Interobserver variations in clinical signs for diagnosis of pleuritis.
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1997-09-06
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A study was conducted on 150 patients admitted in a teaching hospital to find out reliable clinical signs for diagnosing pleuritis. Cases were selected based on suspicion of pleural involvement by history and examination. Final diagnosis was made by correlations with radiographic and ultrasonographic reports. Reliability of the signs was determined on the basis of high concordance of independently observed variations between two medical consultants. Inflammatory involvement of pleura was seen in 69.3% cases and 30.7% were due to oedema disorders. Concordance between observers was high for crepitations (95.5%) and pleural rub (93.8%) followed by vocal resonance (87.6%), dull percussion note (76.9%) and mediastinal shift (76.9%).
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Bhalla A, Jajoo UN, Singh MM, Chongtham DS, Pathak S. Interobserver variations in clinical signs for diagnosis of pleuritis. Indian Journal of Medical Sciences. 1997 Sep; 51(9): 303-7