Added value of chest computed tomography in suspected COVID-19: an analysis of 239 patients

In a high-prevalence emergency department setting, chest CT showed a high probability of COVID-19 in 30% of patients with a negative or indeterminate initial RT-PCR result https://bit.ly/38hLDzR

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Published inEuropean Respiratory Journal Vol. 56; no. 2; p. 2001377
Main Authors Korevaar, Daniël A, Kootte, Ruud S, Smits, Loek P, van den Aardweg, Joost G, Bonta, Peter I, Schinkel, Janke, Vigeveno, René M, van den Berk, Inge A H, Scheerder, Maeke J, Lemkes, Bregtje A, Goorhuis, Abraham, Beenen, Ludo F M, Annema, Jouke T
Format Journal Article Web Resource
LanguageEnglish
Published England European Respiratory Society Journals Ltd 01.08.2020
European Respiratory Society
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Agora
Clinical Laboratory Techniques
Cohort Studies
Coronavirus Infections - diagnosis
Coronavirus Infections - epidemiology
COVID-19
COVID-19 Testing
DNA, Viral - analysis
Emergency Service, Hospital - statistics & numerical data
Female
Hospitals, University
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Netherlands
Pandemics
Pneumonia, Viral - diagnosis
Pneumonia, Viral - epidemiology
Radiography, Thoracic - methods
Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction - methods
Reference Values
Retrospective Studies
Sensitivity and Specificity
Tomography, X-Ray Computed - methods
Netherlands
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Summary:In a high-prevalence emergency department setting, chest CT showed a high probability of COVID-19 in 30% of patients with a negative or indeterminate initial RT-PCR result https://bit.ly/38hLDzR
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ISSN:0903-1936
1399-3003
DOI:10.1183/13993003.01377-2020