key: cord-0711772-x42lyxeo
authors: Sefidbakht, Sepideh; Lotfi, Mehrzad; Moghadami, Mohsen; Jalli, Reza; Shakibafard, Alireza; Iranpour, Pooya; Jafari, Seyed Hamed; Bijan, Bijan
title: Recommendations on COVID-19 Computerized Tomography Study Reporting: The Need to Optimize Reporting Categories Based on Local Conditions and Available Resources
date: 2020-07-03
journal: Iran J Med Sci
DOI: 10.30476/ijms.2020.86207.1596
sha: 41792bf0fd2f708603d787fae59420870247fc38
doc_id: 711772
cord_uid: x42lyxeo

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Sefidbakht S, Lotfi M, Moghadami M, Jalli R, Shakibafard AR, Iranpour P, et al.

Iran J Med Sci July 2020; Vol 45 No 4 We understand that our local recommendations may appear fluid and depend on the availability of resources. At the outset of the outbreak, we would admit only bilateral GGO/consolidation cases with typical distributions to COVID-19 wards and allocate gray zone isolation rooms to cases with unilateral, though otherwise typical, findings. As the outbreak spread further and, as such, consumed more of the available hospital beds and resources, we were obliged to omit the distinction between the unilateral multilobar and bilateral cases and regard both groups as "typical". We, thus, omitted the unilateral/ bilateral subcategory among the typical cases for two main reasons. First and foremost, the distinction no longer affected patient management and secondly, we intend to ensure uniformity with the Society of Thoracic Radiology/Radiological Society of North America recommendations to be able to apply future international study results to our population.

In conclusion, although classification recommendations ensure global or nationwide uniformity and facilitate the application of literature data to guarantee updated patient care, local variations can curb their utility under specific conditions. National guidelines, while more cognizant of indigenous variations, would also benefit from attempts to conform to similar guidelines and to enable data and experience sharing.

Conflict of Interest: None declared. 

Recommendations on COVID-19 Computerized Tomography Study Reporting: The Need to Optimize Reporting Categories Based on Local Conditions and Available Resources

Sepideh Sefidbakht 1 , MD; Mehrzad Lotfi 1 , MD; Mohsen Moghadami 2 , MD; Reza Jalli 1 , MD; Alireza Shakibafard 3 , MD; Pooya Iranpour 1 , MD; Seyed Hamed Jafari 1 , MD

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