In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, all health facilities have been faced with an urgent need for setting up new organization models and adapting protocols regarding the management of patients with COVID-19. Radiology departments also had to adapt their workflow and to organize workforce according to the new circumstances. The International Society of Radiology (ISR) and the European Society of Radiology (ESR) recognized a need to get an insight of radiology department organization during the COVID-19 pandemic and therefore conducted this global survey with...

The survey was conducted from 6th to 26th April 2020. For this purpose, an online questionnaire regarding the use of imaging in COVID-19 patients was prepared using Survey Monkey. The survey was sent to renowned representatives of ISR and ESR member countries. The questionnaire was composed of six clinical scenarios regarding different levels of disease probability (suspected case/confirmed case), disease severity (asymptomatic/severe symptoms/critically ill patient) and patient management (hospital discharge). The use of imaging was assessed first in two clinical scenarios set up in situations...

Information about the use of imaging in patients with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 was collected in order to assess current imaging practices in different clinical scenarios related to COVID-19. The survey gathered responses from 52 institutions settled in 34countriesrepresentingsixcontinents as follows: 10 institutions from six countries in Africa, nine institutions from seven countries in Asia, one institution from Australia, 22 institutions from 15 countries in Europe, five institutions from two countries in North America and five institutions from three countries in South America (Table 1)....

Guidelines and recommendations of national and regional professional societies differ to a certain degree. The results of our survey are mostly in accordance with the guidelines of the relevant authority in the respective country or region. As a conclusion, it is obvious that the practice of imaging in COVID-19 differs throughout the world, especially regarding the utilization of conventional chest X-ray and computed tomography; we believe that the results of this survey will help to understand current practice heterogeneities and to identify needs and gaps...

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