudia BombaceAlessandra AnnunziataLudovica AttanasioMario PetrettaSilvana Del VecchioAlberto Cuocolo

Published in: European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging (2020)

Despite the restrictive medical measures for the emergency, the number of FDG-PET/CT studies was unchanged during the pandemic compared with the previous year. Our findings also indicate that Covid-19 infection was contained in our series of patients from southern Italy.

Keyphrases

coronavirus disease
sars cov
healthcare
end stage renal disease
public health
emergency department
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
high resolution
prognostic factors
peritoneal dialysis
respiratory syndrome coronavirus