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18 July 2021: Clinical Research

Interobserver Agreement in Semi-Quantitative Scale-Based Interpretation of Chest Radiographs in COVID-19 Patients

Bartosz Mruk 12ABCDEF* , Jerzy Walecki 12ACD , Piotr Gustaw Wasilewski 2BCF , Łukasz Paluch 1CD , Katarzyna Sklinda 12ABDFG

DOI: 10.12659/MSM.931277

Med Sci Monit 2021; 27:e931277

Figure 2 Chest X-ray images of 3 COVID-19-positive patients with different intensity of lung involvement assessed with RALE classification. In the left picture both lungs present no involvement and the overall score was assessed as 0; in the middle picture the right lung involvement is assessed as 25–50% and the left lung as 50–75%, the overall RALE score was assessed as 5; in the right image lungs are involved in nearly 100%, the overall RALE score was assessed as 8.

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Medical Science Monitor eISSN: 1643-3750
Medical Science Monitor eISSN: 1643-3750