Reliability of the chest radiograph in the diagnosis of lower respiratory infections in young children

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 600-604

  Davies, H Dele ^a,b   Wang, Elaine E L ^a,b   Manson, David ^a,b   Babyn, Paul ^a,b   Shuckett, Bruce ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

bronchiolitis; chest radiograms; Interobserver agreement; kappa; pneumonia; reliability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; HUMAN; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

BRONCHIOLITIS; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PNEUMONIA; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0029899749     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-199607000-00008     Document Type: Article

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