CT Presentations of Adult and Pediatric SARS-COV-2 Patients : A Review of Early COVID-19 Data

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Objective: Initial COVID-19 reports described a variety of clinical presentations, but lower respiratory abnormalities are most common and chest CT findings differ between adult and pediatric patients. We aim to summarize early CT findings to inform healthcare providers on the frequency of COVID-19 manifestations specific to adult or pediatric patients, and to determine if the sensitivity of CT justifies its use in these populations.

Methods: PubMed was searched for the presence of the words "CT, imaging, COVID-19" in the title or abstract, and 17 large-scale PubMed and/or Scopus studies and case reports published between January 1, 2020 and April 15, 2020 were selected for data synthesis.

Results: Initial CT scans identified ground-glass opacities and bilateral abnormalities as more frequent in adults (74%, n = 698, and 89%, n = 378, respectively) than children (60%, n = 25, and 37%, n = 46). At 14+ days, CT scans evidenced varied degrees of improvement in adults but no resolution until at least 26 days after the onset of flu-like symptoms. In pediatric patients, a third (n = 9) showed additional small nodular GGOs limited to a single lobe 3-5 days after an initial CT scan.

Conclusión: Early adult CT findings suggest the limited use of CT as a supplemental tool in diagnosing COVID-19 in symptomatic adult patients, with a particular focus on identifying right and left lower lobe abnormalities, GGOs, and interlobular septal thickening. Early pediatric CT findings suggest against the use of CT if RT-PCR is available given its significantly lower sensitivity in this population and radiation exposure.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:63

Enthalten in:

Radiologia - 63(2021), 6 vom: 29. Nov., Seite 495-504

Sprache:

Spanisch

Weiterer Titel:

Comparación de los hallazgos en la tomografía computarizada de pacientes adultos y pediátricos con COVID-19

Beteiligte Personen:

Waller, J V [VerfasserIn]
Lin, K K [VerfasserIn]
Diaz, M J [VerfasserIn]
Miao, T [VerfasserIn]
Amireh, A [VerfasserIn]
Agyemang, Ch [VerfasserIn]
Carter, R E [VerfasserIn]
Bae, S [VerfasserIn]
Henry, T [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

COVID-19
Chest CT
English Abstract
Imaging
Journal Article
Pediatrics
SARS-CoV-2

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Date Revised 05.04.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.rx.2021.04.006

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM338982558