CT and clinical assessment in asymptomatic and pre-symptomatic patients with early SARS-CoV-2 in outbreak settings.

Nicole VarbleMaxime BlainMichael KassinSheng XuEvrim B TurkbeyAmel AmalouDilara LongStephanie HarmonThomas SanfordDong YangZiyue XuDaguang XuMona FloresPeng AnGianpaolo CarrafielloHirofumi ObinataHitoshi MoriKaku TamuraAshkan A MalayeriSteven M HollandTara PalmoreKaiyuan SunBaris TurkbeyBradford J Wood

Published in: European radiology (2020)

• Forty-eight of 74 (65%) pre-selected asymptomatic patients with SARS-CoV-2 had abnormal chest CT findings. • CT infiltrates pre-dated symptom onset by 3.8 days (range 1-5). • KL-6, CRP, and elevated body temperature identified patients with CT infiltrates. Higher infiltrate volume, percent lung involvement, and pulmonary consolidation identified patients who developed symptoms.

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