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Table 4 Concordance between students and echocardiographers in the three-phase evaluations

From: Focused cardiac ultrasound: a training course for pediatric intensivists and emergency physicians

  

Evaluation

Variable

Concordance

1

 

2

 

3

 

p

  

n

%

n

%

n

%

 

dIVC

Disagree

8

53,3

3

9,7

4

12,5

0,004

Agree

7

46,7

28

90,3

28

87,5

Total

15

100

31

100

32

100

LVF

Disagree*

6

18,8

1

3,1

0

0

<0,001

Agree

26

81,3

31

96,9

32

100

Total

32

100

32

100

32

100

RVF

Disagree*

2

6,3

0

0

0

0

#

Agree

30

93,8

32

100

32

100

Total

32

100

32

100

32

100

PE

Disagree*

2

6,3

0

0

5

15,6

0,258

Agree

30

93,8

32

100

27

84,4

Total

32

100

32

100

32

100

MR

Disagree*

9

29

2

6,7

3

9,4

0,043

Agree

22

71

28

93,3

29

90,6

Total

31

100

30

100

32

100

TR

Disagree*

8

25,8

7

22,6

6

18,8

0,758

Agree

23

74,2

24

77,4

26

81,3

Total

31

100

31

100

32

100

  1. dIVC, distensibility index inferior vena cava; LVF, subjective left ventricular function; MR, mitral regurgitation; PE, pericardial effusion; RVF, right ventricular function; TR, tricuspid regurgitation.
  2. *The non-concordance was one degree for these variables in the three assessment phases.
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