id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-271920-1dzkgt6w Carpenter, Christopher R. Diagnosing COVID‐19 in the Emergency Department: A Scoping Review of Clinical Exam, Labs, Imaging Accuracy and Biases 2020-06-16 .txt text/plain 7248 523 48 3 As waves of COVID-19 patients present to ED's in coming months with symptoms or potential exposures, understanding the diagnostic accuracy and reliability of history, physical exam, routine labs, advanced imaging, and an evolving array of COVID-19 diagnostics will be essential knowledge to inform the timing of testing, optimal specimen and test selection, shared decision-making, and ultimately derivation of clinical instruments to guide disposition, follow-up, and shared The search strategy used a combination of standardized terms and key words, including but not limited to (Covid-19 OR Novel Coronavirus OR SARS-COV-2) AND (diagnosis OR polymerase chain reaction OR serology OR CRISPR-CAS OR sensitivity/specificity) (Appendix). 40,42 It is known, however, that false negatives are frequent, so current recommendations advise incorporating patient's exposure risk, clinical signs and symptoms, routine lab and imaging findings, serology, and (when available) CT results into real-time determination of COVID-19 status. ./cache/cord-271920-1dzkgt6w.txt ./txt/cord-271920-1dzkgt6w.txt