Structured reporting in portable chest radiographs: An essential tool in the diagnosis of COVID-19.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To date, the majority of chest imaging studies in COVID-19 pneumonia have focused on CT. Evidence for the utility of chest radiographs (CXRs) in this population is less robust. Our objectives were to develop a systematic approach for reporting likelihood of COVID-19 pneumonia on CXRs, to measure the interobserver variability of this approach and to evaluate the diagnostic performance of CXRs compared to real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR).

Method

Retrospective review of patients suspected of having COVID-19 pneumonia who attended our emergency department and underwent both CXR and a RT-PCR were included. Two radiologists reviewed the CXRs, blind to the RT-PCR, and classified them according to a structured reporting template with five ca

SUBMITTER: Yates A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7657021 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature