COVID-19 impact assessment on the French radiological centers: a nationwide survey

ConclusionIn case of local high density COVID-19, CT workflow is strongly modified and redirected to the management of these specific patients.Key Points• Over the 4-week survey period, 117,686 chest CT (CTtotal) were performed among the responding centers, including 61,784 (52%) CT performed for COVID-19 (CTcovid).• Across the country, the ratio CTcovid/CTtotalvaried from 0.36 to 0.59 and depended significantly on the local epidemic density (p  = 0.003).• In clinical practice, in a context of growing epidemic, in France, chest CT was used as a surrogate to RT-PCR for patient triage.
Source: European Radiology - Category: Radiology Source Type: research