The use of imaging in COVID-19-results of a global survey by the International Society of Radiology.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This survey conducted by the International Society of Radiology and supported by the European Society of Radiology aimed to collect information regarding radiology departments' current practices in the management of patients with COVID-19.

Methods

Responses from 50 radiology departments involved in the management of COVID-19 patients representing 33 countries across all continents were analyzed. The analysis revealed important variations in imaging practices related to COVID-19 across the world for different disease severity and various clinical scenarios.

Results

Imaging is usually not performed in asymptomatic patients (69% of institutions do not image) but is used at the end of confinement (in 60% of institutions). In the majority of institutions, chest

SUBMITTER: Blazic I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7494433 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature