Managing high clinical suspicion COVID-19 inpatients with negative RT-PCR: a pragmatic and limited role for thoracic CT.

Tavare, Aniket N; Braddy, Aaron; Brill, Simon; Jarvis, Hannah; Sivaramakrishnan, Anand; Barnett, Joseph; Creer, Dean D; Hare, Samanjit S

Tavare, Aniket N; Braddy, Aaron; Brill, Simon; Jarvis, Hannah; Sivaramakrishnan, Anand; Barnett, Joseph; Creer, Dean D; Hare, Samanjit S.

Tavare AN; Department of Radiology, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
Braddy A; Department of Respiratory Medicine, Royal Free London NHS FoundationTrust, London, UK.
Brill S; Department of Respiratory Medicine, Royal Free London NHS FoundationTrust, London, UK.
Jarvis H; Department of Respiratory Medicine, Royal Free London NHS FoundationTrust, London, UK.
Sivaramakrishnan A; Department of Microbiology, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
Barnett J; Department of Radiology, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
Creer DD; Department of Respiratory Medicine, Royal Free London NHS FoundationTrust, London, UK.
Hare SS; Department of Radiology, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK samhare@nhs.net.

Thorax ; 75(7): 537-538, 2020 07.

Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-102032

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Betacoronavirus; Clinical Laboratory Techniques; Coronavirus Infections/diagnosis; Coronavirus Infections/therapy; Pneumonia, Viral/diagnosis; Pneumonia, Viral/therapy; Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; COVID-19; COVID-19 Testing; Clinical Protocols; Hospitalization; Humans; Pandemics; Patient Selection; SARS-CoV-2

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imaging/CT MRI etc; infection control; viral infection

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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Pneumonia, Viral / Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Coronavirus Infections / Clinical Laboratory Techniques / Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction / Betacoronavirus Type of study: Diagnostic study / Prognostic study Limits: Humans Language: English Journal: Thorax Year: 2020 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: Thoraxjnl-2020-214916

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