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Clin Imaging
; 38(4): 445-447, 2014.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-24667043
RESUMO
OBJECTIVE: To assess interobserver agreement between thoracic radiologists, radiology residents, and emergency physicians in diagnosing pulmonary embolism (PE). MATERIALS AND METHODS: Emergency physicians, radiology residents, and thoracic radiologists evaluated 123 computed tomography pulmonary angiography images. Interobserver agreement was analysed using kappa statistics. RESULTS: Very good agreements were observed between thoracic radiologists and radiology residents (0.81 and 0.82). Fair and moderate agreements (0.39 and 0.42) were demonstrated between emergency physicians and thoracic radiologists. CONCLUSIONS: Important differences in interobserver agreement were found, with emergency physicians tending to overdiagnose PE.