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Case Report on Early Diagnosis of COVID-19
Yang Zhou1, Le Yang1, Ming Han1
1Emergency Department of Shenzhen University General Hospital, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.
Insights
Early diagnosis of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) requires combining epidemiological history and chest CT scans for mild pneumonia cases. This approach aids in the effective control of epidemic development.
Area of Science:
- Medical Science
- Infectious Diseases
- Radiology
Background:
- The 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic spread globally.
- Early diagnosis of COVID-19, especially mild pneumonia, is crucial for epidemic control but often challenging due to atypical presentations.
Abstract:
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak in Wuhan, China, spread rapidly throughout China and gradually to some countries abroad. How is the development of an epidemic controlled? Early diagnosis is one of the important contents in prevention and control. COVID-19 patients with early mild pneumonia often lack typical evidence to make a definitive diagnosis. Based on the analysis of the cases of 4 patients, this article finds that early diagnosis requires a combination of epidemiology, clinical manifestations, imaging, and etiology, with particular emphasis on epidemiology history and chest computed tomography (CT) manifestations.
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