Clinical and imaging characteristics of patients with COVID-19 predicting hospital readmission after emergency department discharge: a single-centre cohort study in Italy.

Maria Giulia GalliOlivera DjuricGiulia BesuttiMarta OttoneLucia AmideiLee BittonCarlotta BonilauriLuca BoracchiaSergio CampanaleVittoria CurcioDavide Maria Francesco LucchesiCesare Salvatore MulasFrancesca SantiAnna Maria FerrariPaolo Giorgi RossiFrancesco Luppinull null

Published in: BMJ open (2022)

A velocity index combining CT extension and days from symptom onset predicts disease progression in patients with COVID-19. For example, a 20% CT extension 3 days after symptom onset has the same risk as does 50% after 10 days.

Keyphrases

emergency department
image quality
dual energy
computed tomography
contrast enhanced
high resolution
healthcare
positron emission tomography
adverse drug
patient reported
blood flow
acute care
electronic health record