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Table 6 Audit results of ‘unexpected’ chest radiograph results among ICU patients with pneumonia and endocrine/rheumatologic diagnoses

From: Automated identification of pneumonia in chest radiograph reports in critically ill patients

Results by ICU admission diagnosis class

Pneumonia

Endocrine/Rheumatologic

Category

Number (%)

Category

Number (%)

Incorrect reading

7 (4.5)

Incorrect reading

10 (7.1)

Normal report

50 (31.8)

Pneumonia-relevant term

65 (46.1)

Heart failure

34 (21.7)

Atelectasis versus pneumonia-relevant

40 (28.4)

Other (e.g., mass, nodules)

27 (17.2)

Edema versus pneumonia-relevant

11 (7.8)

Atelectasis

16 (6.4)

Other

8 (5.7)

Hypoinflation

10 (4.5)

Pneumonia

7 (5.0)

Interstitial markings

5 (3.2)

  

Diaphragmatic process

4 (2.5)

  

Scar/chronic process

4 (2.5)