PB.17: Inter-observer agreement in visual analogue scale assessment of percentage breast density

Factors Affecting Agreement between Breast Density Assessment Using Volumetric Methods and Visual Analogue Scales

Mammographic density in digital mammograms can be assessed visually or using automated volumetric methods; the aim in both cases is to identify women at greater risk of developing breast cancer, and those for whom mammography is less sensitive. Ideally all methods should identify the same women as having high density, but this is not the case in practice. 6422 women were ranked from the highest...

High inter-observer agreement of observer-perceived pain assessment in the emergency department

BACKGROUND Triage is used to prioritize the patients in the emergency department. The majority of the triage systems include the patients' pain score to assess their level of acuity by using a combination of patient reported pain and observer-perceived pain; the latter therefore requires a certain degree of inter-observer agreement. The aim of the present study was to assess the inter-observer ...

Inter-Observer Agreement in Measuring Respiratory Rate

BACKGROUND Respiratory rate (RR) is an important vital sign which is strongly correlated with in-hospital mortality. At the same time, RR is the most likely vital sign to be omitted when assessing a patient. We believe that one reason for this could be the difficulty in measure the RR, since it is not read off a monitor, but counted manually. Also there is the possibility of assessment bias and...

Inter-observer agreement in myelodysplastic syndromes.

We read with great interest the recent paper by Senent et al. and the accompanying editorial on the reproducibility of WHO 2008 criteria and inter-observer agreement regarding the assessment of dysplasia for diagnosis and classification of myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS). The reproducibility of any composite criteria is mainly based on both the constituting components and the precise manner in ...

Visual assessment of breast density in mammograms