TY  - JOUR
T1  - THe usefulness of lateral neck roentgenograms in laryngotracheobronchitis
AU  - Mills JL, Spackman TJ, Borns P, Mandell GA, Schwartz M
Y1  - 1979/11/01
N1  - 10.1001/archpedi.1979.02130110048006
JO  - American Journal of Diseases of Children
SP  - 1140
EP  - 1142
VL  - 133
IS  - 11
N2  - • To evaluate the usefulness of lateral neck roentgenograms when laryngotracheobronchitis (LTB) is the suggested diagnosis, three pediatric radiologists were asked to examine a series of lateral neck roentgenograms of subjects with LTB and controls. In six of the group with LTB, the roentgenograms were unreadable. Given adequate roentgenograms, the radiologists diagnosed or excluded LTB with a high degree of accuracy (sensitivity, 93%; specificity, 92%). However, their predictions of severity based on the roentgenograms showed a poor correlation with measures of clinical severity. The clinical severity of those with unreadable roentgenograms was significantly greater.(Am J Dis Child 133:1140-1142, 1979)
SN  - 0002-922X
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archpedi.1979.02130110048006
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archpedi.1979.02130110048006
ER  -