Journal article
NORMAL CHEST CT PREVALENCE IN CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019 (COVID-19) PATIENTS: A REPORT OF 791 CASES
Archivio siciliano di medicina e chirurgia. 4, Acta medica mediterranea, Vol.36(5), pp.2917-2921
01/01/2020
DOI: 10.19193/0393-6384_2020_5_447
Abstract
Introduction: In this study, we aimed to better understand the role of chest CT as an initial workup tool among all COVID-19 patients admitted to a tertiary hospital.
Materials and Methods: We retrospectively evaluated the data of patients that were suspected for COVID-19. All patients who had both noncontrast chest CT scan with RT-PCR test results included in the study. Symptomatic patients were divided into four groups according to time between the onset of symptoms and chest CT; = 4 days, 5-8 days, 9- 13 days, and =14 days. Chest CT findings according to symptom status, duration, and RT-PCR positivity were evaluated.
Results: Data for a total of 791 patients were evaluated. The mean patient age was 51.7 +/- 19.7 years. 459 (58%) patients were male, and 332 (42%) were female. 55.1% of patients had positive and 44.9% negative RT-PCR tests. Typical, indeterminate, atypical and negative chest CT findings were seen in 241 (30.5%), 131 (16.6%), 154 (19.5%), and 265 (33.5%) patients, respectively. Among 355 patients with negative RT-PCR results, 152 (42.8%) had typical or indeterminate chest CT findings. Asymptomatic patients had a 91.9% of RT-PCR positivity. Only 123 (61.5%) patients had typical or indeterminate CT findings among symptomatic and RT-PCR positive cohort.
Conclusion: The greatest value of our study is in demonstrating the value of chest CT in both patients that had symptoms but had negative RT-PCR test results and insignificance of chest CT in asymptomatic but had suspected contact with COVID-19 patients.
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- Title: Subtitle
- NORMAL CHEST CT PREVALENCE IN CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019 (COVID-19) PATIENTS: A REPORT OF 791 CASES
- Creators
- Deniz Dogan - AnkaraFerhat Cuce - AnkaraSinan Akay - AnkaraTunahan Ayaz - AnkaraDerya Kinik - AnkaraUmit Savasci - AnkaraYakup Arslan - AnkaraGonca Fidan - AnkaraNesrin Ocal - AnkaraGulden Yilmaz - AnkaraCanturk Tasci - Ankara
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Archivio siciliano di medicina e chirurgia. 4, Acta medica mediterranea, Vol.36(5), pp.2917-2921
- Publisher
- Carbone Editore
- DOI
- 10.19193/0393-6384_2020_5_447
- ISSN
- 0393-6384
- eISSN
- 2283-9720
- Number of pages
- 5
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 01/01/2020
- Academic Unit
- Radiology
- Record Identifier
- 9984702824002771
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