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ArticleThe neuroradiology journal2022

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on neuroimaging volume in New York City.

Reginald Scott Widemon, Sophia Huang, Kathleen M Capaccione, Ryan P Mitchell, Mary M Salvatore, Angela Lignelli, Pamela Nguyen

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Article in The neuroradiology journal, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Reginald Scott WidemonDepartment of Radiology, 21611Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4076-6129
Sophia HuangDepartment of Radiology, 21611Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
Kathleen M CapaccioneDepartment of Radiology, 21611Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
Ryan P MitchellDepartment of Radiology, 21611Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
Mary M SalvatoreDepartment of Radiology, 21611Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
Angela LignelliDepartment of Radiology, 21611Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
Pamela NguyenDepartment of Radiology, 21611Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.

Funding

Clinical and Translational Science AwardUL1TR001873 · NCATS · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI REILLY, MUREDACH P · 2016 to 2025
$99.0M
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR001873
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Abstract

background and purposeThe COVID-19 pandemic acutely disrupted all facets of healthcare, with future implications that are expected to resonate for many years. We investigated the effect of the pandemic on neuroimaging volume, hypothesizing that all representative studies would experience a reduction in volume, with those typically performed in the inpatient setting (noncontrast enhanced CT head and CTA head/neck) taking longer to recover to pre-pandemic volumes compared to studies typically performed in the outpatient setting (MR brain with and without and MR lumbar spine without). MATERIALS AND

methodsWe retrospectively queried our institution's radiology reporting system to collect weekly data for 1 year following the World Health Organization declaration of a pandemic (11 March 2020-9 March 2021) and compared them to imaging volumes from the previous year (11 March 2019-9 March 2020). We subsequently analyzed quarterly data (e.g., first quarter comparison: 3/11/2020-6/9/2020 was compared to 3/11/2019-6/9/2019).

resultsAll studies experienced decreased volume during the first quarter of the year following onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, with noncontrast enhanced CT head failing to recover to pre-pandemic volumes. CTA head/neck actually surpassed pre-pandemic volume by the second quarter of the year. MRI brain w/wo and MRI lumbar spine without recovered to baseline volume by the second quarter.

conclusionNoncontrast enhanced CT head did not recover pre-pandemic imaging volume. CTA head/neck volume initially decreased, however volume increased above pre-pandemic levels during the second quarter; this finding may be attributable to a prothrombotic state in COVID-19 patients.

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COVID-19HumansNeuroimagingNew York CityPandemicsRetrospective StudiesComputed TomographyCOVIDCT angiographyMagnetic Resonance Imagingutilization

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PMID35503042
PMCPMC9066275

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