Interrater agreement of nasal endoscopy for chronic rhinosinusitis

International Forum of Allergy and Rhinology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 144-150

  Raithatha, Roheen ^a   Anand, Vijay K ^a   Mace, Jess C ^b   Smith, Timothy L ^b   Schaberg, Madeleine R ^c   Nyquist, Gurston G ^d   Hwang, Peter H ^e   Senior, Brent A ^f   Stankiewicz, James A ^g   Tabaee, Abtin ^h  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^h ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic rhinosinusitis; Fleiss' kappa; Interrater agreement; Nasal endoscopy; Standardization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CHRONIC RHINOSINUSITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; EDEMA; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MALE; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; NASAL ENDOSCOPY; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; NOSE POLYP; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL CAVITY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PARANASAL SINUSES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHINITIS; SINUSITIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862835939     PISSN: 20426976     EISSN: 20426984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/alr.21009     Document Type: Article

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