Diagnostic accuracy of physician's gestalt in suspected COVID-19: Prospective bicentric study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Physicians' gestalt is central in the diagnostic pipeline of suspected COVID-19, due to the absence of a single tool allowing conclusive rule in or rule out. The aim of this study was to estimate the diagnostic test characteristics of physician's gestalt for COVID-19 in the emergency department (ED), based on clinical findings or on a combination of clinical findings and bedside imaging results.

Methods

From April 1 to April 30, 2020, patients with suspected COVID-19 were prospectively enrolled in two EDs. Physicians prospectively dichotomized patients in COVID-19 likely or unlikely twice: after medical evaluation of clinical features (clinical gestalt [CG]) and after evaluation of clinical features and results of lung ultrasound or chest x-ray (clinical and bedsi

SUBMITTER: Nazerian P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8014604 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature