The challenges imposed by COVID-19 on the management of diagnostic centers

Abstract

centers that had already adopted a picture archiving and communication system had an advantage, because that technology promotes agility and increases the ability to visualize the affected areas, serving as support for more assertive decision-making regarding the diagnosis, as well as regarding other practices that should be adopted. However, in addition to the use of technology, it was also necessary to create differentiated care processes, given the need for asepsis of examination rooms before and after their use by patients with suspected COVID-19, together with the need to keep such patients separate from the other users of diagnostic centers.

Concomitant COVID-19 and pulmonary tuberculosis: computed tomography aspects

“…The COVID-19 pandemic has overburdened health care facilities throughout the world( 1 , 3 , 4 ). During the pandemic, chest CT has proven to be an extremely useful tool in patients with COVID-19 pneumonia( 7 , 8 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 ), especially for the assessment of disease progression and complications, thus alleviating some of the burden.…”