They did find that patients with prior neurological conditions and those over age 60 were at an increased risk for developing new onset complications—including central nervous system infection, seizures and consciousness disorders.

Among more than 6,500 older adults, those with smaller pathways relative to lung size had the poorest lung function and were eight times more likely to develop the disease, researchers reported in JAMA.

Some hospitals have even shied away from ordering brain MRIs for suspected stroke patients with the novel virus either because they are too sick to physically move into a machine or for fear of contamination.  

Radiology findings are vital aids in the fight against COVID-19, and imaging is all but essential for elderly patients.

The guidance, which permits temporary modification of standard protocols, is aimed at mitigating circumstances that could lead to avoidable COVID-19 exposure for patients, providers and others working with or around imaging equipment and related systems.

Researchers in Northern Italy have found CT quantification can be used to predict how severe the disease will become in positive-testing patients whose lungs are relatively clear when they’re admitted.  

Picking the brains of 16 women widely recognized as leaders of academic radiology in the U.S., researchers at New York University have identified 14 “facilitators of success” for women in their field.   

With the COVID-19 crisis raging, four radiology educators are bright-lighting their specialty’s need to have in place a plan for future mass casualty incidents involving viral outbreaks.