COVID-19 pandemic in flu season. Chest computed tomography – what we know so far

Chest computed tomography (CT) is proven to have high sensitivity in COVID-19 diagnosis. It is available in most emergency wards, and in contrast to polymerase chain reaction (PCR) it can be obtained in several minutes. However, its imaging features change during the course of the disease and overla...

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Autores principales: Stański, Marcin, Gąsiorowski, Łukasz, Wykrętowicz, Mateusz, Majewska, Natalia Krystyna, Katulska, Katarzyna
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Termedia Publishing House 2021
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Review Paper
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8757012/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35059062
http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/pjr.2021.112377
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Sumario:Chest computed tomography (CT) is proven to have high sensitivity in COVID-19 diagnosis. It is available in most emergency wards, and in contrast to polymerase chain reaction (PCR) it can be obtained in several minutes. However, its imaging features change during the course of the disease and overlap with other viral pneumonias, including influenza pneumonia. In this brief analysis we review the recent literature about chest CT features, useful radiological scales, and COVID-19 differentiation with other viral infections.

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