COVID-19

Outside of the loss of human life due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the past two years have greatly affected hospitals, health systems and the way providers deliver care. Healthcare executives are grappling with federal monetary assistance, growing burnout rates, workforce shortages and federal oversight of vaccines and testing. This channel is also designed to update clinicians on new research and guidelines regarding COVID patient treatment strategies and risk assessments.

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COVID booster side effects: How long does axillary lymphadenopathy last after vaccination?

Axillary lymphadenopathy following COVID vaccination and/or boosters is a finding all radiologists must be mindful of when interpreting imaging, but new data clarify the timeline for when the side effect should resolve.

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Virtual learning left some radiology residents feeling uncomfortable completing procedures

Some residents recently indicated that virtual learning environments led them to having little-to-no procedural training at all in certain subspecialties.

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Some long COVID patients display 'severe' changes in their brain

For patients with anxiety and depression, even mild cases of long COVID could result in functional and structural alterations of the brain.

CT of coronavirus pneumonia, a solitary rounded ground-glass opacity (GGO) pattern. A 51-year-old woman in China presented in January 2020 without fever, but had close contact with positive patients. Top, baseline axial unenhanced chest CT obtained 6 days before the first positive PCR test. Bottom, chest CT scan 4 days later shows the size increase of the lesion (arrow). Image courtesy of RSNA. #COVID #SARSCoV2

How effective are chest CT severity scores in managing COVID?

While the studies on these systems have proven them to be effective in diagnosing and treating COVID in specific cohorts, the varying settings in which they were used can make it difficult to derive definitive conclusions on their efficacy.

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Some long COVID patients continue to display multi-organ damage one year after recovery

A new study utilizing multi-organ MRI scans recently identified organ impairment in 62% of COVID long haulers six months after their initial diagnosis; 29% of these individuals continued to display damage in at least one organ at the 12-month mark.

Serial transverse CT scans in a 65-year-old man with severe COVID-19. Image courtesy of Radiology. #longcovid #covidlonghauler #lungdamagecovid

Severe COVID patients continue to evidence lung abnormalities 2 years after initial infection

Scans on these patients show a combination of fibrosis, thickening, honeycombing, cystic changes and dilation of the bronchi, among other imaging features.

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New imaging data offers 'positive' news for COVID long haulers

New imaging data indicates that the effects of long COVID may begin to dwindle over time, offering hope for those suffering from the long-term ramifications of the virus. 

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Prenatal MRI reveals placental damage caused by COVID

In general, any COVID diagnosis raises risks of fetal harm during pregnancy, but fetuses of women who have been diagnosed with a pre-Omicron variant of the virus are most at risk of developmental impairment, according to new research.

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