Inter-rater reliability of quantifying pleural B-lines using multiple counting methods

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 115-120

  Anderson, Kenton L ^a,b   Fields, J Matthew ^a,c   Panebianco, Nova L ^a   Jenq, Katherine Y ^d   Marin, Jennifer ^e   Dean, Anthony J ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b SAN ANTONIO MILITARY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

B lines; Inter rater reliability; Lung sonography; Pleural sonography; Pulmonary edema

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; VIDEO RECORDING;

EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS; EXTRAVASCULAR LUNG WATERS; INTER-RATER AGREEMENTS; INTER-RATER RELIABILITIES; INTERCLASS CORRELATION COEFFICIENTS; INTEROBSERVER RELIABILITY; LUNG SONOGRAPHY; PULMONARY EDEMA;

RELIABILITY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DYSPNEA; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; PLEURA DISEASE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RIB; VIDEORECORDING;

ACUTE DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; PLEURAL DISEASES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RIBS; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 84871819201     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: 15509613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2013.32.1.115     Document Type: Article

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