Chest Computed Tomography for Detection of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19): Don't Rush the Science

Michael D Hope; Constantine A Raptis; Travis S Henry

doi:10.7326/M20-1382

Chest Computed Tomography for Detection of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19): Don't Rush the Science

Ann Intern Med. 2020 Jul 21;173(2):147-148. doi: 10.7326/M20-1382. Epub 2020 Apr 8.

Authors

Michael D Hope¹, Constantine A Raptis², Travis S Henry³

Affiliations

¹ University of California, San Francisco, and San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, California (M.D.H.).
² Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri (C.A.R.).
³ University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California (T.S.H.).

Abstract

This commentary discusses the findings of early studies that addressed the use of chest computed tomography for the detection of COVID-19. The authors urge caution in rushing science and overinterpreting preliminary or flawed data.

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Betacoronavirus
COVID-19
Coronavirus Infections / diagnostic imaging*
Diagnosis, Differential
Humans
Infection Control / methods
Pandemics
Peer Review, Research
Periodicals as Topic
Pneumonia, Viral / diagnostic imaging*
Radiography, Thoracic*
Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
SARS-CoV-2
Tomography, X-Ray Computed*