Ruling out COVID-19 by chest CT at emergency admission when prevalence is low: the prospective, observational SCOUT study

Ruling out COVID-19 by chest CT at emergency admission when prevalence is low: the prospective, observational SCOUT study

Abstract Background It is essential to avoid admission of patients with undetected corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19) to hospitals’ general wards. Even repeated negative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) results do not rule-out COVID-19 with certainty. The study aimed to eva...

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Main Authors: Ulf Teichgräber, Amer Malouhi, Maja Ingwersen, Rotraud Neumann, Marina Reljic, Stefanie Deinhardt-Emmer, Bettina Löffler, Wilhelm Behringer, Jan-Christoph Lewejohann, Andreas Stallmach, Philipp Reuken
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-01-01
Series:Respiratory Research
Subjects:
COVID-19
Computed tomography
Prevalence
Reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction
Sensitivity and specificity
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12931-020-01611-w

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12931-020-01611-w

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