Efficacy of chest CT scan for COVID-19 diagnosis in a low prevalence and incidence region.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Value of chest CT was mainly studied in area of high COVID-19 incidence. The aim of this study was therefore to evaluate chest CT performances to diagnose COVID-19 pneumonia with regard to RT-PCR as reference standard in a low incidence area.

Methods

A survey was sent to radiology department in 4 hospitals in an administrative French region of weak disease prevalence (3.4%). Study design was approved by the local institutional review board and recorded on the clinicaltrial.gov website (NCT04339686). Written informed consent was waived due to retrospective anonymized data collection. Patients who underwent a RT-PCR and a chest CT scan within 48 h for COVID-19 pneumonia suspicion were consecutively included. Diagnostic accuracy including the sensitivity, specificity

SUBMITTER: Thomas C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8054502 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature