Interobserver agreement of an ED PoCUS video training dataset of normal appendix and appendicitis in children.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Educational video datasets can be an effective method for training in emergency department (ED) point-of-care ultrasound (PoCUS). A video dataset for normal appendix and appendicitis in children using ED PoCUS images was developed to assess interobserver agreement, as measured by Cohen's Kappa on key sonographic findings.

Methods

Three sets of 25 ED PoCUS videos were selected and curated from pediatric patients with normal appendix and acute appendicitis. Four participant ED sonologist-physicians were trained on the first set of 25 videos showing normal appendix or normal bowel in patients without appendicitis to note if normal appendix was seen in any part or in it's entirety from tip-to-cecum. They were then tested on the second set of similar videos. A third se

SUBMITTER: Tsung JW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11303676 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature