Chest computed tomography and alveolar-arterial oxygen gradient as rapid tools to diagnose and triage mildly symptomatic COVID-19 pneumonia patients.
Marlise P de RoosIris D KilsdonkPieter-Paul W HekkingJan PeringaNynke G DijkstraPeter W A KunstPaul BresserHerre J ReesinkPublished in: ERJ open research (2021)
Low-dose chest CT and the A-a gradient may serve as rapid and accurate tools to diagnose COVID-19 pneumonia and to select mildly symptomatic patients in need for hospitalisation.
Keyphrases
- computed tomography
- end stage renal disease
- low dose
- coronavirus disease
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- sars cov
- newly diagnosed
- magnetic resonance imaging
- peritoneal dialysis
- prognostic factors
- positron emission tomography
- intensive care unit
- patient reported outcomes
- magnetic resonance
- mass spectrometry
- contrast enhanced
- high resolution
- dual energy