Analysis of CO-RADS 3 in the CO-RADS CT reporting system for COVID-19 pneumonia
dc.contributor.author | Salbas, Cigdem S. | |
dc.contributor.author | Kiziloolu, Hiseyin A. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2024-11-07T13:24:54Z | |
dc.date.available | 2024-11-07T13:24:54Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2021 | |
dc.department | Niğde Ömer Halisdemir Üniversitesi | |
dc.description.abstract | BACKGROUND: CO-RADS assesses the suspicion for pulmonary involvement of COVID-19 infection. Patients falling into the CO-RADS group 3 are in an indefinite range in terms of diagnosis, and it can be said that the evidence emerging from CT causes confusion in this regard. We examined clinically suspected COVID-19 patients by their CT images, focusing on CO-RADS 3. We analyse the diagnostic success of CO-RADS 3 according to RT-PCR results, the clinical course of the patients, and the recovery / survival rates in the 1-month period. METHODS: We retrospectively analysed data for 1371 patients who were admitted to the emergency clinic between 24 March and 13 April 2020 due to a suspected clinical finding of COVID-19 infection. We evaluated the patients' CT images in 3 clusters: CO-RADS 1 and 2, 3, and 4 and 5 and segregated the patients into three categories by their clinical findings: good, mild, poor. In the comparison of qualitative data, the Pearson Chi-Square, Fisher-Freeman-Halton Exact, and Fisher's Exact test were used. RESULTS: Average age was 45.2, 55.4% were male, 44.6% female. The RT-PCR was positive in 102 (7.5%) of 1360 patients. 112 patients (11.2%) were CO-RADS 3. There is a statistically significant difference between 3 clusters of CO-RADS and the RT-PCR results. 67.9% of the cases in the CO-RADS 3 group were good, 18.7% were moderate, and 13.4% were in poor clinical condition. In CO-RADS 3 group, relationship between the RT-PCR results and clinical statuses was close to significance. CONCLUSIONS: The CO-RADS reporting terminology has benefits. However, in this reporting system, there may be CO-RADS 3 cases that leave the physician indecisive. So, clinical condition and CT results must act together as a guide. | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.23736/S0393-3660.21.04647-7 | |
dc.identifier.endpage | 612 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0393-3660 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1827-1812 | |
dc.identifier.issue | 10 | |
dc.identifier.scopus | 2-s2.0-85126110850 | |
dc.identifier.scopusquality | Q4 | |
dc.identifier.startpage | 607 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.23736/S0393-3660.21.04647-7 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/11480/14369 | |
dc.identifier.volume | 180 | |
dc.identifier.wos | WOS:000759449700015 | |
dc.identifier.wosquality | N/A | |
dc.indekslendigikaynak | Web of Science | |
dc.indekslendigikaynak | Scopus | |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.publisher | Edizioni Minerva Medica | |
dc.relation.ispartof | Gazzetta Medica Italiana Archivio Per Le Scienze Mediche | |
dc.relation.publicationcategory | Makale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı | |
dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess | |
dc.snmz | KA_20241106 | |
dc.subject | COVID-19 | |
dc.subject | Infections | |
dc.subject | Thorax | |
dc.subject | Tomography | |
dc.title | Analysis of CO-RADS 3 in the CO-RADS CT reporting system for COVID-19 pneumonia | |
dc.type | Article |