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Diagnostic Power of Chest CT for COVID-19: To Screen or Not to Screen

2020-07-02

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Background: Chest CT is increasingly used for COVID-19 screening in healthcare systems with limited SARS-CoV-2 PCR capacity. Its diagnostic value was supported by studies with methodological concerns and its use is controversial. Here we investigated its potential to diagnose COVID-19 in symptomatic patients and to screen asymptomatic patients in a prospective study with minimal selection bias. <br><br>Methods:...

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Literature Corpus work: 36260640-0b86-584f-8f54-89d17ca3d3a7
DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3605168

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