CT in relation to RT-PCR in diagnosing COVID-19 in The Netherlands: A prospective study.

Hester A GietemaNoortje ZelisJ Martijn NobelLars J G LambriksLieke B van AlphenAstrid M L Oude LashofJoachim E WildbergerIrene C NelissenPatricia M Stassen

Published in: PloS one (2020)

The accuracy of chest CT in symptomatic ED patients is high, but used as a single diagnostic test, CT can not safely diagnose or exclude COVID-19. However, CT can be used as a quick tool to categorize patients into "probably positive" and "probably negative" cohorts.

Keyphrases

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