Added value of chest computed tomography in suspected COVID-19: an analysis of 239 patients

Daniël A Korevaar; Ruud S Kootte; Loek P Smits; Joost G van den Aardweg; Peter I Bonta; Janke Schinkel; René M Vigeveno; Inge A H van den Berk; Maeke J Scheerder; Bregtje A Lemkes; Abraham Goorhuis; Ludo F M Beenen; Jouke T Annema; Amsterdam UMC location AMC COVID-19 group

doi:10.1183/13993003.01377-2020

Added value of chest computed tomography in suspected COVID-19: an analysis of 239 patients

Eur Respir J. 2020 Aug 20;56(2):2001377. doi: 10.1183/13993003.01377-2020. Print 2020 Aug.

Collaborators

Amsterdam UMC location AMC COVID-19 group:
Josje Altenburg, Godelieve J de Bree, Laurence M Crombag, Marc R W Engelbrecht, Suzanne E Geerlings, Tom van Gool, Martin P Grobusch, Vanessa C Harris, Thecla A M Hekker, Robert Hemke, Sabine M Hermans, Jorrit J Hofstra, Joppe W Hovius, René E Jonkers, Saskia Kolkman, Marnix P M Kop, Christof J Majoor, Jeannine F Nellen, Ikrame Oulad Abdennabi, Robrecht N Planken, Tom van der Poll, Jan M Prins, Adrienne van Randen, Peter Reiss, Charlotte A van Ruitenbeek, Laura J Schijf, Frank F Smithuis, Veroniek Spoorenberg, Reindert P van Steenwijk, Cornelis Stijnis, Femke Struik, Jeroen A W Tielbeek, Marc van der Valk, Anton Vonk Noordegraaf, Michèle van Vugt, Els J M Weersink, W Joost Wiersinga, Rens Zonneveld

Affiliations

¹ Dept of Respiratory Medicine, Amsterdam University Medical Centres, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands [email protected].
² Dept of Internal Medicine, Amsterdam University Medical Centres, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
³ Dept of Respiratory Medicine, Amsterdam University Medical Centres, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
⁴ Dept of Medical Microbiology and Infection Prevention, Amsterdam University Medical Centres, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
⁵ Dept of Radiology, Amsterdam University Medical Centres, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
⁶ Dept of Infectious Diseases, Amsterdam University Medical Centres, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Abstract

In a high-prevalence emergency department setting, chest CT showed a high probability of COVID-19 in 30% of patients with a negative or indeterminate initial RT-PCR result https://bit.ly/38hLDzR

Publication types

Comparative Study
Letter

MeSH terms

Aged
COVID-19
COVID-19 Testing
Clinical Laboratory Techniques
Cohort Studies
Coronavirus Infections / diagnosis*
Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology
DNA, Viral / analysis*
Emergency Service, Hospital / statistics & numerical data
Female
Hospitals, University
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Netherlands
Pandemics
Pneumonia, Viral / diagnosis*
Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology
Radiography, Thoracic / methods*
Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction / methods*
Reference Values
Retrospective Studies
Sensitivity and Specificity
Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods*

Substances

DNA, Viral