A systematic review of CT chest in COVID-19 diagnosis and its potential application in a surgical setting.
Jenny M ShaoS A AyusoEva B DeerenbergS A ElhageVedra A AugensteinB T HenifordPublished in: Colorectal disease : the official journal of the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland (2020)
In surgical patients, CT chest should be considered as an important adjunct for detection of COVID-19 infection in patients who are symptomatic with negative RT-PCR prior to any operation. For surgical patients who are asymptomatic, there is insufficient evidence to recommend routine preoperative CT chest for COVID-19 screening.