We aimed to assess the diagnostic performance of CT in patients with a negative first RT-PCR testing and to identify typical features of COVID-19 pneumonia that can guide diagnosis in this case.

Chest CT in patients with a moderate or high pretest probability of COVID-19 and negative swab / Giannitto, Caterina; Sposta, Federica Mrakic; Repici, Alessandro; Vatteroni, Giulia; Casiraghi, Elena; Casari, Erminia; Ferraroli, Giorgio Maria; Fugazza, Alessandro; Sandri, Maria Teresa; Chiti, Arturo; Luca, Balzarini. - In: LA RADIOLOGIA MEDICA. - ISSN 0033-8362. - 125:12(2020), pp. 1260-1270. [10.1007/s11547-020-01269-w]

Chest CT in patients with a moderate or high pretest probability of COVID-19 and negative swab

Chiti, Arturo
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2020-01-01

Abstract

We aimed to assess the diagnostic performance of CT in patients with a negative first RT-PCR testing and to identify typical features of COVID-19 pneumonia that can guide diagnosis in this case.
2020
COVID-19
Computed tomography
Nasopharyngeal swab
RT-PCR
Adult
Aged
Aged
80 and over
Area Under Curve
COVID-19
Chi-Square Distribution
Coronavirus Infections
False Negative Reactions
False Positive Reactions
Female
Humans
Italy
Lung
Male
Middle Aged
Nasopharynx
Pandemics
Pneumonia
Viral
Predictive Value of Tests
Probability
Radiography
Thoracic
Reference Standards
Reproducibility of Results
Retrospective Studies
SARS-CoV-2
Sensitivity and Specificity
Betacoronavirus
Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
Tomography
X-Ray Computed
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