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. 2020 Aug 31;6(3):00357-2020.
doi: 10.1183/23120541.00357-2020. eCollection 2020 Jul.

Utility of chest radiography on admission for initial triaging of COVID-19 in symptomatic patients

Shuvro H Roy Choudhury  1 , Praveen Kumar Shahi  2 , Shubham Sharma  2 , Raja Dhar  2
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Utility of chest radiography on admission for initial triaging of COVID-19 in symptomatic patients

Shuvro H Roy Choudhury et al. ERJ Open Res. .

Abstract

A Likert score based on chest radiography of symptomatic patients of #COVID19 can be used as a diagnostic and triaging tool in the emergency room to help physicians identify patients with likelihood of COVID-19 and triage them appropriately https://bit.ly/3gDxzDK.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of interest: S.H. Roy Choudhury has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: P.K. Shahi has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: S. Sharma has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: R. Dhar has nothing to disclose.

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