📄 Outbreak of novel coronavirus (COVID-19): What is the role of radiologists?

KEY POINTS: * Novel coronavirus (COVID-19)-infected pneumonia usually manifests as bilateral ground-glass opacities in the lung periphery on chest CT scans. * Role of radiologists includes not only early detection of lung abnormality, but also suggestion of disease severity, potential progression to acute respiratory distress syndrome, and possible bacterial co-infection in hospitalized patients.

keywords 🔗 distress syndrome (112) 🔗 glass opacities (51) 🔗 respiratory distress (139) 🔗 acute respiratory (1734)

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