Agnimitra Sengupta, S Ilgin Guler, Vikash V Gayah, Shannon Warchol
Evaluating the reliability of automatically generated pedestrian and bicycle crash surrogates
Accident; analysis and prevention
diagnostic test research study evaluate various existing methods thyroid examination comparison novel modified rose method also aims measure interexaminer variation clinical findings based level education training compared ultrasonography crosssectional study conducted tertiary care hospital 83 patients presenting surgery opd neck swelling patient examined one trained junior resident surgery consultant four methods ultrasonography data analysed stata14 agreement two categorical variables assessed kappa case continuous variable agreement assessed intra class correlation blandaltman plot modified rose method consultant highest sensitivity 98 diagnostic odds 210 compared others specificity ranges 467911 diagnose retrosternal extension goiter 9398 agreement identification nodules high specificity consultant 100 resident 955 relatively lower sensitivity consultant 94 resident 868 diagnose solitary thyroid nodule stn sensitivity specificity diagnosing multinodular goitre mng high however highest sensitivity diagnose stn highest criles method specificity low laheys method better clinical method palpate lymph nodes compared three examination modified roses position better method clinical examination thyroid especially patients occult substernal extension laheys method better method examine cervical lymph nodes