The role of CT in case ascertainment and management of COVID-19 pneumonia in the UK: insights from high-incidence regions

The Novel Coronavirus – Latest Findings

“…The role of computer tomography (CT) in case management is not yet clear, since after 2 days of symptomatic disease 56% had clear lungs by CT while also asymptomatic infected subjects could show CT lung abnormalities (Chua et al . , 2020). Notably, 11% of patients showed gut symptoms (diarrhoea > vomiting) and were more severely affected than patients without diarrhoea (Jin et al, 2020).…”

Low dose radiation therapy for COVID-19 pneumonia: is there any supportive evidence?

“…Currently there are few clinical management options available for COVID-19 patients with pneumonia, beyond the supply of oxygen and administration of antibiotics to avoid co-infection, and possibly, though not recommended, administration of corticosteroids (WHO 2020b). Interestingly there is ongoing discussion of the potential use of diagnostic X-rays, most notably by computerized tomography (CT) scanning for COVID-19 related lung pathology (Chua et al 2020;Hope et al 2020;Huang et al 2020). Clinical studies on several potential therapeutic agents are being conducted, such as favipiravir, lopinavir and remdesivir (Dong et al 2020;Lu et al 2020;UKCDR 2020).…”

ECMO als Therapie des schweren Lungenversagens bei COVID-19

“…Die Patientin stellte sich initial mit einem schweren Lungenversagen unter dem typischen klinischen und computertomografischen Bild einer COVID-19-Pneumonie vor [5,6]. Sie wies dabei mit einem Alter von 60 Jahren, einer arteriellen Hypertonie, einem Diabetes mellitus und einer Adipositas alle wichtigen Risikofaktoren für einen schweren Verlauf auf [7]; zudem waren die prognostischen Parameter D-Dimere, Ferritin und LDH [5] initial deutlich erhöht und zeigten eine deutliche Steigerung im Verlauf.…”