PMID- 32520846
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20210517
LR  - 20210517
IS  - 1536-0237 (Electronic)
IS  - 0883-5993 (Linking)
VI  - 35
IP  - 6
DP  - 2020 Nov 1
TI  - Review of Chest Radiograph Findings of COVID-19 Pneumonia and Suggested Reporting 
      Language.
PG  - 354-360
LID - 10.1097/RTI.0000000000000541 [doi]
AB  - The diagnosis of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is confirmed by reverse 
      transcription polymerase chain reaction. The utility of chest radiography (CXR) 
      remains an evolving topic of discussion. Current reports of CXR findings related 
      to COVID-19 contain varied terminology as well as various assessments of its 
      sensitivity and specificity. This can lead to a misunderstanding of CXR reports 
      and makes comparison between examinations and research studies challenging. With 
      this need for consistency, we propose language for standardized CXR reporting and 
      severity assessment of persons under investigation for having COVID-19, patients 
      with a confirmed diagnosis of COVID-19, and patients who may have radiographic 
      findings typical or suggestive of COVID-19 when the diagnosis is not suspected 
      clinically. We recommend contacting the referring providers to discuss the 
      likelihood of viral infection when typical or indeterminate features of COVID-19 
      pneumonia on CXR are present as an incidental finding. In addition, we summarize 
      the currently available literature related to the use of CXR for COVID-19 and 
      discuss the evolving techniques of obtaining CXR in COVID-19-positive patients. 
      The recently published expert consensus statement on reporting chest computed 
      tomography findings related to COVID-19, endorsed by the Radiological Society of 
      North American (RSNA), the Society of Thoracic Radiology (STR), and American 
      College of Radiology (ACR), serves as the framework for our proposal.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2020 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved.
FAU - Litmanovich, Diana E
AU  - Litmanovich DE
AD  - Department of Cardiothoracic Radiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and 
      Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
FAU - Chung, Michael
AU  - Chung M
AD  - Department of Diagnostic, Molecular and Interventional Radiology, Icahn School of 
      Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY.
FAU - Kirkbride, Rachael R
AU  - Kirkbride RR
AD  - Department of Cardiothoracic Radiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and 
      Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
FAU - Kicska, Gregory
AU  - Kicska G
AD  - Department of Radiology, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA.
FAU - Kanne, Jeffrey P
AU  - Kanne JP
AD  - Department of Radiology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public 
      Health, Madison, WI.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Review
PL  - United States
TA  - J Thorac Imaging
JT  - Journal of thoracic imaging
JID - 8606160
SB  - IM
MH  - COVID-19/*diagnostic imaging
MH  - Humans
MH  - Lung/*diagnostic imaging
MH  - Radiography, Thoracic/*methods
MH  - SARS-CoV-2
MH  - Sensitivity and Specificity
MH  - Tomography, X-Ray Computed/*methods
COIS- The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
EDAT- 2020/06/11 06:00
MHDA- 2021/05/18 06:00
CRDT- 2020/06/11 06:00
PHST- 2020/06/11 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2021/05/18 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2020/06/11 06:00 [entrez]
AID - 00005382-202011000-00004 [pii]
AID - 10.1097/RTI.0000000000000541 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Thorac Imaging. 2020 Nov 1;35(6):354-360. doi: 10.1097/RTI.0000000000000541.