AJR. American journal of roentgenology
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AJR Am J Roentgenol · Nov 2020
Diagnostic Ultrasound Services During the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Pandemic.
OBJECTIVE. Nosocomial transmission of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) to frontline health care workers is well known, and health care workers may inadvertently become vectors for onward transmission. Ultrasound (US) service providers are at significant risk because scanning usually requires prolonged close patient contact. ⋯ With increasing use of point-of-care and portable diagnostic US services, the risk is substantial. CONCLUSION. Our experience and protocols may help service providers with their own effective response against COVID-19.
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OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this article is to characterize the appearance on CT of e-cigarette or vaping product use-associated lung injury (EVALI) in a cohort with histopathologic evidence of this disorder. MATERIALS AND METHODS. ⋯ Of the eight patients with ground-glass opacity centrilobular nodules resembling HP at CT, none showed HP at histopathologic examination. CONCLUSION. EVALI manifests at CT as ALI with multifocal ground-glass opacity, often with organizing consolidation, and a small centrilobular nodular pattern resembling HP.
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AJR Am J Roentgenol · Oct 2020
ReviewChest CT and Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19): A Critical Review of the Literature to Date.
OBJECTIVE. Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is a global pandemic. ⋯ CONCLUSION. To date, the radiology literature on COVID-19 has consisted of limited retrospective studies that do not substantiate the use of CT as a diagnostic test for COVID-19.