Evaluation of Chest CT Scan as a Screening and Diagnostic Tool in Trauma Patients with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19): A Cross-Sectional Study.

Hossein Abdolrahimzadeh Fard Salahaddin Mahmudi-Azer Sepideh Sefidbakht Pooya IranpourShahram BolandparvazHamid Reza Abbasi Shahram Paydar Golnar Sabetian Mohamad Mahdi Mahmoudi Masoume Zare Leila Shayan Maryam Salimi

Published in: Emergency medicine international (2021)

Findings of the study indicated that the CT scan's sensitivity and specificity is less effective in diagnosing trauma patients with COVID-19 compared with nontraumatic people.

Keyphrases

coronavirus disease
trauma patients
computed tomography
dual energy
image quality
contrast enhanced
positron emission tomography
sars cov
physical activity
magnetic resonance imaging
risk factors