From the Section of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Radiology, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Penn State Health, Hershey, PA.
Clin Nucl Med. 2020 Jul;45(7):531-533. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000003100.
Some patients undergoing routine SPECT/CT and PET/CT examinations during the COVID-19 pandemic may incidentally reveal findings of COVID-19-associated pneumonia (C-19AP) on localizing CT. It is critical for nuclear medicine physicians to develop diagnostic skills for timely recognition of typical findings of C-19AP on a localizing CT. Furthermore, it is our responsibility to know the optimal practices for safely isolating and managing such patients while protecting the staff, other patients at the facility, family and/or friend accompanying the patients, and the public in general from risky exposure to COVID-19 sources. We offer several steps following an encounter suspicious of C-19AP.
在 COVID-19 大流行期间，一些接受常规 SPECT/CT 和 PET/CT 检查的患者可能会在局部 CT 上偶然发现 COVID-19 相关肺炎（C-19AP）的发现。核医学医师必须具备及时识别局部 CT 上 C-19AP 典型表现的诊断技能，这一点至关重要。此外，我们有责任了解在安全隔离和管理此类患者的同时，保护工作人员、医疗机构内的其他患者、患者的家属/朋友以及公众免受 COVID-19 源危险暴露的最佳实践。我们提供了在疑似 C-19AP 接触后采取的几个步骤。
