35th World Summit on COVID-19 (Part VI)
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Accepted Abstracts

Evaluation of Chest CT Scan as a Screening and Diagnostic Tool in Trauma Patients with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19): A Cross-Sectional Study

Hossein Abdolrahimzadeh Fard, Salahaddin Mahmudi-Azer, Sepideh Sefid Bakht, Pooya Iranpour, Shahram Bolandparvaz, Hamid Reza Abbasi, Shahram Paydar, Golnar Sabetian, Mohamad Mahdi Mahmoudi, Masoume Zare, Leila Shayan, and Maryam Salimi*
Shiraz University of Medical Science, Iran.

Citation: Fard HA, Azer SM, Bakht SS, Iranpour P, Bolandparvaz SE et al (2022) Evaluation of Chest CT Scan as a Screening and Diagnostic Tool in Trauma Patients with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19): A Cross-Sectional Study. 
SciTech Central COVID-19.

Received: July 27, 2022         Accepted: July 29, 2022         Published: July 29, 2022

Abstract

Background: The lack of enough medical evidence about COVID-19 regarding optimal prevention, diagnosis, and treatment contributes negatively to the rapid increase in the number of cases globally. A chest computerized tomography (CT) scan has been introduced as the most sensitive diagnostic method. Therefore, this research aimed to examine and evaluate the chest CT scan as a screening measure of COVID-19 in trauma patients.
Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in Rajaee Hospital in Shiraz from February to May 2020. All patients underwent unenhanced CT with a 16-slice CT scanner. The CT scans were evaluated in a blinded manner, and the main CT scan features were described and classified into four groups according to RSNA recommendations. Subsequently, the first two Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) categories with the highest probability of COVID-19 pneumonia (i.e., typical and indeterminate) were merged into the “positive CT scan group” and those with radiologic features with the least probability of COVID-19 pneumonia into “negative CT scan group.”
Results: Chest CT scan had a sensitivity of 68%, specificity of 56%, a positive predictive value of 34.8%, a negative predictive value of 83.7%, and accuracy of 59.3% in detecting COVID-19 among trauma patients. Moreover, for the diagnosis of COVID-19 by CT scan in asymptomatic individuals, a sensitivity of 100%, specificity of 66.7%, and a negative predictive value of 100% were obtained (P. value: 0.05).
Conclusion: Findings of the study indicated that the CT scan’s sensitivity and specificity are less effective in diagnosing trauma patients with COVID-19 compared with nontraumatic people.
Keywords: Trauma, COVID-19, Emergency medicine, CT scan, Screening