Mount Sinai Physicians the First in U.S. Analyzing Lung Disease in Coronavirus Patients from China.

[2greys]

February 26, 2020 — Mount Sinai Health System physicians—the first experts in the country to analyze chest computed tomography (CT) scans of patients from China with coronavirus disease (COVID-19)—have identified specific patterns in the lungs as markers of the disease as it develops over the course of a week and a half. The finding, published in the February issue of Radiology, could lead to quicker diagnosis in patients who come in with possible COVID-19 symptoms, and help keep patients isolated in early stages when the lung disease may not show up in initial scans.

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[RoadRunner44]

Gosh that's interesting and so quick to recognise patterns in the lungs of coronavirus patients. Let's hope a vaccine is on the horizon.

[Jaybird19]

Obviously lots of work being done and results that will help.

[skischool]

Given the complexity of some of our existing lung conditions i am now convinced that it would be very hard to determine if we had contracted the disease in the early stages by CT scan alone,it's a bugger and could mimic existing fibrosis and any other number of existing lung conditions.

[2greys in reply to skischool]

Perhaps this will help to make you think again, in any case a lot of us are already virtually "self- isolated" anyway, for many other reasons. It is the so called healthy that are the real risk to us by, unwittingly, passing it on.

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[skischool in reply to 2greys]

unfortunately we simply wouldn't have the facilities or available resources to scan all possible candidates and i don't think anybody will be knocking on my door with a scanner any day soon,fortunately or unfortunately in the social sense i rarely see more than 2 different people in any given week but as you say it only takes one healthy carrier to infect a nation given time and opportunity..

[santisuk]

1st I'd heard of that. You beat all the international news programs I watch to that scoop 2greys; well done. We with lung conditions know how valuable that development could be.

[Izb1]

Any knowledge we gain on this virus is a benefit, so glad to hear that headway is being made, thanks for the update 2greysx