[Korean Clinical Imaging Guidelines for Justification of Diagnostic Imaging Study for COVID-19].

ABSTRACT: To develop Korean coronavirus disease (COVID-19) chest imaging justification guidelines, eight key questions were selected and the following recommendations were made with the evidence-based clinical imaging guideline adaptation methodology. It is appropriate not to use chest imaging tests (chest radiograph or CT) for the diagnosis of COVID-19 in asymptomatic patients. If reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction testing is not available or if results are delayed or are initially negative in the presence of symptoms suggestive of COVID-19, chest imaging tests may be considered. In addition to clinical evaluations and laboratory tests, chest imaging may be contemplated to determine hospital admission for asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic unhospitalized patients with confirmed COVID-1

SUBMITTER: Jin KN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9514447 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature