Case Report on Early Diagnosis of COVID-19
Yang Zhou, Le Yang, Ming Han, Minqiang Huang, Xuedong Sun, Weidong Zheng, Wei Han, Jinhong Wang
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.
Topics & Concepts
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)2019-20 coronavirus outbreakSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)BetacoronavirusVirologyCoronavirus InfectionsMedical emergencyMedicineOutbreakPathologyInfectious disease (medical specialty)DiseaseCOVID-19 Clinical Research StudiesLong-Term Effects of COVID-19Thermal Regulation in Medicine