Imaging
Chest CT imaging of COVID-19 patients typically demonstrate ground-glass opacities, multifocal patchy consolidation, and/or interstitial changes with a peripheral distribution.24 In one study, the authors found that Chest CT scans had higher sensitivity for diagnosis of COVID-19 (88%) as opposed to initial RT-PCR using throat swabs (59%).25 Another study assessed radiologists’ ability to distinguish COVID-19 pneumonia from non-COVID-19 pneumonia. It found sensitivities among radiologists to be between 73-93% and specificities to be between 93-100%.26 At this time, however, the majority of radiology societies do not recommend routine screening for COVID-19 with chest CT.27