The Importance of Chest CT Scan in COVID-19

Authors

  • Eric Daniel Tenda Division of Respirology and Critical Care, Departement of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Universitas Indonesia. Dr Cipto Mangunkusumo National General Hospital. Imperial College London.
  • Mira Yulianti Division of Respirology and Critical Care, Departement of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Universitas Indonesia. Dr Cipto Mangunkusumo National General Hospital.
  • Moses Mazmur Asaf Division of Respirology and Critical Care, Departement of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Universitas Indonesia. Dr Cipto Mangunkusumo National General Hospital.
  • Reyhan Eddy Yunus Department of Radiology. Faculty of Medicine Universitas Indonesia. Dr Cipto Mangunkusumo National General Hospital.
  • Wita Septiyanti Department of Radiology. Faculty of Medicine Universitas Indonesia. Dr Cipto Mangunkusumo National General Hospital.
  • Vally Wulani Department of Radiology. Faculty of Medicine Universitas Indonesia. Dr Cipto Mangunkusumo National General Hospital.
  • Ceva Wicaksono Pitoyo Division of Respirology and Critical Care, Departement of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Universitas Indonesia. Dr Cipto Mangunkusumo National General Hospital.
  • Cleopas Martin Rumende Division of Respirology and Critical Care, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Universitas Indonesia. Dr Cipto Mangunkusumo National General Hospital.
  • Siti Setiati Division of Geriatric Medicine. Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Universitas Indonesia. Dr Cipto Mangunkusumo National General Hospital.

Keywords:

respiratory medicine, radiology, internal medicine

Abstract

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a highly transmissible acute respiratory disease that is caused by the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome CoronaVirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), a beta coronavirus first discovered in Wuhan, China, in late 2019. COVID-19 has been spreading swiftly globally, and as of March 2020, has been officially declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO). One of the challenges in managing COVID-19 is the identification of a swift, accessible, and reliable diagnostic modality that could serve as an alternative to a reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). As of the writing of this paper, RT-PCR is still the recommended tool in diagnosing COVID-19, but the notion of a more prompt and accurate diagnostic tool is a possibility worth looking into. The objective of this case study is to investigate the importance and utility of chest computed tomography (CT) in the diagnosis of COVID-19, as increasing pieces of evidence suggest that chest CT could prove useful in the clinical pathway in diagnosing COVID-19. 

Author Biographies

Eric Daniel Tenda, Division of Respirology and Critical Care, Departement of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Universitas Indonesia. Dr Cipto Mangunkusumo National General Hospital. Imperial College London.

Respirologist Intervententional Pulmonologist

Mira Yulianti, Division of Respirology and Critical Care, Departement of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Universitas Indonesia. Dr Cipto Mangunkusumo National General Hospital.

Respirologist

Moses Mazmur Asaf, Division of Respirology and Critical Care, Departement of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Universitas Indonesia. Dr Cipto Mangunkusumo National General Hospital.

Research Assistant

Reyhan Eddy Yunus, Department of Radiology. Faculty of Medicine Universitas Indonesia. Dr Cipto Mangunkusumo National General Hospital.

Radiologist

Wita Septiyanti, Department of Radiology. Faculty of Medicine Universitas Indonesia. Dr Cipto Mangunkusumo National General Hospital.

Radiologist

Vally Wulani, Department of Radiology. Faculty of Medicine Universitas Indonesia. Dr Cipto Mangunkusumo National General Hospital.

Radiologist

Ceva Wicaksono Pitoyo, Division of Respirology and Critical Care, Departement of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Universitas Indonesia. Dr Cipto Mangunkusumo National General Hospital.

Respirologist and Intensivist

Cleopas Martin Rumende, Division of Respirology and Critical Care, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Universitas Indonesia. Dr Cipto Mangunkusumo National General Hospital.

Respirologist

Siti Setiati, Division of Geriatric Medicine. Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Universitas Indonesia. Dr Cipto Mangunkusumo National General Hospital.

Geriatrician

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Published

2020-04-14

How to Cite

Tenda, E. D., Yulianti, M., Asaf, M. M., Yunus, R. E., Septiyanti, W., Wulani, V., Pitoyo, C. W., Rumende, C. M., & Setiati, S. (2020). The Importance of Chest CT Scan in COVID-19. Acta Medica Indonesiana, 52(1), 68. Retrieved from https://actamedindones.org/index.php/ijim/article/view/1430

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Vol. 52 No. 1 (2020): Acta Medica Indonesiana

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CASE REPORT

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