Diagnostic Performance of HRCT Scan of Chest in the Evaluation of COVID-19 Pneumonia: Comparison to RT-PCR

Md. Hafizur Rahman; Nashid Amir; Md. Anisur Rahman; Zakir Hossain ASM

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Diagnostic Performance of HRCT Scan of Chest in the Evaluation of COVID-19 Pneumonia: Comparison to RT-PCR

Md. Hafizur Rahman, Nashid Amir, Md. Anisur Rahman, Zakir Hossain ASM

Published in International Journal of Medical Imaging (Volume 9, Issue 4)

Received: 1 August 2021 Accepted: 4 October 2021 Published: 30 October 2021

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Background & purpose: This study was designed to evaluate the diagnostic performance of HRCT scan of chest in comparison to RT-PCR in the diagnosis of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Materials & Methods: This study was conducted in the Department of Radiology & Imaging, Rajshahi Medical College Hospital, Rajshahi that included 150 patients over a period of eight months from April, 2020 to December, 2020. Using RT-PCR as the reference standard, the performance of HRCT scan of chest in the diagnosis of COVID-19 was assessed. In addition, the common HRCT findings, CT severity, demographic distribution of the disease were also analyzed. Results: The mean age of patients was 51.8±14.5 years, age range was from 24 to 82 years. There was a male predominance with 1.58:1. Cough (86.7%) &dyspnoea (74.7%) were the predominant clinical symptoms. Commonest CT features were GGO (97.1%) & GGO with consolidation (49.0%) followed by fibrosis (48%). Majority of the patients had all five lobes involved (51%) & CT severity showed majority with 25-50% involvement (28%) followed by 50-75% involvement in 22.3% patients. Specificity, sensitivity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value, accuracy & reliability were 97%, 43.7%, 93.5%, 63.6%, 91.3% & 0.88 respectively. Conclusion: HRCT chest has a very high sensitivity for diagnosis of COVID-19. HRCT chest should be considered as complementary to RT-PCR & a primary tool for detection of COVID-19 in this pandemic situation.

Published in	International Journal of Medical Imaging (Volume 9, Issue 4)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijmi.20210904.12
Page(s)	167-172
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HRCT, RT-PCR, COVID-19, Diagnostic Performance, CT Severity, Sensitivity

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Md. Hafizur Rahman; Nashid Amir; Md. Anisur Rahman; Zakir Hossain ASM. Diagnostic Performance of HRCT Scan of Chest in the Evaluation of COVID-19 Pneumonia: Comparison to RT-PCR. Int. J. Med. Imaging 2021, 9(4), 167-172. doi: 10.11648/j.ijmi.20210904.12

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Md. Hafizur Rahman, Nashid Amir, Md. Anisur Rahman, Zakir Hossain ASM. Diagnostic Performance of HRCT Scan of Chest in the Evaluation of COVID-19 Pneumonia: Comparison to RT-PCR. Int J Med Imaging. 2021;9(4):167-172. doi: 10.11648/j.ijmi.20210904.12

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Md. Hafizur Rahman

Department of Radiology & Imaging, Rajshahi Medical College, Rajshahi, Bangladesh
Nashid Amir

Department of Radiology & Imaging, Rajshahi Medical College, Rajshahi, Bangladesh
Md. Anisur Rahman

Department of Radiology & Imaging, Rajshahi Medical College, Rajshahi, Bangladesh
Zakir Hossain ASM

Department of Radiology & Imaging, National Institute of Diseases of the Chest and Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh

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Md. Hafizur Rahman, Nashid Amir, Md. Anisur Rahman, Zakir Hossain ASM. Diagnostic Performance of HRCT Scan of Chest in the Evaluation of COVID-19 Pneumonia: Comparison to RT-PCR. Int J Med Imaging. 2021;9(4):167-172. doi: 10.11648/j.ijmi.20210904.12

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