Early chest computed tomography to diagnose COVID-19 from suspected patients: A multicenter retrospective study
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SciScore for 10.1101/2020.03.24.20042432: (What is this?)
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Table 1: Rigor
Institutional Review Board Statement IRB: This study was approved by the Ethics of Committees of local hospital.
Consent: Informed consent for this retrospective study was waived. 2.3.Randomization not detected. Blinding not detected. Power Analysis not detected. Sex as a biological variable Exclusion criteria included: (1) past history with chronic lung disease; (2) pregnant women. Table 2: Resources
Software and Algorithms Sentences Resources Statistical analysis: The data of patients were recorded by Epidata and statistical analysis was performed on SPSS 13.0 (IBM Corporation). SPSSsuggested: (SPSS, RRID:SCR_002865)Results from OddPub: We did not detect open data. We also did not detect open code. …
SciScore for 10.1101/2020.03.24.20042432: (What is this?)
Please note, not all rigor criteria are appropriate for all manuscripts.
Table 1: Rigor
Institutional Review Board Statement IRB: This study was approved by the Ethics of Committees of local hospital.
Consent: Informed consent for this retrospective study was waived. 2.3.Randomization not detected. Blinding not detected. Power Analysis not detected. Sex as a biological variable Exclusion criteria included: (1) past history with chronic lung disease; (2) pregnant women. Table 2: Resources
Software and Algorithms Sentences Resources Statistical analysis: The data of patients were recorded by Epidata and statistical analysis was performed on SPSS 13.0 (IBM Corporation). SPSSsuggested: (SPSS, RRID:SCR_002865)Results from OddPub: We did not detect open data. We also did not detect open code. Researchers are encouraged to share open data when possible (see Nature blog).
Results from LimitationRecognizer: We detected the following sentences addressing limitations in the study:There are several limitations in our study. First, the method is to compare the difference of CT imaging features between confirmed patients and non-confirmed patients of COVID-19. Some early lesions might not be visible on chest CT since the maximum incubation period is 14 days or even more[6]. So the expression of time may not be precise enough according to the development of this disease. Second, the current gold standard for the diagnosis of COVID-19 is merely RT-PCR test[6]. Since the test samples are mostly pharynx swabs rather than bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF), it might still present false negative results after repetitions. In summary, the manifestations of COVID-19 vary. Some patients show similar manifestations with common viral pneumonias. However, it still has specific imaging characteristics. Moreover, the combinations of GGO could be useful in the identification and differential diagnosis of COVID-19, which alerts clinicians to isolate patients for treatment promptly and repeat RT-PCR tests until incubation ends.
Results from TrialIdentifier: No clinical trial numbers were referenced.
Results from Barzooka: We did not find any issues relating to the usage of bar graphs.
Results from JetFighter: We did not find any issues relating to colormaps.
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