Temporal evolution of tomographic findings of pulmonary infection in COVID-19
| Autor: | Fernando Bin Teixeira, André Nathan Costa, Marcio Valente Yamada Sawamura, Andre Apanavicius, Jose de Arimateia Batista Araujo-Filho |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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2019-20 coronavirus outbreak
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pneumonia Viral Lymphadenopathy Pulmonary infection Infections Diagnosis Differential Betacoronavirus 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine X ray computed Humans Medicine 030212 general & internal medicine Letter to the Editor Lung Pandemics biology SARS-CoV-2 business.industry COVID-19 General Medicine Thorax biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Pleural Effusion Pneumonia Tomography x ray computed 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Carta Ao Editor Coronavirus Infections Tomography X-Ray Computed Nuclear medicine business |
| Zdroj: | Einstein (São Paulo), Vol 18 (2020) Einstein |
| ISSN: | 2317-6385 |
| Popis: | The disease caused by the new coronavirus, or COVID-19, has been recently described and became a health issue worldwide. Its diagnosis of certainty is given by polymerase chain reaction. High-resolution computed tomography, however, is useful in the current context of pandemic, especially for the most severe cases, in assessing disease extent, possible differential diagnoses and searching complications. In patients with suspected clinical symptoms and typical imaging findings, in which there is still no laboratory test result, or polymerase chain reaction is not available, the role of this test is still discussed. In addition, it is important to note that part of the patients present false-negative laboratory tests, especially in initial cases, which can delay isolation, favoring the spread of the disease. Thus, knowledge about the COVID-19 and its imaging manifestations is extremely relevant for all physicians involved in the patient care, clinicians or radiologists. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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