Intra- and Interobserver Agreement Among Bronchial Endosonographers for the Description of Intrathoracic Lymph Nodes

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1163-1168

  Garcia Olivé, Ignasi ^a,b,c   Radua, Joaquim ^d,e   Serra, Pere ^a,c   Andreo, Felipe ^a,b,c,f   Sanz Santos, Jose ^a,c,f   Monsó, Eduard ^b,f,g   Rosell, Antoni ^b,h   Cases Viedma, Enrique ⁱ   Fernández Villar, Alberto ^j   Núñez Delgado, Manuel ^j   García Luján, Ricardo ^k   Morera, Josep ^a,b,c   Ruiz Manzano, Juan ^a,b,c,f  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI GERMANS TRIAS I PUJOL   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^c FUNDACIÓ INSTITUT D INVESTIGACIÓ EN CIÈNCIES DE LA SALUT GERMANS TRIAS I PUJOL   (Spain)

^d FIDMAG GERMANES HOSPITALÀRIES RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Spain)

^e CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA EN RED DE SALUD MENTAL CIBERSAM   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^g Respiratory Service   (Spain)

^h HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

ⁱ HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

^j UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL COMPLEX OF VIGO   (Spain)

^k HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

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Author keywords

Agreement; EBUS; Interobserver agreement; Intraobserver agreement; Observer dependency; Sonographic features

Indexed keywords

EBUS; INTEROBSERVER AGREEMENT; INTRAOBSERVER AGREEMENT; OBSERVER DEPENDENCY; SONOGRAPHIC;

COAGULATION; CONTRACTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

BODY FLUIDS;

ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CENTRAL HILAR STRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COAGULATION NECROSIS SIGN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOBRONCHIAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LYMPH NODE SHAPE; LYMPH NODE SIZE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; NECROSIS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RADIOLOGIST; TRANSBRONCHIAL ASPIRATION;

BRONCHI; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX;

EID: 84861846297     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: 1879291X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2012.03.012     Document Type: Article

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