Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Trends in Cardiothoracic Imaging.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Here, we evaluate the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on utilization of cardiothoracic imaging studies.

Methods

We queried our radiology record system to retrospectively identify numbers of specific key cardiothoracic imaging studies for five years prior and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Statistical analysis was performed to evaluate changes in the number of exams in 2020 and 2021 compared to 2019.

Results

Five-year retrospective analysis demonstrated progressive increases in nearly all cross-sectional studies. In 2020, daily chest radiograph utilization decreased with an overall number of daily radiographs of 406 (SD = 73.1) compared to 480 per day in 2019 (SD = 82.6) (p < 0.0001). Portable radiograph utilization was increased in 2020 averaging 32

SUBMITTER: Capaccione KM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9225849 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature