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Chest X-Ray Has Poor Diagnostic Accuracy and Prognostic Significance in COVID-19: A Propensity Matched Database Study

2020-07-07 emergency medicine Title + abstract only
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ObjectivesTo identify the diagnostic accuracy of common imaging modalities, chest X-ray (CXR) and computed tomography (CT) for diagnosis of COVID-19 in the general emergency population in the UK and to find the association between imaging features and outcomes in these patients. DesignRetrospective analysis of electronic patient records SettingTertiary academic health science centre and designated centre for high consequence infectious diseases in London, UK. Participants1,198 patients who at...

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