Thoracic imaging tests for the diagnosis of COVID-19

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<p class="first" id="d2491506e359">The diagnosis of infection by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) presents major challenges. Reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) testing is used to diagnose a current infection, but its utility as a reference standard is constrained by sampling errors, limited sensitivity (71% to 98%), and dependence on the timing of specimen collection. Chest imaging tests are being used in the diagnosis of COVID-19 disease, or when RT-PCR testing is unavailable. </p>

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Journal ID (publisher-id): 146518

Title: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Publisher: Wiley

ISSN (Electronic): 14651858

Publication date (Electronic): September 30 2020

Affiliations

[1 ]Department of Radiology; University of Ottawa; Ottawa Canada

[2 ]Faculty of Health Sciences; Queen's University; Kingston Canada

[3 ]Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Bioinformatics; Amsterdam University Medical Centers, University of Amsterdam; Amsterdam Netherlands

[4 ]Cochrane Netherlands; Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University; Utrecht Netherlands

[5 ]Department of Radiology; McMaster University; Hamilton Canada

[6 ]Department of Medicine; University of Ottawa; Ottawa Canada

[7 ]Department of Radiology; Royal Free London NHS Trust; London UK

[8 ]Department of Medical Imaging; The Ottawa Hospital; Ottawa Canada

[9 ]Medical Library; Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam Public Health; Amsterdam Netherlands

[10 ]Test Evaluation Research Group, Institute of Applied Health Research; University of Birmingham; Birmingham UK

[11 ]NIHR Birmingham Biomedical Research Centre; University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust and University of Birmingham; Birmingham UK

[12 ]Department of Respiratory Medicine; Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam; Amsterdam Netherlands

[13 ]Obstetrical, Perinatal and Pediatric Epidemiology Research Team (EPOPé); Centre de Recherche Épidémiologie et Statistique Sorbonne Paris Cité (CRESS), Inserm UMR1153, Paris Descartes University; Paris France

[14 ]NIHR Diagnostic Evidence Cooperative; University of Oxford; Oxford UK

[15 ]Institute of Infection, Veterinary, and Ecological Sciences; University of Liverpool; Liverpool UK

[16 ]Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care; University Medical Center Utrecht; Utrehct Netherlands

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DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD013639.pub2

PubMed ID: 32997361

SO-VID: d6294c30-0586-430d-b9c4-f0498fce1f4f

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