The Role of Follow-up Evaluation in the Diagnostic Algorithm of Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia: A Retrospective Study

We aimed to evaluate the alteration of diagnosis of individual expert and multidisciplinary discussion (MDD) team in the longitudinal diagnostic assessment of idiopathic interstitial pneumonia (IIP). The retrospective analysis included 56 patients diagnosed as IIP by The First Affiliated Hospital of...

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Published in:Scientific reports 2019-04, Vol.9 (1), p.6452-6452, Article 6452
Main Authors: Han, Qian, Wang, Hong-yu, Zhang, Xiao-xian, Wu, Lu-lu, Wang, Lu-lin, Jiang, Ying, Deng, Kui-miao, Mao, Meng-meng, Chen, Rong-chang, Kolb, Martin, Luo, Qun
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Language:English
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Aged
Agreements
Algorithms
Diagnosis
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humanities and Social Sciences
Humans
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonias - diagnostic imaging
Male
Middle Aged
multidisciplinary
Patients
Pneumonia
Retrospective Studies
Science
Science (multidisciplinary)
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Summary:We aimed to evaluate the alteration of diagnosis of individual expert and multidisciplinary discussion (MDD) team in the longitudinal diagnostic assessment of idiopathic interstitial pneumonia (IIP). The retrospective analysis included 56 patients diagnosed as IIP by The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University with follow-up visits during Jan 1 st to Aug 31 st 2014. Each expert was provided information in a sequential manner and was asked to assign an individual diagnosis and an MDD diagnosis after group discussion. The level of agreement among individual experts and between different visits was calculated by kappa and the agreement between individual specialist and MDD team with different consensus levels was measured by weighted-kappa coefficients. Follow-up data changed the original clinical diagnosis and MDD diagnosis in 24.1% and 10.7% of all cases, respectively, and clinician and MDD consensus level in 55.4% and 25.0%, respectively. The diagnostic performance of individual clinicians or radiologist was closer to that of the MDD compared with the pathologist, and follow-up further increased the agreement. The longitudinal evaluation of patients with IIP improved the inter-observer agreement in a multidisciplinary team. The performance of individual clinicians or radiologist was approaching the accuracy of multidisciplinary team when provided with follow-up data.
ISSN:2045-2322
2045-2322
DOI:10.1038/s41598-019-42813-7