Head CT Scans in the Emergency Department during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Use or Overuse?

Marcello Covino Alfonso PianoGiuseppe MerraCarolina GiordanoRosellina Russo Amato Infante Luca Ausili CefaroLuigi NataleFrancesco FranceschiSimona Gaudino

Published in: Life (Basel, Switzerland) (2024)

The uncertainty regarding the possible thrombotic events associated with COVID-19 and its vaccine increased the relative use of head CT/contrast CT by about 20% compared to the control period.

Keyphrases

contrast enhanced
dual energy
computed tomography
image quality
emergency department
magnetic resonance imaging
magnetic resonance
coronavirus disease
positron emission tomography
sars cov
optic nerve