Can computed tomography be a primary tool for COVID-19 detection? Evidence appraisal through meta-analysis

Crit Care. 2020 May 6;24(1):193. doi: 10.1186/s13054-020-02908-4.

Edward Pei-Chuan Huang^{1

2}, Chih-Wei Sung², Chi-Hsin Chen², Cheng-Yi Fan^{2

3}, Pei-Chun Lai^{4

5

6}, Yen-Ta Huang^{7

8

9}

¹ Department of Emergency Medicine, National Taiwan University Medical College and Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
² Department of Emergency Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital Hsin-Chu Branch, Hsinchu, Taiwan.
³ Department of Medicine Education, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
⁴ Evidence-based Medicine Center, Department of Medical Education, Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, 707, Sec. 3, Chung-Yang Rd, Hualien, 970, Taiwan. [email protected].
⁵ Department of Pediatrics, Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, 707, Sec. 3, Chung-Yang Rd, Hualien, 970, Taiwan. [email protected].
⁶ School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan. [email protected].
⁷ Division of Experimental Surgery, Department of Surgery, Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, 707, Sec. 3, Chung-Yang Rd, Hualien, 970, Taiwan. [email protected].
⁸ Surgical Intensive Care Unit, Department of Surgery, Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, 707, Sec. 3, Chung-Yang Rd, Hualien, 970, Taiwan. [email protected].
⁹ Department of Pharmacology, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan. [email protected].

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Keywords: COVID-19; Computed tomography; Likelihood ratio; Meta-analysis; Sensitivity; Specificity.

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