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KMID : 1144620200330020119
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Journal of Trauma and Injury
2020 Volume.33 No. 2 p.119 ~ p.123
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Pulmonary Contusion Similar to COVID-19 Pneumonia
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Lee Seung-Hwan
Hyun Sung-Youl
Jeon Yang-Bin
Lee Jung-Nam
Lee Gil-Jae
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Abstract
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The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has rapidly spread across the world and caused a pandemic. It can be transmitted by an infected person or an asymptomatic carrier and is a highly contagious disease. Prevention and early identification of COVID-19 are important to minimize the transmission of COVID-19. Chest computed tomography (CT) has a high sensitivity for detecting COVID-19, but relatively low specificity. Therefore, chest CT may be difficult to distinguish COVID-19 findings from those of other infectious (notably viral types of pneumonia) or noninfectious disease. Pulmonary contusion has also a lot of similarities on chest CT with COVID-19 pneumonia. We present trauma patients with pulmonary contusion whose CT scans showed findings similar to those of COVID-19, and we report our experience in the management of trauma patients during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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KEYWORD
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COVID-19, Pulmonary contusion, Computed tomography, Pneumonia
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