Summary Computed Tomography (CT) scan of the chest plays an important role in the diagnosis and management of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the disease caused by the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. COVID-19 pneumonia shows typical CT Scan features which can aid diagnoses and therefore help in the early detection and isolation of infected patients. CT scanners are readily available in many parts of Ghana. It is able to show findings typical for COVID-19 infection of the chest, even in instances where Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction (RTPCR) misses the diagnosis. Little is known about the diagnostic potential of chest CT scan and COVID-19 among physicians even though CT scan offers a high diagnostic accuracy.
【저자키워드】 COVID-19, Coronavirus disease 2019, Computed tomography, RT-PCR: Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction, 【초록키워드】 coronavirus disease, Coronavirus disease 2019, COVID-19 pneumonia, Pneumonia, diagnostic, Diagnosis, Novel coronavirus, Computed tomography, reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction, polymerase chain reaction, Diagnostic accuracy, Accuracy, COVID-19 infection, management, CT scan, Chest, Early detection, Isolation, diagnose, chest CT scan, Chain Reaction, infected patients, reaction, chain, diagnoses, novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, help, physician, instances, offer, feature, caused, the disease, instance, 【제목키워드】 Diagnosis, symptomatic,