Real-World Diagnostic Performance of RSNA Consensus Reporting Guidelines for Findings Related to COVID-19 on Chest CT

AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2022 Jan;218(1):75-76. doi: 10.2214/AJR.21.26560. Epub 2021 Aug 4.

Abstract

This study evaluated the real-world diagnostic performance of Radiological Society of North America COVID-19 consensus reporting guidelines among 2618 chest CT reports from the author's health care network from April 2020 through March 2021; reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction served as the reference. Typical findings exhibited sensitivity of 68% and specificity of 91%, similar to performance reported in research settings. PPV of 52% was lower than previously reported, attributed to low COVID-19 prevalence. Accuracy improved from 84% in April 2020 to 92% in March 2021 (p = .03).

Publication types

  • Practice Guideline

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • COVID-19 / diagnostic imaging*
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Consensus
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Lung / diagnostic imaging*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • North America
  • Retrospective Studies
  • SARS-CoV-2*
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Societies, Medical
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods*
  • Young Adult