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ArticleTrauma (London, England)2021

Challenges of diagnosis of COVID-19 in trauma patients: A case series.

Golnar Sabetian, Farnia Feiz, Alireza Shakibafard, Hossein Abdolrahimzadeh Fard, Sepideh Sefidbakht, Seyed Hamed Jafari, HamidReza Abbasi, Masoomeh Zare, Amir Roudgari, Farid Zand and 2 more

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Golnar SabetianTrauma Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Farnia FeizDepartment of Radiology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9555-2873
Alireza ShakibafardDepartment of Radiology, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Hossein Abdolrahimzadeh FardDepartment of Radiology, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Sepideh SefidbakhtMedical Imaging Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Seyed Hamed JafariMedical Imaging Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
HamidReza AbbasiTrauma Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Masoomeh ZareDepartment of Radiology, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Amir RoudgariDepartment of Radiology, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Farid ZandAnesthesiology and Critical Care Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Mansoor MasjediAnesthesiology and Critical Care Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Shahram PaydarTrauma Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.

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Background: Diagnosis of COVID-19 can be challenging in trauma patients, especially those with chest trauma and lung contusion. Methods: We present a case series of patients from February and March 2020 who were admitted to our trauma center at Rajaee Hospital Trauma Center, in Shiraz, Iran and had positive SARS-CoV-2 PCR test or chest CT scan suggestive of COVID-19 and were admitted to the specific ICU for COVID-19. Results: Eight COVID-19 patients (6 male) with mean age of 40 (SD = 16.3) years old, were presented. All patients were cases of trauma injuries, with multiple injuries including chest trauma and lung contusion, admitted to our trauma center for management of their injuries, but they were diagnosed with COVID-19 as well. Two of them had coinfection of influenza type-B and SARS-CoV-2. All patients were treated for COVID-19 and three of them died; the rest were discharged from hospital. Conclusion: Since PCR for SARS-CoV-2 is not always sensitive enough to confirm the cause of pneumonia, chest CT manifestations can be helpful, though, they are not always differentiable from lung contusion. Therefore, both the CT scan and the clinical and paraclinical presentation and course of improvement can be beneficial in diagnosing COVID-19 in the trauma setting.

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COVID-19SARS-CoV-2thoracic injuriestraumaX-ray CT scans

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