The role for pre-operative CT chest scans in suspected COVID-19 patients requiring emergent surgery
Abosamak, M., Henry, B., Ali, M., Cirocchi, R., Wong, L., Lippi, G., Ahmed, S., Mikos, M. (2021). The role for pre-operative CT chest scans in suspected COVID-19 patients requiring emergent surgery. EKB Journal Management System, 37(1), 256-260. doi: TEJA-2021-0039
Mohammed Fawzi Abosamak; Brandon M. Henry; Mahmoud Fawzi Ali; Roberto Cirocchi; Linda M. Wong; Giuseppe Lippi; Sameh Abdelkhalik Ahmed; Marcin Mikos. "The role for pre-operative CT chest scans in suspected COVID-19 patients requiring emergent surgery". EKB Journal Management System, 37, 1, 2021, 256-260. doi: TEJA-2021-0039
Abosamak, M., Henry, B., Ali, M., Cirocchi, R., Wong, L., Lippi, G., Ahmed, S., Mikos, M. (2021). 'The role for pre-operative CT chest scans in suspected COVID-19 patients requiring emergent surgery', EKB Journal Management System, 37(1), pp. 256-260. doi: TEJA-2021-0039
Abosamak, M., Henry, B., Ali, M., Cirocchi, R., Wong, L., Lippi, G., Ahmed, S., Mikos, M. The role for pre-operative CT chest scans in suspected COVID-19 patients requiring emergent surgery. EKB Journal Management System, 2021; 37(1): 256-260. doi: TEJA-2021-0039

The role for pre-operative CT chest scans in suspected COVID-19 patients requiring emergent surgery

Egyptian Journal of Anaesthesia
Volume 37, Issue 1, January 2021, Page 256-260  XML PDF (1.24 MB)
DOI: TEJA-2021-0039
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Mohammed Fawzi Abosamak; Brandon M. Henry; Mahmoud Fawzi Ali; Roberto Cirocchi; Linda M. Wong; Giuseppe Lippi; Sameh Abdelkhalik Ahmed; Marcin Mikos
Abstract
: To study the role for preoperative CT chest scans in suspected COVID-19 patients requiring emergent surgery.
: Retrospective – observational.
: A total of 98 patients admitted for emergency surgery with COVID-19 infection and underwent preoperative CT chest scanning.
: Incidence of clinical symptoms of COVID-19 infection upon presentation, imaging characteristics in chest CT and semi-quantitative CT severity score.
: The median age of the study cohorts was 50 years (interquartile range (IQR): 40–60 years) and 52/98 (53.1%) were males. The most common symptoms were fever (80.6%) and cough (65.3%). 50/98 had positive severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) RT-PCR test prior to CT scan, while 48/98 had positive reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) result returned after imaging. The imaging characteristics were bilateral infiltrates on CT of 90/98, with 70/98 of infiltrates located peripherally and 28/98 located peripherally and centrally. The most common disease pattern was ground-glass opacities, observed in 95/98. The median total COVID-19 CT severity score was 7 (IQR: 4–14), corresponding to 5–25% global lung involvement.
: Patients with mild symptomatic COVID-19 in this study displayed CT evidence of SARS-CoV-2 infection. Preoperative CT imaging should be considered for identifying suspected active SARS-CoV-2 cases in resource limited environments with high community spread, to aid in resource allocation and personal protective equipment (PPE) rationing.
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