Radiologists' agreement when using a 10-point scale to report abdominal radiographic findings of necrotizing enterocolitis in neonates and infants

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 191, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 190-197

  Coursey, Courtney A ^a   Hollingsworth, Caroline L ^a   Gaca, Ana M ^a   Maxfield, Charles ^a   DeLong, David ^a   Bisset III, George ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Enterocolitis; Necrotizing enterocolitis; Observer agreement; Pediatric imaging; Radiography; Radiologists; Radiology reporting systems; Scale of abnormal radiographic findings of necrotizing enterocolitis

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DUKE ABDOMINAL ASSESSMENT SCALE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEWBORN; OBSERVER AGREEMENT; OBSERVER VARIATION; PNEUMOPERITONEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ENTEROCOLITIS, NECROTIZING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 46849090543     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.07.3558     Document Type: Article

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