Interobserver and Intraobserver Agreement on the Treatment of Infantile Hemangiomas.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Although clinical practice guidelines exist for the treatment of infantile hemangiomas (IHs), recommendations are heterogeneous, and wide practice variations in IH management have been reported.

Objective

To analyze the degree of agreement in treatment choices for IH among pediatric dermatologists in North America and Europe and assess whether there are differences across IH risk categories.

Design, setting, and participants

This cross-sectional interrater and intrarater agreement study was conducted through a survey based on the Spanish Academy of Dermatology and Venereology IH prospective cohort. The survey used 50 vignettes of IH cases that were randomly selected from the cohort. It was administered twice in 2023, 1 month apart, to allow for interrater a

SUBMITTER: Colmenero-Sendra M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11840642 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature