Each month Levy Library showcases the achievements of Mount Sinai faculty and researchers by highlighting an article and its altmetrics. Altmetrics are alternative measures of impact that capture non-traditional data like abstract views, article downloads, and social media activity. Our altmetrics data is provided by the PlumX platform.
This month we highlight: CT Imaging Features of 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV). This article was written in part by Xueyan Mei (Biomedical Sciences) and Yang Yang (Radiology).
SUMMARY
The 2019 novel coronavirus manifests with characteristic chest CT imaging features, which are helpful to the radiologist for the early detection and diagnosis of this emerging global health emergency.
KEY RESULTS
- Of 21 patients with the 2019 novel coronavirus, 15 (71%) had involvement of more than two lobes at chest CT, 12 (57%) had ground-glass opacities, seven (33%) had opacities with a rounded morphology, seven (33%) had a peripheral distribution of disease, six (29%) had consolidation with ground-glass opacities, and four (19%) had crazy-paving pattern.
- Lung cavitation, discrete pulmonary nodules, pleural effusions, and lymphadenopathy were absent.
- Fourteen percent of patients (three of 21) presented with a normal CT scan.
ABSTRACT
In this retrospective case series, chest CT scans of 21 symptomatic patients from China infected with the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) were reviewed, with emphasis on identifying and characterizing the most common findings. Typical CT findings included bilateral pulmonary parenchymal ground-glass and consolidative pulmonary opacities, sometimes with a rounded morphology and a peripheral lung distribution. Notably, lung cavitation, discrete pulmonary nodules, pleural effusions, and lymphadenopathy were absent. Follow-up imaging in a subset of patients during the study time window often demonstrated mild or moderate progression of disease, as manifested by increasing extent and density of lung opacities.
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A week before all of the library staff transitioned to working remotely, we had the pleasure of welcoming our new Reference & Instruction Librarian for the Mount Sinai West and Morningside Campus, Carrie Levinson, MLIS.
Carrie joins us from The New York Academy of Medicine Library (NYAM), where she served as Reference Services and Outreach Librarian, answering reference questions of all kinds from the general public, corporate clients, and Fellows, Members, and internal staff of NYAM. She also managed the Library’s social media accounts and blog, as well as the annual Color Our Collections campaign, which highlights coloring books showcasing collections of cultural institutions around the world. Prior to her role at NYAM, she was Scholarly Communications Librarian at Touro College, where she implemented and administered the Touro College & University System’s institutional repository, Touro Scholar, as well as taught classes and webinars on various aspects of scholarly communications and information literacy, including open access, authors’ rights, and altmetrics.
Outside work, Carrie enjoys walking around New York (City and State), going to museums, reading, and trying to get her incredibly lazy cat to play with the many, many toys provided to him.
Welcome Carrie to the Mount Sinai team!