Interobserver agreement in the evaluation of B-lines using bedside ultrasound

Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1395-1399

  Gullett, John ^a   Donnelly, John P ^b   Sinert, Richard ^c   Hosek, Bill ^d   Fuller, Drew ^e   Hill, Hugh ^a   Feldman, Isadore ^a   Galetto, Giorgio ^a   Auster, Martin ^a   Hoffmann, Beatrice ^f  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham Heersink School of Medicine   (United States)

^c Downstate Health Sciences University   (United States)

^d Onslow Memorial Hospital   (United States)

^e Calvert Memorial Hospital   (United States)

^f BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alveolar interstitial syndrome; B line; Comet tail; Emergency ultrasound; Inter rater reliability; Lung ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; B LINE; DYSPNEA; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; LUNG EXAMINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; LUNG; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; VIDEORECORDING;

AGED; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 84947028033     PISSN: 08839441     EISSN: 15578615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2015.08.021     Document Type: Article

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