New Consensus Aims to Align Post-COVID CT Imaging Practices
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Persistent Notes
Highlights
- differentiating between persistent residual lung abnormalities from COVID-19—such as ground glass opacity—and any fibrotic alterations
- Post-COVID-19 abnormalities generally stabilize over time, while ILAs and ILD can progress and have a poor prognosis
- Key recommendations include conducting chest CT scans in patients who have persistent or worsening respiratory symptoms 3 months after infection, with these symptoms lasting for at least 2 months and with no other explanation
- utilizing low-dose CT protocols (typically ranging from 1 to 3 mSv) for follow-up CT imaging
- applying the Fleischner Society glossary for radiologic terminology; and refraining from using the term “interstitial lung abnormality” to describe post–COVID-19 findings.
- preferred terminology is “post–COVID-19 residual lung abnormality.”
Reference
New Consensus Aims to Align Post-COVID CT Imaging Practices. HCP Live. July 23, 2025. Accessed July 24, 2025. https://www.hcplive.com/view/new-consensus-aims-to-align-post-covid-ct-imaging-practices