Open AccessA comparison of clinical, laboratory and chest CT findings of laboratory-confirmed and clinically diagnosed COVID-19 patients at first admission
Author(s) -
Taha Yusuf Kuzan,
Kübra Murzoğlu Altıntoprak,
Hatice Özge Çiftçi,
Umut Ergül,
Nur Betül Ünal Özdemir,
Muhammet Bulut,
Nurettin Yigit
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
diagnostic and interventional radiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.754
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1305-3612
pISSN - 1305-3825
DOI - 10.5152/dir.2020.20270
Subject(s) - medicine , covid-19 , retrospective cohort study , computed tomography , predictive value , radiology , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty)
This study aims to identify chest computed tomography (CT) characteristics of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), investigate the association between CT findings and laboratory or demographic findings, and compare the accuracy of chest CT with reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR).