Inter-observer variability in chest radiograph reading for diagnosing acute lung injury in children

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 987-991

  Angoulvant, François ^b   Llor, Juan ^b   Alberti, Corinne ^b   Kheniche, Ahmed ^b   Zaccaria, Isabelle ^b   Garel, Catherine ^b   Dauger, Stéphane ^a  

^a HÔPITAL ROBERT DEBRÉ   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Acute respiratory distress syndrome; Chest radiograph; Diagnosis; Observer variation; Pediatric intensive care unit

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LUNG INJURY; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; KAPPA STATISTICS; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ACUTE LUNG INJURY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 55049120538     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: 10990496     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppul.20890     Document Type: Article

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