COVID-19 impact assessment on the French radiological centers: a nationwide survey.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To determine the impact of the COVID-19 on the CT activities in French radiological centers during the epidemic peak.

Materials and methods

A cross-sectional prospective CT scan survey was conducted between March 16 and April 12, 2020, in accordance with the local IRB. Seven hundred nine radiology centers were invited to participate in a weekly online survey. Numbers of CT examinations related to COVID-19 including at least chest (CT_covid) and whole chest CT scan activities (CT_chest) were recorded each week. A sub-analysis on French departments was performed during the 4 weeks of the study. The impact of the number of RT-PCRs (reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reactions) on the CT workflow was tested using two-sample t test and Pearson's te

SUBMITTER: Herpe G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7333367 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature