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Query: UMLS:C0032273 (pneumoconiosis)
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U.S. Navy Asbestos Medical Surveillance Program B-reading reports were analyzed for variability in identifying pneumoconiosis in 278,944 chest radiographs done from 1990 to 2004 using commercial database and statistical software. Reported presence of pneumoconiosis by 33 B-readers ranged from 1.85 to 32.28%. The reported presence of parenchymal abnormalities ranged from 0.11 to 15.07%; increased profusion (to 1/0 or greater) of small parenchymal opacities ranged from 0.10 to 17.70%; presence of large opacities ranged from 0.00 to 0.67%; and presence of pleural abnormalities ranged from 1.08 to 23.93%. Ranges appear to be decreasing slightly as rates of abnormal findings are diminishing. Differences between U.S. East Coast, West Coast, and midcontinent were not statistically significant.
Mil Med 2008 Apr
PMID:Variability in interpretation among B-readers in the U.S. Navy Asbestos Medical Surveillance Program. 1847 28