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The utility of HRCT in the initial diagnosis of COVID-19 pneumonia—An Indian perspective
A total of 1,499 patients who underwent High Resolution Computed tomography (HRCT) chest in the duration of 2 months for suspected COVID-19 pneumonia were included. Subjects included were those who had tested positive for the virus on RT-PCR, those with symptoms suspicious for COVID-19 infection awa...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7996707/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33814779 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijri.IJRI_944_20 |
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description | A total of 1,499 patients who underwent High Resolution Computed tomography (HRCT) chest in the duration of 2 months for suspected COVID-19 pneumonia were included. Subjects included were those who had tested positive for the virus on RT-PCR, those with symptoms suspicious for COVID-19 infection awaiting results for the RT-PCR test or with negative result but strong clinical suspicion as well as those with exposure to proven patients based on contact tracing. Thus, both symptomatic as well as asymptomatic patients were included. The positive predictive value of HRCT was 85%, sensitivity was 73% for all patients. Overall, accuracy was 68%. There was no significant difference in these values for symptomatic and asymptomatic individuals. These results were also independent of the time of scan from the onset of symptoms or contact. Thus, we propose that HRCT is an excellent adjunct for initial diagnosis of COVID-19 pneumonia in both symptomatic and asymptomatic individuals in addition to the role of prognostic indicator for COVID-19 pneumonia. |
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spelling | pubmed-79967072021-04-01 The utility of HRCT in the initial diagnosis of COVID-19 pneumonia—An Indian perspective Kashyape, Rohan Jain, Richa Indian J Radiol Imaging Case Series A total of 1,499 patients who underwent High Resolution Computed tomography (HRCT) chest in the duration of 2 months for suspected COVID-19 pneumonia were included. Subjects included were those who had tested positive for the virus on RT-PCR, those with symptoms suspicious for COVID-19 infection awaiting results for the RT-PCR test or with negative result but strong clinical suspicion as well as those with exposure to proven patients based on contact tracing. Thus, both symptomatic as well as asymptomatic patients were included. The positive predictive value of HRCT was 85%, sensitivity was 73% for all patients. Overall, accuracy was 68%. There was no significant difference in these values for symptomatic and asymptomatic individuals. These results were also independent of the time of scan from the onset of symptoms or contact. Thus, we propose that HRCT is an excellent adjunct for initial diagnosis of COVID-19 pneumonia in both symptomatic and asymptomatic individuals in addition to the role of prognostic indicator for COVID-19 pneumonia. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2021-01 2021-01-23 /pmc/articles/PMC7996707/ /pubmed/33814779 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijri.IJRI_944_20 Text en Copyright: © 2021 Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaging http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms. |
spellingShingle | Case Series Kashyape, Rohan Jain, Richa The utility of HRCT in the initial diagnosis of COVID-19 pneumonia—An Indian perspective |
title | The utility of HRCT in the initial diagnosis of COVID-19 pneumonia—An Indian perspective |
title_full | The utility of HRCT in the initial diagnosis of COVID-19 pneumonia—An Indian perspective |
title_fullStr | The utility of HRCT in the initial diagnosis of COVID-19 pneumonia—An Indian perspective |
title_full_unstemmed | The utility of HRCT in the initial diagnosis of COVID-19 pneumonia—An Indian perspective |
title_short | The utility of HRCT in the initial diagnosis of COVID-19 pneumonia—An Indian perspective |
title_sort | utility of hrct in the initial diagnosis of covid-19 pneumonia—an indian perspective |
topic | Case Series |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7996707/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33814779 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijri.IJRI_944_20 |
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