Journal article
Thoracic imaging tests for the diagnosis of COVID‐19
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The respiratory illness caused by SARS-CoV-2 infection continues to present diagnostic challenges. Our 2020 edition of this review showed thoracic (chest) imaging to be sensitive and moderately specific in the diagnosis of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). In this update, we include new relevant studies, and have removed studies with case-control designs, and those not intended to be diagnostic test accuracy studies.
OBJECTIVES: …
Authors
Islam N; Ebrahimzadeh S; Salameh J-P; Kazi S; Fabiano N; Treanor L; Absi M; Hallgrimson Z; Leeflang MM; Hooft L
Journal
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Vol. 2021, No. 3,
Publisher
Wiley
DOI
10.1002/14651858.cd013639.pub4
ISSN
1361-6137