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Reply to the Letter to the Editor: Comment on "COVID-19 infection control protocol inside computed tomography suites".

Tsuneo Yamashiro1, Daisuke Utsunomiya2.   

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Year:  2020        PMID: 32367209      PMCID: PMC7197633          DOI: 10.1007/s11604-020-00985-7

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Jpn J Radiol        ISSN: 1867-1071            Impact factor:   2.374


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We appreciate the interest of Dr. Orsi et al. in our report [1], and we respect the valuable comments made by our colleagues from Milan, Italy, as they struggle to combat the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Hospitals in central Japan are also facing a similar situation, and therefore, the comments made by them are invaluable. We decided to use a CT suite as a dedicated room. Our central radiology section has three CT scanners along a corridor with an arrangement to increase the efficiency of scanning and to avoid the crowding of the patients in front of the CT suites while minimizing contact between COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 patients. The scanners use 0.75-mm section CT images for the lung parenchyma, and we strongly agree with their reconstruction protocol that comprises thinner section thickness. Dr. Iwasawa also suggested the importance of ultra-high-resolution CT to scrutinize imaging findings of COVID-19 pneumonia [2]. We adopted 2-mm section thickness at the time of submission of our report [1], and since then, this has been changed to 1 mm. We appreciate their comments regarding contrast-enhanced CT use for COVID-19 patients and the importance of support from Healthcare Assistants (HA) in dedicated CT suites. Thank you again for the important suggestions, and we hope the serious health emergency caused by COVID-19 in Milan improves swiftly.
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1.  Computed tomography findings of current nonspecific interstitial pneumonia based on the 2013 updated classification of idiopathic interstitial pneumonias: What is a characteristic of previously diagnosed nonspecific interstitial pneumonia excluded from the updated classification.

Authors:  Junya Tominaga; Tae Iwasawa; Makiko Murota; Hiroaki Arakawa; Takeshi Johkoh; Yasuhiko Yamano; Yoshiaki Zaizen; Kazuya Ichikado; Mikiko Hashisako; Yasuhiro Kondoh; Kensuke Kataoka; Masaki Okamoto; Kiminori Fujimoto; Junya Fukuoka
Journal:  Jpn J Radiol       Date:  2020-09-01       Impact factor: 2.374

2.  COVID-19 pneumonia: infection control protocol inside computed tomography suites.

Authors:  Kento Nakajima; Hideaki Kato; Tsuneo Yamashiro; Toshiharu Izumi; Ichiro Takeuchi; Hideaki Nakajima; Daisuke Utsunomiya
Journal:  Jpn J Radiol       Date:  2020-03-17       Impact factor: 2.374

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