Interrater Reliability of Pediatric Respiratory Auscultation Findings
We found poor interrater reliability in the interpretation of most pediatric breath sounds, except in the identification of normal breath sounds. These findings support a need for more robust approaches toward the accurate identification of respiratory pathology in children.
Authors
- Alexandra T. Geanacopoulos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8928-5588)
- Theresa Timm
- Lichuan Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-3231-1347)
- Jane Soung
- Andrea V. Rivera-Sepulveda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8423-3981)
- James Rudloff (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5448-2645)
- Sriram Ramgopal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1389-5726)
- Deborah R. Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9958-8101)
- Todd A. Florin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4387-2605)
- Jennifer K. Saper
Institutions
- Northern Illinois University (US)
- Northwestern University (US)
- University of Southern California (US)
- Boston Children's Hospital (US)
- Lurie Children's Hospital (US)
- Children's Hospital of Los Angeles (US)
- Washington University in St. Louis (US)
- University of Michigan (US)
- Nemours Children's Health System (US)
- Michigan Medicine (US)
- Lurie Children's Hospital (US)
- Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh (US)
- Nemours Children's Clinic (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Hospital Pediatrics
- Published
- 2025-08-25
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1542/hpeds.2025-008510
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Phonocardiography and Auscultation Techniques
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.52