{"id":7708,"date":"2020-06-22T11:59:35","date_gmt":"2020-06-22T18:59:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/?p=7708"},"modified":"2021-03-26T12:00:23","modified_gmt":"2021-03-26T19:00:23","slug":"asymptomatic-patients-as-a-source-of-covid-19-infections-a-systematic-review-and-meta-analysis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/2020\/06\/22\/asymptomatic-patients-as-a-source-of-covid-19-infections-a-systematic-review-and-meta-analysis\/","title":{"rendered":"Asymptomatic Patients as a Source of COVID-19 Infections: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"34\" data-aria-posinset=\"2019\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Kronbichler<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0et al.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0conducted a meta-analysis with 34 studies\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">that\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">includ<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ed<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0506<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">asymptomatic patients with COVID-19<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0and<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0reported that 62% had abnormalities<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">visible<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0in\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">computed tomogra<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">phy\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">(CT)<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">scans<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, with ground glass opacities\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">in the lungs\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">most frequently observed (43%).<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"34\" data-aria-posinset=\"2019\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Patients with normal CT\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">results\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">were younger than patients with abnormal CT<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0findings<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0(mean\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">20<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0years vs. 39\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Y<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ears<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">;<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0p = 0.013).<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Kronbichler<\/span><\/i><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0et al. (June 13, 2020). Asymptomatic Patients as a Source of COVID-19 Infections: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. International Journal of Infectious Diseases.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.ijid.2020.06.052\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.ijid.2020.06.052<\/span><\/a><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kronbichler\u00a0et al.\u00a0conducted a meta-analysis with 34 studies\u00a0that\u00a0included\u00a0506\u00a0asymptomatic patients with COVID-19\u00a0and\u00a0reported that 62% had abnormalities\u00a0visible\u00a0in\u00a0computed tomography\u00a0(CT)\u00a0scans, with ground glass opacities\u00a0in the lungs\u00a0most frequently observed (43%).\u00a0\u00a0 Patients with normal CT\u00a0results\u00a0were younger than patients with abnormal CT\u00a0findings\u00a0(mean\u00a020\u00a0years vs. 39\u00a0Years;\u00a0p = 0.013).\u00a0\u00a0 Kronbichler\u00a0et al. (June 13, 2020). 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