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The radiological findings in respiratory syncytial virus infection in children

Part I definitions and interobserver variation in the assessment of abnormalities on the chest X-ray

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The potential radiographic abnormalities in children with respiratory syncytial virus (R. S. virus) infection have been defined and the reliability of the definitions tested by a study of interobserver variation in their application. —The chest radiographs of 330 children with lower respiratory tract infections were interpreted independently by two radiologists. Inter-observer variation was least for the identification of consolidation or collapse (17%) and air-trapping (24%) and greatest for the identification (41%) and grading (51%) of peribronchial thickening. — The frequency of underreading and overreading of consolidation, coliapse and air trapping varied from 4 to 6%. Underreading (14%) and overreading (9%) of peribronchial thickening occurred more frequently and its is concluded that the definition of peribronchial thickening results in more variation of interpretation than consolidation, collapse or air-trapping.

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  1. Department of Child Health, Newcastle University Hospitals, NE1 4LP, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

    W. Simpson (Consultant Radiologist), P. M. Hacking (Consultant Radiologist), S. D. M. Court (Emeritus Professor of Child Health) & P. S. Gardner (Professor of Clinical Virology)

  2. Department of Radiology, Newcastle University Hospitals, NE1 4LP, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

    W. Simpson (Consultant Radiologist), P. M. Hacking (Consultant Radiologist), S. D. M. Court (Emeritus Professor of Child Health) & P. S. Gardner (Professor of Clinical Virology)

  3. Department of Virology, Newcastle University Hospitals, NE1 4LP, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

    W. Simpson (Consultant Radiologist), P. M. Hacking (Consultant Radiologist), S. D. M. Court (Emeritus Professor of Child Health) & P. S. Gardner (Professor of Clinical Virology)

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Simpson, W., Hacking, P.M., Court, S.D.M. et al. The radiological findings in respiratory syncytial virus infection in children. Pediatr Radiol 2, 97–100 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01314938

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