Inter-Rater Variability in the Evaluation of Lung Ultrasound in Videos Acquired from COVID-19 Patients.

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dc.contributor.authorHerraiz, Joaquin L.
dc.contributor.authorFreijo, Clara
dc.contributor.authorCamacho, Jorge
dc.contributor.authorVillén Villegas, Tomas
dc.contributor.authorTung-Chen, Yale
dc.date.accessioned2024-02-01T08:38:31Z
dc.date.available2024-02-01T08:38:31Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.description.abstractLung ultrasound (LUS) allows for the detection of a series of manifestations of COVID-19, such as B-lines and consolidations. The objective of this work was to study the inter-rater reliability (IRR) when detecting signs associated with COVID-19 in the LUS, as well as the performance of the test in a longitudinal or transverse orientation. Thirty-three physicians with advanced experience in LUS independently evaluated ultrasound videos previously acquired using the ULTRACOV system on 20 patients with confirmed COVID-19. For each patient, 24 videos of 3 s were acquired (using 12 positions with the probe in longitudinal and transverse orientations). The physicians had no information about the patients or other previous evaluations. The score assigned to each acquisition followed the convention applied in previous studies. A substantial IRR was found in the cases of normal LUS ( = 0.74), with only a fair IRR for the presence of individual B-lines ( = 0.36) and for confluent B-lines occupying < 50% ( = 0.26) and a moderate IRR in consolidations and B-lines > 50% ( = 0.50). No statistically significant differences between the longitudinal and transverse scans were found. The IRR for LUS of COVID-19 patients may benefit from more standardized clinical protocols.spa
dc.description.extent12,3 MBspa
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/app13031321spa
dc.identifier.issn2076-3417spa
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10641/3850
dc.language.isoengspa
dc.publisherApplied Sciencesspa
dc.relation.publisherversionhttps://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/13/3/1321spa
dc.rightsAtribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 3.0 España*
dc.rights.accessRightsopen accessspa
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/*
dc.subjectCoronavirus disease 2019spa
dc.subjectInter-observer agreementspa
dc.subjectInter-rater reliabilityspa
dc.subjectLung ultrasoundspa
dc.subjectPoint-of-care ultrasoundspa
dc.subjectReliabilityspa
dc.subjectSevere acute respiratory syndromespa
dc.subjectUltrasoundspa
dc.titleInter-Rater Variability in the Evaluation of Lung Ultrasound in Videos Acquired from COVID-19 Patients.spa
dc.typejournal articlespa
dc.type.hasVersionAMspa
dspace.entity.typePublication

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