Management of patients with COVID-19 in radiology departments, and indications regarding imaging studies - recommendations of the Polish Medical Society of Radiology

Andrzej Cieszanowski; Elżbieta Czekajska; Barbara Giżycka; Katarzyna Gruszczyńska; Joanna Podgórska; Agnieszka Oronowicz-Jaśkowiak; Zbigniew Serafin; Edyta Szurowska; Jerzy M Walecki

doi:10.5114/pjr.2020.95022

Management of patients with COVID-19 in radiology departments, and indications regarding imaging studies - recommendations of the Polish Medical Society of Radiology

Pol J Radiol. 2020 Apr 29:85:e209-e214. doi: 10.5114/pjr.2020.95022. eCollection 2020.

Authors

Andrzej Cieszanowski¹, Elżbieta Czekajska², Barbara Giżycka³, Katarzyna Gruszczyńska⁴, Joanna Podgórska¹, Agnieszka Oronowicz-Jaśkowiak¹, Zbigniew Serafin⁵, Edyta Szurowska⁶, Jerzy M Walecki⁷

Affiliations

¹ Radiology Department 1, Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland.
² Department of Radiology, Medical University of Lublin, Lublin, Poland.
³ Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Multispeciality Hospital Megrez Sp. z o.o., Tychy, Poland.
⁴ Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Faculty of Medical Science in Katowice, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland.
⁵ Department of Radiology and Diagnostic Imaging, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Collegium Medicum, Bydgoszcz, Poland.
⁶ 2nd Department of Radiology, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland.
⁷ Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education, Warsaw, Poland.

Abstract

The pandemic involving COVID-19 caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, due to its severe symptoms and high transmission rate, has gone on to pose a control challenge for healthcare systems all around the world. We present the second version of the Recommendations of the Polish Medical Society of Radiology, presuming that our knowledge on COVID-19 will advance further rapidly, to the extent that further supplementation and modification will prove necessary. These Recommendations involve rules of conduct, procedures, and safety measures that should be introduced in radiology departments, as well as indications for imaging studies.

Keywords: COVID-19; PLTR; PMSR; SARS-CoV-2.