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cord-322778-a411t2wg	Skalidis, Ioannis	Unenhanced computed tomography (CT) utility for triage at the emergency department during COVID-19 pandemic	2020-07-28		.txt	text/plain	4081	231	51	We therefore conducted this retrospective study to evaluate the diagnostic performance of CT in patients presenting to ED with COVID-19 suspicion compared with both RT-PCR, which is currently used as a gold standard, and a clinical adjudication committee decision. After the completion of the study, the adjudication committee, blinded to the RT-PCR results, retrospectively reviewed the ED admission charts of all patients and graded the probability of COVID-19 by integrating data from several parts of the chart: the history section, the results of the clinical examination and the laboratory tests. After integrating the results of RT-PCR (integrating serial analyses if available) and the clinical follow-up in the referral hospital, their final consensus decision was considered as the reference diagnosis for COVID-19 infection. The study primary endpoints were the test diagnostic characteristics; specifically, sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive values of CT first in comparison to RT-PCR as gold standard and, second, to the final adjudication committee decision.	./cache/cord-322778-a411t2wg.txt	./txt/cord-322778-a411t2wg.txt