Evidence Review
Copyright ©The Author(s) 2021.
World J Radiol. Apr 28, 2021; 13(4): 75-93
Published online Apr 28, 2021. doi: 10.4329/wjr.v13.i4.75
Table 3 Efficacy of reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction, chest X-ray, computed tomography chest, and lung ultrasound in the diagnosis is of coronavirus disease-19 [16,24,43,44,69]
SensitivitySpecificity PPVNPV
RT-PCR87.0%97.0%98.0%80.0%
CXR89.0%60.6%87.9%63.1%
CT-chest90.0%-90.7%78.8%-91.0%86.4%-89.0%85.1%-92.0%
Lung US89.0%59.0%47.0%93.0%